thatguy27 wrote:I think the best comp is Carl Crawford, with Trout's ceiling being the player we kept hoping for years that Crawford would become but always fell just short of. I think Trout has the ability to become that player--so, Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay version) with further upside is IMO the best comp.
thatguy27 wrote:I think the best comp is Carl Crawford, with Trout's ceiling being the player we kept hoping for years that Crawford would become but always fell just short of. I think Trout has the ability to become that player--so, Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay version) with further upside is IMO the best comp.
No, that's still too much power. I'm sure where you fellas are getting your info, but Mike Trout won't ever hit 30 HR in a season. He's a 20 HR, 50 SB kind of guy, ala Carl Crawford. He may hit 13 one season, and 22 the next, but If he hits 25 in any season, that'll be the most he hits.
I don't think Jacoby Ellsbury will ever be Jacoby Ellsbury 2011 again. Let's not forget that he never even reached double digit HRs in any other season.
No, that's still too much power. I'm sure where you fellas are getting your info, but Mike Trout won't ever hit 30 HR in a season. He's a 20 HR, 50 SB kind of guy, ala Carl Crawford. He may hit 13 one season, and 22 the next, but If he hits 25 in any season, that'll be the most he hits.
Thats exactly what everyone said about Ellsbury before last year.
machine3 wrote:I don't think Jacoby Ellsbury will ever be Jacoby Ellsbury 2011 again. Let's not forget that he never even reached double digit HRs in any other season.
Lets not forget that his only prior full seasons were at age 24 and 25, and were his only 2 full MLB seasons up to that time. Really, we dont know what a "typical" Ellsbury season is at this point.
No, that's still too much power. I'm sure where you fellas are getting your info, but Mike Trout won't ever hit 30 HR in a season. He's a 20 HR, 50 SB kind of guy, ala Carl Crawford. He may hit 13 one season, and 22 the next, but If he hits 25 in any season, that'll be the most he hits.
Thats exactly what everyone said about Ellsbury before last year.
That's also what they said about Crawford, and his career high is 19. What's your point? I just don't think the power is there, and there is no evidence to suggest that he will ever hit 25 or more HR.
No, that's still too much power. I'm sure where you fellas are getting your info, but Mike Trout won't ever hit 30 HR in a season. He's a 20 HR, 50 SB kind of guy, ala Carl Crawford. He may hit 13 one season, and 22 the next, but If he hits 25 in any season, that'll be the most he hits.
Thats exactly what everyone said about Ellsbury before last year.
That's also what they said about Crawford, and his career high is 19. What's your point? I just don't think the power is there, and there is no evidence to suggest that he will ever hit 25 or more HR.
bayside wrote:Thats exactly what everyone said about Ellsbury before last year.
That's also what they said about Crawford, and his career high is 19. What's your point? I just don't think the power is there, and there is no evidence to suggest that he will ever hit 25 or more HR.
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Boy, I don't know - I've heard a few well respected scout types comp him to Grady Sizemore with slightly less power and quite a bit more BA. To me that sounds like someone who will hit more than 19-25 HR a season, and their opinions are what drives my thoughts on that. Trout has more projectable pop that Crawford from what I've seen, and I have to think that he won't remain an "80" runner forever and will move into the middle of the order at some point, where he'd be even more likely to realize a heightened level of future power than I'm hearing here. I'd be shocked if he ever sniffed 40, and 35 is probably a stretch, but taking a 19-year-old's brief MiLB track record with limited power and completely ignoring projection seems a bit rash to me. 25-32 sounds pretty doable, with a couple of spikes either way IMO ...
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by lane_anasazi2 » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:18 am 
