? The SHOW 20 - Top Rated Player ?

[Caulfield]

who should be top rated player in MLB 20?

[ShowTyme15]

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who should be top rated player in MLB 20?

Mike Trout

[bravesfan1984]

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Is this a legit question? Trout...

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[Mercury112491]

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Uhhh Trout


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[Bartolo Colon]

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Mike Trout... unless we’re doing wrong answers, then Bartolo Colon

[Caulfield]

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Is this a legit question? Trout...

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I know Trout is the easy answer and did just win the AL MVP, but 2017 and 2019, from a pure numbers standpoint weren't even his top 5 seasons, so there are signs of slippage if you look deep enough. of course, 99% of MLB would kill for his ‘‘down’’ seasons lol

[bravesfan1984]

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I know Trout is the easy answer and did just win the AL MVP, but 2017 and 2019, from a pure numbers standpoint weren't even his top 5 seasons, so there are signs of slippage if you look deep enough. of course, 99% of MLB would kill for his ‘‘down’’ seasons lol

He just posted a 180, 190, 180 wRC+ his last three years, along with 25WAR....no slippage at all

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[PhilliesFan13]

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Mike Trout. Any other answer is wrong.

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[Rocket32]

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Mike Fiers.

[bgdg824]

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The obvious answer is Mike Trout so you should ask for #2. Which I would say might be Gerrit Cole even though I hate the Yankees.

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[BatsareBugs]

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Garbage Can

[jcar0725]

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Trout should be at the top, but this is kind of a odd list.

[JoshC1977]

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Trout should be at the top, but this is kind of a odd list.

Agreed on both counts...it's an odd list because he just threw on the guys from last season's WAR leaderboard, forgetting that having a high WAR for one season doesn't mean you're suddenly a great player. There's too much statistical variance in baseball to draw any stat-to-skill correlations based on one season of data (which is why SDS has used 3 seasons of data for the launch ratings).

Lynn, Semien, and Minor all doubled (or nearly doubled) their single season career high in WAR last season - that's called a career year....not a measure of how good a player is (or how they should be rated). At best, these guys are in the 80-82 OVR range and the only one likely to maintain even some of those gains is Semien (Lynn/Minor both over 30).

[jcar0725]

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Agreed on both counts...it's an odd list because he just threw on the guys from last season's WAR leaderboard, forgetting that having a high WAR for one season doesn't mean you're suddenly a great player. There's too much statistical variance in baseball to draw any stat-to-skill correlations based on one season of data (which is why SDS has used 3 seasons of data for the launch ratings).

Lynn, Semien, and Minor all doubled (or nearly doubled) their single season career high in WAR last season - that's called a career year....not a measure of how good a player is (or how they should be rated). At best, these guys are in the 80-82 OVR range and the only one likely to maintain even some of those gains is Semien (Lynn/Minor both over 30).

Kinda what I was thinking. Lindor , Betts, Yelich etc. Not a big deal though it's all in fun.

[ML]

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I wonder how many 99s they give out this year. I think Trout and Cole will be no brainers. Not sure there’s a good enough argument for anybody else off the top of my head.


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