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10-18-2025, 11:54 AM

Tomi

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Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Great point. Also Ohtani has pitched around 40% of the innings that Ruth pitched.

This is how I see it. Since 2000 I would easily say based on their 1st half careers Pujols,Cabrera and Judge were better hitters than Ohtani. Based on analytics you can throw Trout in there too.
Can't think of one player I would rival Ruth from his era even though a few had some Ruthian years.
The difference is Ohtani pitches and that should not be the reason he beats all others as a player. The fact that he has 1 complete game in 100 starts just shows what pitching has become where not long ago 5 to 10 complete games a season was common.
Huge Ohtani fan but the hype in modern baseball is insane.

Last edited by Tomi; 10-18-2025 at 11:55 AM.

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