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Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie
Is Carlos Gonzalez a HOFer if he retires tomorrow? Baseball Reference has him as a comp as a "Similar Batter" to Trout. I mostly follow the Astros and the AL, so I had never heard of Gonzalez until I looked up Trout's comps today (JD Drew, David Justice, Wally Berger, etc.) Mike Trout is more of a baseball card phenomenon. Are Gonzalez's cards worth a lot of money? Anyway, best of luck to Trout.
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The similarity scores listed on Baseball Reference for still active players is pretty head-scratching. You notice Mike Trout's name is nowhere to be found on JD Drews, David Justice, Carlos Gonzalez, Wally Bergers pages.
As another example Aaron Judge has Miguel Sano and Bob Cerv listed on his Top 10 similar batters section. Better to just throw at a random dart board or pick names out of hat.
Best to just skip to the "Similar Batters through 29", and "Most Similar by Ages" sections.