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No player boasting Betts’s combination of excellence and youth has ever been traded before -- (link)
Posted by
Beaker (aka Anniebecca)
Feb 5 '20, 06:51
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https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2020/2/5/21123817/mookie-betts-trade-red-sox-dodgers-historic-war
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It’s not even the best player in terms of youth/excellence that the Red Sox have ever sold.
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spamlet
Feb 5, 06:53
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not according to WAR -- nm
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Beaker
Feb 5, 06:55
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Which is not the best thing as we see in this example. Ruth was unlike anyone else playing at the time. -- nm
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Krusty
Feb 5, 07:20
Yes because Ruth was 2 years younger and recently converted from pitcher.
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spamlet
Feb 5, 06:58
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*shrug* the article uses stats going back to 1898, just because he turned out great doesn't mean he showed it leading up to the sale -- nm
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Beaker
Feb 5, 06:59
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He was a two way player that was one of the best pitchers and hitters in the game. He won 47 games in '16 and '17 with an era -- (edited)
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Krusty
Feb 5, 07:26
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He was the best player in the game before the trade -- nm
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Krusty
Feb 5, 07:28
Yeah, Ruth barely outhomered half the teams in the league in 1919! -- nm
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spamlet
Feb 5, 07:02
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