TROUT GOAT

ELTEXAN

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wRC+, All time:

1 Ruth 197
2 Williams 188
3 Gehrig 173
4 Hornsby 173
5 Trout 173
6 Bonds 173
7 Mantle 170
8 Cobb 165

WRC+ MLB Year-end rankings by Trout:
2012 1st
2013 2nd
2014 Tied 3rd - 1 point from 1st
2015 3rd
2016 1st
2017 1st
2018 1st
2019 1st
2020 9th (short year)
2021 1st (DNQ-injured)
2022 1st (currently)

Let’s stop pretending we aren’t in the middle of watching the greatest player to ever step onto the diamond.

He’s doing it on a mediocre team, not on steroids, in an era where every race is invited to play, against multiple well-rested pitchers per game, and against guys consistently throwing 95+.

He’s top or next to the top in wRC+ every year. He’s a plus defender. He’s fast and smart on the basepaths.

Trout is the best baseball player ever.

#TROUTGOAT
 
ELTEXAN said:
Let’s stop pretending we aren’t in the middle of watching the greatest player to ever step onto the diamond.
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Inventing an argument so you can make this thread? I realize we are always swimming in "Trout sucks" threads around here, but...

:L
 
fordman84 said:
Inventing an argument so you can make this thread? I realize we are always swimming in "Trout sucks" threads around here, but...

:facepalm:
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Inventing? Wrc+ is not something I invented.
 
Rate stats from players currently in their prime shouldn’t be measured against guys who played into their 40’s.

Vlad Jr had a 196 last year. Nobody should believe that means he’s as much of threat at the plate as Babe Ruth.



FWIW, the four highest WRC+ seasons of the last 60 years are all from one guy, Barry Bonds.

And Norm Cash, Bryce Harper and Jason Giambi all have career highs above Trouts.
 
broncosmitty said:
Rate stats from players currently in their prime shouldn’t be measured against guys who played into their 40’s.

Vlad Jr had a 196 last year. Nobody should believe that means he’s as much of threat at the plate as Babe Ruth.



FWIW, the four highest WRC+ seasons of the last 60 years are all from one guy, Barry Bonds.

And Norm Cash, Bryce Harper and Jason Giambi all have career highs above Trouts.
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I provided stats into the 11th year.
 
He's already a slam dunk HOFer and probably on his way to being at least a top 20 player of all-time, but some of the missed time does hurt his case. Can't fault him for the 2020 season, but he did miss about 1/3 of 2017 and only played 36 games in 2021. Even in 2018 and 2019 he missed 22-28 games

We'll see how his 30's go. Right now, he needs 88.8 fWAR to catch Ruth. There's only four players ever to put up over 80 WAR in their 30's/40's are Ruth, Wagner, Ruth and Mays. Actually, they're the only four to put up 70+
 
Pujols had a 172 OPS+ through his first ten seasons. Him surpassing Bonds looked like a legitimate possibility a decade ago. His career OPS+ is down to 145 and he may not get to 700 home runs.

Baseball is a cruel mistress
 
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Is he even playing this year or has the hangnail not been clipped yet?
 
Toronto has a better chance of winning a cup than trout succeeding in the playoffs.
 
OregonDucks said:
Is he even playing this year or has the hangnail not been clipped yet?
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Leads league in wrc+. Again. I repeated that from the OP, since apparently, you can’t read.
Btw: TROUT: .365/.476/.808
 
ELTEXAN said:
Inventing? Wrc+ is not something I invented.
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Never said you did. but I don't hear a lot of people out here talking shit about Trout.
 
MagicTaco said:
Toronto has a better chance of winning a cup than trout succeeding in the playoffs.
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Not if the Leafs face the Bruins. Leafs are our bitches in the playoffs.
 
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