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Originally Posted by canadiancreed
Good yes. Outstanding? No.
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He was a better hitter than the six of the seven offensive players on your ballot, and a more valuable defender than all of them other than Kreit and possibly Joyce. I mean heck... your ballot has a horrible defensive 1B on it, a poor defensive 3B/1B, a terrible defensive corner OF, and a mediocre defensive CF on it. Of the other three, Ayers was an averave/above average 3B with the glove, which was what Joyce was at SS. Only Kreit was a glove man. To holding the average/above average glove of Liao against him would be a bit of a red herring given your ballot.
Which means that your seven are largely voted on for their bats, or your own guys such as Davis. Liao's bat is better than any of them with the exception of Dietrich (and at least one guy you didn't vote for).
Liao's career is tricky because it's one of those old style "flip the developmental switch at 25" that we use to always see. That led to a lot of career that got compressed.
John