? The SHOW 20 - Top Rated Player ?

[Rocket32]

Mike Fiers.

[bgdg824]

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]

Garbage Can

[jcar0725]

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

[JoshC1977]

Quote: Originally Posted by jcar0725

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]

Quote: Originally Posted by JoshC1977

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]

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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[underdog13]

Why is Lance Lynn listed, heck why is this list so AL West centric?