Aaron Judge the new Mickey Mantle?

[jfkheat]

How many "next Mickey Mantles" have their been in the last 25-30 years? I first remember hearing that with Greg Jefferies. I'm sure there were other players before Jefferies. I don't know how many there have been since Jefferies but it seems like every few years a player comes along that is the "next Mantle".

James

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by jfkheat

How many "next Mickey Mantles" have their been in the last 25-30 years? I first remember hearing that with Greg Jefferies. I'm sure there were other players before Jefferies. I don't know how many there have been since Jefferies but it seems like every few years a player comes along that is the "next Mantle".

James

Bobby Murcer certainly. I think Kirk Gibson was spoken of in those terms. Kevin Maas maybe.

[packs]

I don't think the comparison to Greg Jefferies or Kevin Maas is apt but I wouldn't mind being compared to Bobby Murcer. At age 25 he had his best season too.

[samosa4u]

Gentlemen, the OP was only comparing their cards. He was not comparing them as players.

Comparing Judge to Mantle wouldn't make any sense. Judge is bigger than LeBron James and Mantle wasn't even 6 feet tall!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

Gentlemen, the OP was only comparing their cards. He was not comparing them as players.

Comparing Judge to Mantle wouldn't make any sense. Judge is bigger than LeBron James and Mantle wasn't even 6 feet tall!

Judge may be taller, but Mantle's Topps cards (<1957) were longer than Judge's.

Case closed.

[nat]

Fun fact: through his age 25 season Mantle had 52.2 WAR (B-R version). Currently, Trout has... wait for it... 52.2 WAR.

Too early to tell if he'll end up with Mantle's career, but so far I think it's fair to call Trout the next Mantle.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Trout has 2 MVPs and 3 seconds I think -- and at least one of those he should have been first.