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Originally Posted by dmats33312
Can’t see how Mauer, Beltran, Votto, Posey, Altuve get in but Utley doesn’t. Might be some recency bias there but non of these players were better than Utley’s prime and most have less counting stats. Add in Utley has a championship that some of these players don’t and was the core for that to me he is as likely as them. If we are talking WAR only one of them is greater and one other has a chance to be.
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Mauer wasn't better than Utley's prime? Seriously? The Gold Glove catcher who won 3 batting titles and an MVP while leading the league in slugging and OPS+ wasn't better than Utley? C'mon. Prime vs Prime, Mauer was better AND played a more important position AND was better at that position. None of that is a knock on Utley, who was an outstanding player for about 5 years and good player for a bunch more.