Mike Trout's injury is starting to seem serious

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

That’s from baseball reference. It’s their ranking.

I think a couple of things work against Griffey in the metrics, his huge seasons were ones where quite a few guys also had huge seasons, thus only one MVP. Also after his first year in the NL his numbers were markedly lower than they had been.

[G1911]

I think he’s using JAWS here.

Griffey is slightly ahead of Trout in total WAR still, though WAR really is designed around the current game.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by G1911

I think he’s using JAWS here.

Griffey is slightly ahead of Trout in total WAR still, though WAR really is designed around the current game.

I think it was designed around Trout. Seriously. Or at the very least his game was suited to maximize his WAR.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think it was designed around Trout. Seriously. Or at the very least his game was suited to maximize his WAR.

They play to WAR now, and WAR was built for the very modern way of play. I don’t think it’s all that great at cross era comparison or the old guys as a result. Trout and a lot of others are rated higher by WAR than is probably warranted. Trout’s WAR rate makes him, as I recall, #2 behind only Ruth, which seems a little more than his figures warrant.

[packs]

The ranking is based on JAWS and is a position by position ranking system.

Ruth is ranked number 1 in WAR all time. Number two is Walter Johnson and number three is Cy Young.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

The ranking is based on JAWS and is a position by position ranking system.

Ruth is ranked number 1 in WAR all time. Number two is Walter Johnson and number three is Cy Young.

I said WAR rate, not total WAR.

[mrreality68]

Regardless of Which metrics to use he is one of the top centerfielders in mlb.

That being said it is hard to rank him compared to others when he is still in the middle of his career and some like JR. have amazing numbers that Trout may or may not achieve.

Now with this new injury that is supposed to effect the rest of his career and may slow him down it make it more difficult for me to put him up higher and I might move him down a few slots.