First $Billion$ Player....Elly de la Cruz?

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Sigh, what's his OBP those seasons?

Here, I'll be kind enough to look it up for you - .410 in 2023 and .419 in 2024.

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Talking about 6 packs, LOL.... Don't remember Tony Gwynn or Wade Boggs having 6 packs either.

Nor did they ask for private boxes in contract negotiations.

And shouldn't any such comparison also be age adjusted? A professional athlete (especially in this day and age) should be in peak physical condition at the age of 26.

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I hope you're not one of those who wax poetically about how superior Babe Ruth is to everybody today.

Certainly not! I might wax poetic about Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial or Roberto Clemente, but only benighted Yankee fans would wax poetic about "The Big Baboon".

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

But yeah, some asshole called him a thug in the YouTube comments once....

I won't call Juan Soto a thug. I will call him lazy, out-of-shape, over entitled and overrated though. And I wish he'd gotten his private suite at Yankee Stadium and stayed with the New York Yankees. I've been a Yankee hater since grade one and I'm always glad to add another reason!