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View Poll Results: Should Joe Mauer be a HOF? | |||
Yes, no doubt | 19 | 42.22% | |
Not a chance | 12 | 26.67% | |
He needs to play 14 more years, before I can decide | 4 | 8.89% | |
Monkey rodeo | 10 | 22.22% | |
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08-07-2018, 01:28 PM | #161 |
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such a snoot
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08-07-2018, 01:30 PM | #162 |
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I know it's different situations, but Bryce Harper cleared waivers last year too.
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08-07-2018, 01:35 PM | #163 |
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08-07-2018, 02:51 PM | #164 | |
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Players clearing waivers in August means basically nothing. It just means no team thinks they can/will be able to acquire them or that they want their contract. Mauer hasn't had a good year though, and as this discussion indicated, most people felt he still needed a few more productive years with the bat for that to be realistic. |
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08-07-2018, 06:59 PM | #165 |
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08-07-2018, 07:00 PM | #166 |
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08-08-2018, 01:24 AM | #167 | |
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If he's a first basemen, then it's not enough The problem is that he isn't either, but rather somewhere in between. Either way, I think they'll vote him in 3 batting titles 3 gold gloves at catcher 6 time all star 5 silver sluggers He'll probably end up around 60 rWAR, with catching suppressing that overall total (like it does all catchers). He gave a 10 year run as one of the best catchers ever. I would prepare yourself to watch him give a Hall of Fame speech one day. Whether he deserves to or not is a matter of debate, but I think he's going in. |
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08-08-2018, 01:31 AM | #168 | |
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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. Last edited by Jeffy25; 08-08-2018 at 01:34 AM. |
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08-10-2018, 05:30 PM | #171 |
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Let's keep a top-10 catcher of-all-time out of the hall because he got old. Are we gonna keep Pujols out too since he hasn't done anything for 7 years?
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08-10-2018, 10:17 PM | #172 |
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08-11-2018, 12:50 PM | #173 |
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I couldn't bring myself to ready this whole thread, but I did...quite a bit...
in my humble opinion, no catcher deserves to get in until Ted Simmons gets in. Long overdue.
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08-13-2018, 10:34 AM | #174 |
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...edium=referral
Back to Mauer...he's SUCH a great player, no one wants him. |
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Nobody traded for Sandy Koufax at 35 either, can't believe they put that guy in the Hall.
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08-14-2018, 02:48 AM | #177 |
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08-14-2018, 10:39 AM | #178 |
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You are using Mauer's 35-year old season against him. I just brought up a hall-of-famer who didn't even play at 35. If we are judging only on 35-year old seasons...Mauer should obviously be in over Koufax.
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At this point, you are just blindly spewing your hate, and not trying to be logical. |
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