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Would you drop $500 on a signed Thome or Reggie Jackson rookie card?
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No but I do own a Reggie rookie.
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2 guys in the history of baseball struck out more times than they got a hit and managed to sustain long careers as power hitters. I wouldn't call that the norm and I'd still argue that you're in bad company. Also these players (Jackson) missed the specialized metrics completely or finished their career at the beginning of them (Thome).
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You're just grasping at straws now. Bryant is being looked at as a special player and people are paying big bucks to invest in him. The question is why they think he can be that player given his high K rate and being lucky during his rookie season. Comparing him to Cecil Fielder or Dave Kingman is absurd if you're trying to make your point.
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All of those players retired before advanced metrics and shifts and Howard is not someone I would say has sustained success. He had a few peak seasons and has been terrible for the same period of time.
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My original argument even compared Bryant to R.Howard. So even though it is possible to sustain a career with these types of numbers, most would agree that these aren't HOF careers. I know R.Jackson is a HOF, but he is usually on people's list of worst HOF members. Thome struck out, but he also had a great BB% . He ended his career 7th in career BB.
Also the spread between hits and strikeouts is a lot bigger with KB. KB gets a hit 78% as much as he SO. Thome-91% and R.Jackson 99%. Again obvsioulsy KB has just started out, but this isn't about whether he can have a long career but more about is it too early to consider him the next great player and I just feel he got a lot more hype than the numbers suggest.
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Actually Trout had more Ks than hits in his MVP season. Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 04-12-2016 at 10:43 AM. |
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I think the game has changed in how strikeouts are viewed. George Brett said when he played, a strikeout was viewed as a bad at bat. That's not true in today's game.
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