Yall remember when I said Cody Bellinger would be better than Aaron Judge?

[Pure Steel]

Harper got hurt running to first and sliding into 3rd base.....Warrior.....

 

[navamind]

He hates the Yankees so he can't be honest.

Bryce Harper is pretty overrated if you ask me

I think Harper's more inconsistent than overrated. A career 138 OPS+ thru age 26 is very impressive and he's probably on a HOF trajectory. However, there hasn't been a whole lot of consistency. His OPS+ by year:

2012: 118 (one of the best ever for age 19 seasons)
2013: 133 (great age 20 season)
2014: 111
2015: 198 (historical season)
2016: 114
2017: 156
2018: 134
2019: 114 (so far)

a lot of fluctuation, though even in his worst seasons he's still been an above average hitter. He has two MVP (one of which was historically good) caliber offensive seasons and two very good ones (2013, 2018), but they've all been sandwiched by his down years.

He's overrated if you're expecting 2015 Bryce Harper though. I don't know if he'll have a season like that, but 2017 Bryce Harper would still be an amazing player.

 

[navamind]

What’s his excuse for his injuries before being called up and his injury this year?

An oblique, but a HBP injury is far more fluky than injuries from running into walls.

 

[Pure Steel]

An oblique, but a HBP injury is far more fluky than injuries from running into walls.

How about locating the wall before you run into it?

 

[williewilliejuan]

All this proves is the Dodgers have better “team pharmacists” than the Yankees.

 

[navamind]

How about locating the wall before you run into it?

Bobby Abreu had the right idea.

 

[Chewbaccer]

An oblique, but a HBP injury is far more fluky than injuries from running into walls.

Obliques tend to linger

 

[Pure Steel]

An oblique, but a HBP injury is far more fluky than injuries from running into walls.

Watch the clip where he runs into the wall vs the Dodgers.....Amazing piece of fielding.....literally blind folded and runs into the wall....

 

[Chewbaccer]

Watch the clip where he runs into the wall vs the Dodgers.....Amazing piece of fielding.....literally blind folded and runs into the wall....

He was what, 21, still learning the outfield when that happened? Where was Judge at that age?

 

[Pure Steel]

He was what, 21, still learning the outfield when that happened? Where was Judge at that age?

Timmy Lupus takes a better angle on that ball......

 

[Chewbaccer]

Timmy Lupus takes a better angle on that ball......

It’s gonna take a catcher a little while to learn the outfield.

 

[StanMarsh51]

He was what, 21, still learning the outfield when that happened? Where was Judge at that age?

He turned down going pro earlier (originally drafted by the A's) to go to college....not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[PolarVortex]

It was in 2017 when I said this. Yall laughed, yet here we are. Sorry, but when one dude is 21 and the other is 25 and they're both rookies, that alone speaks volumes.

Judge has had similar hot streaks and right now it just looks like a hot streak for Bellinger. Consider this: in the last 14 days he has 1 homerun and 5 RBI. In the last 7 days in has 0 HR and 0 RBI. Just sayin. He still has a ways to go to prove he is better than Judge. He has to do for more than just a month.

 

[PolarVortex]

It was in 2017 when I said this. Yall laughed, yet here we are. Sorry, but when one dude is 21 and the other is 25 and they're both rookies, that alone speaks volumes.

If you had told us in 2017 that Yelich would be better than Stanton, that would have been much more impressive.

 

[navamind]

The powers tapered off, but I wouldn't say Bellinger is slumping either. 342/.422/.474 over the last 2 weeks is still a great line.

 

[bksballer89]

Judge has had similar hot streaks and right now it just looks like a hot streak for Bellinger. Consider this: in the last 14 days he has 1 homerun and 5 RBI. In the last 7 days in has 0 HR and 0 RBI. Just sayin. He still has a ways to go to prove he is better than Judge. He has to do for more than just a month.

Aren't you a Yankees hater? Impressive comment if you are

 

[PolarVortex]

Aren't you a Yankees hater? Impressive comment if you are

Yes, I dislike the Yankees. But I don't like the Dodgers either. This isn't about what I dislike. It's about facts and reality, you know?

 

[Chewbaccer]

Aren't you a Yankees hater? Impressive comment if you are

You’re a Yankees fan, so I don’t expect you to be familiar with players not on the Yankees, but in your heart of hearts, you know good and damn well that given the choice you’d rather have a young stud that can play multiple positions in Bellinger than a brittle bitch old man that will be a broken down has been by the time his rookie deal runs out in Judge.

 

[redseat]

How about locating the wall before you run into it?

Warning Tracks aren't big enough I guess