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Originally Posted by PhillieFever
Proof is in the pudding baby,stats.Ryan Howard was kept in the minors until he was 25 because the "scouts" said he wouldn't be able to hit big league pitching,even as he continued to murder the ball in all levels of the minors.Luckily,Jim Thome got hurt in 2005 and the Phillies were forced to bring him up.I guess it worked out pretty good huh?
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My issue with Ryan Howard is the WAY he hits .279 (lifetime).
I don't think that there has ever been a player, a successful player, with more strikeouts than hits.
Edit: Reggie had 13 more K's than hits. Sammin' Sammy was close.
Thome is almost a PERFECT match for Howard, right on down to the .279 average.
Still, the vast amounts of strikeouts probably stopped him from beind advanced by a full year, maybe two. I still see him with a legitimate chance to hit 500 home runs...although, in ten years, it won't mean a thing.