I guess I see a top ten player differently than most. One great season, followed by several mediocre season, at best, doesn't make for a great player, certainly not one of the ten best players in the game. Consistency over time makes a player great. Anybody can have a career year, and as referenced already, that 2004 season seems suspect, to say the least. He has a 1.017 OPS in '04, and then averages a .759 OPS over the next five seasons, going over .800 only once--barely--in 2007, with an .802.
Then, he goes to Boston, a team notorious for PED use, and boom, he's a .321 hitter with nearly 50 doubles, and 30 home runs, after being a .270 hitter nearly 7,000 plate appearances into his career.
Sorry, I just can't vote him in. One great season, and eleven average, or below average, seasons in his first twelve doesn't scream all-time great to me.
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Originally Posted by bn2cardz
His WAR puts him in the top 10 in 2004, 2010, 2012, and 2014.
For position players his WAR was in the top 10 eight years.
His WAR7 (his best 7 seasons) ranks him 6th all time for 3rd basemen.
So yes it is easy to say that he was in the top 10 at points in his career.
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