In terms of evaluating an individual player's talent, do you really take RBI into account over OBP and stats that actually measure things? Come on, you're better than that.
My point about Pendleton is that just because a player wins an MVP award doesn't put them in discussion for the best in the game. Would you really argue between 90-94 that Pendleton was one of the best players in baseball? Of course not.
And yes, I can say the awards BBWAA gives out are given to the absolute wrong person frequently and sometimes those guys shouldn't even be in the discussion for the award. Remember when Bartolo Colon won the Cy Young award in 2005 despite Johan Santana being far superior? Or what about in 2002 when Zito won the Cy Young award over Pedro Martinez? I'll even go more recent, 2007, Rollins winning NL MVP was an absolute joke. I know that's going to upset a lot of Philly fans, but it's the truth.
The reason I bring RBI up is that it holds no validity when evaluating a player. It's like discussing wins when talking about the best pitchers.
Howard slugged .762 over five games. You do realize that's an incredibly small sample size, right? And just because a player is on a great team does not make them one of the best players in the sport. Again, by no stretch of the word is Ryan Howard a bad baseball player, but is he the greatest in baseball right now? Not a chance.
I said they would have a winning season, not win the world series. And actually you would be wrong, Howard strikes out more than Dunn over the last three years.
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