Mike Trout's injury is starting to seem serious

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by G1911

The transcript demonstrates you very much did not; you used it as 8 total seasons.

when i stated i was citing 8 from a poster, i clarified where I received the 8 from.,...you can see it quoted with 'real seasons' from YOUR quote

i did use the term total 8 but was in the context of 8 real seasons , i didnt come up with 8 out of the blue.. it was from the prior post as I stated i cited..

so yes sorry used the wrong term initially but when used your quote of 'real seasons' i thought people understood.....Thus the trancript would demonstrate the correction.....take away all of my babe ruth cards for my initial use of the term...

[RCMcKenzie]

Is Carlos Gonzalez a HOFer if he retires tomorrow? Baseball Reference has him as a comp as a "Similar Batter" to Trout. I mostly follow the Astros and the AL, so I had never heard of Gonzalez until I looked up Trout's comps today (JD Drew, David Justice, Wally Berger, etc.) Mike Trout is more of a baseball card phenomenon. Are Gonzalez's cards worth a lot of money? Anyway, best of luck to Trout.

[G1911]

CarGo: .285/.343/.500/112 OPS+

Trout: .303/.416/.584/176 OPS+

[Mark17]

When people talk about his legacy, I sort of think that the main thing is that it's the man's life, and the question should be, how does he want to live the next few years.

If he loves to play baseball, maybe he'd rather continue to play, even if his production was mediocre and his "legacy" was being diminished. If it was me, my first concern would be health, second would be, what do I want to do, and somewhere after that would be the legacy thing.

In other words, I think fans, who have plenty of ballplayers past, present, and future to talk about and collect, care more about legacy than Mike Trout himself should. There is so much more to the man's life than the numbers he is putting in the record books. If he loves the game and being active in it, that's more important to him than what his career WAR or whatever will be.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Is Carlos Gonzalez a HOFer if he retires tomorrow? Baseball Reference has him as a comp as a "Similar Batter" to Trout. I mostly follow the Astros and the AL, so I had never heard of Gonzalez until I looked up Trout's comps today (JD Drew, David Justice, Wally Berger, etc.) Mike Trout is more of a baseball card phenomenon. Are Gonzalez's cards worth a lot of money? Anyway, best of luck to Trout.

The similarity scores listed on Baseball Reference for still active players is pretty head-scratching. You notice Mike Trout's name is nowhere to be found on JD Drews, David Justice, Carlos Gonzalez, Wally Bergers pages.

As another example Aaron Judge has Miguel Sano and Bob Cerv listed on his Top 10 similar batters section. Better to just throw at a random dart board or pick names out of hat.

Best to just skip to the "Similar Batters through 29", and "Most Similar by Ages" sections.

[RCMcKenzie]

I think it's a fun tool to generate names, if not really a scientific one. I noticed Darryl Strawberry popped-up on Justice's page, and Trout's page. Strawberry was going to be the greatest hitter of all-time, and was hyped even more than Trout.

To me, all these guys were stars. I can't figure out why I don't remember Cargo. He had an awesome 2010 season at Coors. I certainly recognize Helton, Tulowitzki and Fowler's names. It must be that I knew who he was in 2010, but can't recall that memory.

[1952boyntoncollector]

yeah the injury looks really serious....the next 0-18 or whatever there will be someone else saying 'whats wrong with trout' ..lol

[1952boyntoncollector]

https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-trout-...straight-games


lol

[RCMcKenzie]

I remember when Mattingly was going for Dale Long's record. Mattingly was a huge star back then. I don't know a player today that you could compare to him, maybe Judge. I had forgotten Griffey did it also. I hope Trout keeps rolling and sets a new record.