MLB Daily Thread: 10-11-17: LMAO at Stephen Strasburg

[Rock Strongo]

see my previous post, there hasn't been a single pitcher drafted #1 remotely close to being a HOFer.

theres a difference between expectations and reality.

now do all #1 picks, not just pitchers. see where he ranks...you also forgot david price btw.,

look at this list.

MLB Draft - First Overall Picks - Major League Baseball - ESPN

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

It really wont matter who manages the Sox, the Yankees are about to dominate the East until we probably all die

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

it's always a great idea to compare a player with no MLB experience to a HOFer

**correction, a player with no professional experience. . .

 

[Rock Strongo]

yes. Harper is on a HOF trajectory though.

he is?

 

[navamind]

theres a difference between expectations and reality.

now do all #1 picks, not just pitchers. see where he ranks...you also forgot david price btw.,

look at this list.

MLB Draft - First Overall Picks - Major League Baseball - ESPN

1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft | Baseball-Reference.com

we're talking about a player whose career isn't over anyway. and why are we comparing pitchers to position players?

 

[navamind]

he is?

he has a career 140 OPS+ and already has 26.1 WAR under his belt. he's only 24 (soon to be 25).

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

theres a difference between expectations and reality.

now do all #1 picks, not just pitchers. see where he ranks...you also forgot david price btw.,

look at this list.

MLB Draft - First Overall Picks - Major League Baseball - ESPN

So, you look at that list and feel it's smart to expect a college kid to be better than an HOFer?

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

he has a career 140 OPS+ and already has 26.1 WAR under his belt. he's only 24 (soon to be 25).

And imagine what those numbers will eventually look like in the Bronx hitting behind Judge and in front of Sanchez

 

[Rock Strongo]

he has a career 140 OPS+ and already has 26.1 WAR under his belt. he's only 24 (soon to be 25).

yup

and he plays 128 games a year
has hit over .275 twice.
130 hits a year (nice ratio tho)
averages 25 HR/70 RBI


his saber stats are nice, but i dont see a HOFer at this point.

 

[navamind]

So, you look at that list and feel it's smart to expect a college kid to be better than an HOFer?

Seriously. Even with the injuries, Strasburg's already managed a better career than most #1 picks. There's only five pitchers ahead of him in WAR and he could pass four of them next year (Price being the exception). Only three of those #1 picks were inner-circle HOF players (and one probably won't make it in). Mauer should be in the HOF IMO, but I'm not sure he'll get the support. The other guys in the top 10 in WAR include Strawberry (a guy who was on a HOF path and fell off a cliff), Adrian Gonzalez, Harold Baines, B.J. Surhoff, David Price and Rick Monday.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

he is?

24 years old, 3,200 PAs, .285/.386/.515/.902. ROY. MVP. Best season at the plate since Barry Bonds was juiced to the gills.

Yeah, I'd say he's on a HOF trajectory.

 

[navamind]

yup

and he plays 128 games a year
has hit over .275 twice.
130 hits a year (nice ratio tho)
averages 25 HR/70 RBI


his saber stats are nice, but i dont see a HOFer at this point.

you're missing the part where he's only going to be 25 next year and Harper was among the best hitters in the league in 2015 (a historically good year at that) and 2017.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Now I just heard that Strasburg is starting today.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

it's always a great idea to compare a player with no MLB experience to a HOFer

Numerous sports agents like this

 

[bksballer89]

Now I just heard that Strasburg is starting today.

He realized he was being a little bitch?

 

[bksballer89]

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

He realized he was being a little bitch?

Who knows. Could be that, gamesmanship, or some other nonsense. We'll probably never know the truth of it.

 

[Rock Strongo]

you're missing the part where he's only going to be 25 next year and Harper was among the best hitters in the league in 2015 (a historically good year at that) and 2017.

yup. 2 seasons.

xanders 24 too.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Hmmm, better go put another deuce on Chicago

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

And imagine what those numbers will eventually look like in the Bronx hitting behind Judge and in front of Sanchez

It's scary 'cause it's probably true.