Cody Bellinger

[Jim65]

He was never as good as Bellinger but Cory Snyder come to mind.

[packs]

Zoilo Versalles might be one. He won the MVP at age 25 and was out of the league at 31, never again hitting over 249 or putting up an OPS+ over 100.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Daryl Strawberry looked like a lock HOFer early on.

[packs]

Kris bryant to a lesser extent as well. Won ROY and MVP in back to back seasons. Been pretty mediocre ever since. Only 2 All Star selections in the next 6 seasons.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Good comparisons.. I recall reading about Bellinger tinkering with his swing, and how that might have been a big part of it. The decline happened at such a young age, too.

[commishbob]

Bob Hamelin was ROY for the Royals and promptly fell off the radar.

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Daryl Strawberry looked like a lock HOFer early on.

Straw never forgot how to hit. Last full season for the Yankees had 24 HR in a year where he was diagnosed with cancer.

Drug issues, legal issues, and cancer. Amazing he hit as well as he did as long as he did. Guy was a generational talent. Obviously didn't fulfill his potential.

[packs]

Never accomplished what Bellinger did but there will always be the cautionary tale of Chris Davis.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by packs

Never accomplished what Bellinger did but there will always be the cautionary tale of Chris Davis.

Oh man, the last few years of that contract were insane!

[D. Bergin]

Hard for me to think of a similar trajectory as Bellinger, but guys like Chris Davis and Joey Gallo certainly come to mind.

Anybody else I can think of, like Nate Colbert, Joe Charboneau, Grady Sizemore, it's usually because of some sort of injury that the big drop-off occurs.

I guess at this point you can argue the injury bug is what led to Bellinger's quick decline also.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Straw never forgot how to hit. Last full season for the Yankees had 24 HR in a year where he was diagnosed with cancer.

Drug issues, legal issues, and cancer. Amazing he hit as well as he did as long as he did. Guy was a generational talent. Obviously didn't fulfill his potential.

Was his swing technically a little long, maybe, but a thing of beauty to watch.

[Bill77]

How about the drop off in production from Altuve since the Astros scandal. Went from a .330BA and 200+ hits a year to a .278BA and about 160 hits a year. Just shows how much the cheating helped the Astros.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Bill77

How about the drop off in production from Altuve since the Astros scandal. Went from a .330BA and 200+ hits a year to a .278BA and about 160 hits a year. Just shows how much the cheating helped the Astros.

Hitting without a buzzer is much harder, I hear

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Straw never forgot how to hit. Last full season for the Yankees had 24 HR in a year where he was diagnosed with cancer.

Drug issues, legal issues, and cancer. Amazing he hit as well as he did as long as he did. Guy was a generational talent. Obviously didn't fulfill his potential.

Agree HOFer that sabotaged his own career with Drugs and other issues. Also a Great person.
Met him at a HOF induction ceremony and he was signing autographs and dale Murphy next table over (for money of course). WE were waiting online and we were at His table and because Dale was signing real slow we just waited. During the wait Darryl was talking to my sign and I, signed extra things (no extra charge) and did some pictures with my son and I. and He looked in Game shape.

[clydepepper]

Bellinger is the more extreme version of Yelich.

[packs]

Yelich at least followed his MVP with maybe an even better season than he had when he won. His follow up season was huge.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Jim65

He was never as good as Bellinger but Cory Snyder come to mind.

pete incavaglia (spelling wrong) or rob deer are the same as cory snyder and played at same time.