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Originally Posted by dsvitak
I wouldn't have Bryce Harper on my team. Yes..he has had one great, and one good year.
Outside of that, his lifetime average is around .260.
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He has a career 140 wRC+ and is only 25
Guess who else had at least a 140 wRC+ through their age 25 season (minimum of 3000 PA)
He is one of 19 ever.
Cobb - 174
Mantle - 172
Jackson - 170
Trout - 169
Foxx - 168
Pujols - 166
Speaker - 164
Hornsby - 163
Ott - 153
DiMaggio - 153
Mathews - 153
Vaughan - 150
Aaron - 150
Medwick - 148
Robinson - 145
Griffey - 142
A-Rod - 140
Wright - 140
He has the 6th highest wRC+ among all active players
Trout - 171
Votto - 156
Pujols - 147
Goldie - 144
Stanton - 142
Harper - 140
Donaldson - 140
You don't want him on your roster, but I certainly would. As bad as his year is right now, he is still on pace for a 40 homer season.
He is a career .279 hitter, but he also has a career 14.5% walk rate, which is why he has a .386 OBP. You feel like he is under performing, but that's only because you, along with the rest of the world, has unreal expectations for him. He is 31st in baseball this year in wRC+ tied with Bryant and Belt, ahead of Giancarlo and a ton of other all-stars.
His career year was 2015, right?
Since then (2016 to today) he still has a 131 wRC+, which is tied for 20th best with perennial MVP contender Nolan Arenado.
He's much better than you, and others think he is. Even when he is struggling, he is still so very good.