I do think the other argument for Joe MiMaggio is that he had 13 seasons and was in the MVP race for 12 seasons. Maybe with 3 more prime seasons he only gets to 90-100 career WAR but at some point I just feel like a Millennial telling all the old folks that they have no idea what they're talking about if Im not promoting the guy.
That Speaker is higher than the pitchers. I think we have gotten to a decent gap in the hitters and that we SHOUKD have a run of pitchers at this point ( possibly filling out the top 20)
You offer a hug and say “Dude, that sucks”.
Do you think there was a gap between Clemens and the other pitchers? If so, wouldn't position players likely fill that gap?
Not a HUGE gap. But yes, imho (not a “die-on” hill) Clemens is the “clear” GOAT pitcher. But I strongly believe there is a sizable gap between Wagner and the next hitter.
I will say that I have Pujols, DiMaggio, Maddux, and Johnson (and Frank Robinson) in the same tier. So if Johnson goes here its still going to make sense in my brain.
There is only 1 CLEAR “does not belong” player in this batch. Of the other 5, I think DiMaggio is #5. But I rate the 3 pitchers as 1, 2 and 3 here.
The pitchers might go 1, 2, 3, too, just because we've seen them all pitch.
Its funny that he has the highest WAR of all of the people I mentioned
I would like to see Pujols (and Robinson) get more love in the nom process. But so far, the actual final results have not broken their placements yet (Henderson was a tad bit high, and I always had Henderson as just a shave under Robinson).
His numbers are actually better than what I expected. And it does suck that he lost 3 PRIME years.
So he was tied for 18th in RBIs that year and...
Wow. That is wild. And not just a negative WAR, but -1.9 WAR.
