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In response to "No player boasting Betts’s combination of excellence and youth has ever been traded before -- (link)" by Beaker

It’s not even the best player in terms of youth/excellence that the Red Sox have ever sold.

Posted by spamlet Feb 5 '20, 06:53

Sit down, David.

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not according to WAR -- nm - Beaker Feb 5, 06:55 6
- Which is not the best thing as we see in this example. Ruth was unlike anyone else playing at the time. -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 07:20
- Yes because Ruth was 2 years younger and recently converted from pitcher. - spamlet Feb 5, 06:58 4
  - *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 - Beaker Feb 5, 06:59 3
    - 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) - Krusty Feb 5, 07:26 1
      - He was the best player in the game before the trade -- nm - Krusty Feb 5, 07:28
    - Yeah, Ruth barely outhomered half the teams in the league in 1919! -- nm - spamlet Feb 5, 07:02

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