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4 minutes ago, joelala said:

Acuna, barring injury (of which he had a serious scare earlier this year,) is a budding Mega Star.  Like Ken Griffey Jr, Bryce Harper level I truly believe.

And Soto of the Nats.  I like Acuna a little better because of his defense and base-running, but Soto's looking like an even better hitter - which is saying a lot.  They both have great hitters to learn from on their teams.  

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12 minutes ago, joelala said:

Acuna, barring injury (of which he had a serious scare earlier this year,) is a budding Mega Star.  Like Ken Griffey Jr, Bryce Harper level I truly believe.

Griffey: 40.3 rWAR through age 25 season

Harper: 28.7 rWAR through age 25 season (45 games remaining)

Those are two different levels of stardom IMO.

 

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2 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

And Soto of the Nats.  I like Acuna a little better because of his defense and base-running, but Soto's looking like an even better hitter - which is saying a lot.  They both have great hitters to learn from on their teams.  

Yea Soto is unreal too.  Exciting times for Baseball. And Vladdy Jr. and Eloy Jimenez are two more kids who are knocking down the door.  Maybe the Orioles will draft someone really good this year and we can have a little piece of the pie.

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4 minutes ago, survivedc said:

I’ll take Mookie over Harper

Yea, me too, any day of the week.  I was factoring in marketability as well.  Mookie, for some reason, doesn't seem to get the same adoration that Bryce does.

 

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Griffey: 40.3 rWAR through age 25 season

Harper: 28.7 rWAR through age 25 season (45 games remaining)

Those are two different levels of stardom IMO.

 

Wow, thats staggering. Griffey was unreal. But like I said above,I was also speaking about marketability, and I'd imagine that Bryce is p the most recognizable player in the game right now, as was Griffey Jr at the time.

Now, as far as statisticas, I could see Acuna fallling somewhere in between those two, maybe a bit closer to Bryce.  But I wouldn't be surprised if he comes in closer to 40 rWar, either.  I wonder where Barry Bonds and Trout rank on this list?  I'd look but I don't know where to find the rWAR stat.

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5 minutes ago, joelala said:

Yea Soto is unreal too.  Exciting times for Baseball. And Vladdy Jr. and Eloy Jimenez are two more kids who are knocking down the door.  Maybe the Orioles will draft someone really good this year and we can have a little piece of the pie.

Notice most of the phenoms are international talents that were signed for very little money.  The Braves are now a 1st place team with 3 young regulars originally signed for tiny amounts - Acuna, Ozzie Albies, and Johan Camargo.  

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1 minute ago, Ruzious said:

Notice most of the phenoms are international talents that were signed for very little money.  The Braves are now a 1st place team with 3 young regulars originally signed for tiny amounts - Acuna, Ozzie Albies, and Johan Camargo.  

Oh, I've noticed ?

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6 minutes ago, joelala said:

Yea, me too, any day of the week.  I was factoring in marketability as well.  Mookie, for some reason, doesn't seem to get the same adoration that Bryce does.

 

Wow, thats staggering. Griffey was unreal. But like I said above,I was also speaking about marketability, and I'd imagine that Bryce is p the most recognizable player in the game right now, as was Griffey Jr at the time.

Now, as far as statisticas, I could see Acuna fallling somewhere in between those two, maybe a bit closer to Bryce.  But I wouldn't be surprised if he comes in closer to 40 rWar, either.  I wonder where Barry Bonds and Trout rank on this list?  I'd look but I don't know where to find the rWAR stat.

rWAR is found on baseball-reference.com.   Trout’s on a whole different level with 54.2 rWAR through his age 25 season.  Bonds was at 33.3, as he didn’t break into the majors until age 21 and really hit his first peak in his age 25 season.  

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8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

rWAR is found on baseball-reference.com.   Trout’s on a whole different level with 54.2 rWAR through his age 25 season.  Bonds was at 33.3, as he didn’t break into the majors until age 21 and really hit his first peak in his age 25 season.  

Schweet, thanks.

And someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Trout is like, kind of on pace to be the greatest player ever, isn't he?

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