![]() ![]() Over the past four years, he has either finished first or second in every AL MVP vote, sporting a. ![]() 849 this year, and he amazingly has seven strikeouts and eight homers, showing that while his swing is maniacal, his knowledge/approach has matured. Harper had among the greatest offensive seasons ever last year, leading the majors in on-base percentage (.460) and slugging percentage (.649). One Trout voter actually wavered toward Harper in the midst of an email response before stating, “I’ll stay with Trout, but it’s as close a vote as you can get.” Harper, and eight took Trout and five went with Harper - with two of the Harper voters admitting they only had changed recently. Three said they actually would take Houston shortstop Carlos Correa, and one also mentioned Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado. So I asked 13 executives and scouts: If money were no object and you could start a franchise with either Trout or Harper, who do you got? It leads to a different basketball matchup: Like Stephen Curry pursuing or passing LeBron James for the title of best basketball player in the world, Harper has done the same with Trout. He was a young Mickey Mantle - just injury-free.īut since the beginning of last season, Harper has stayed off the disabled list and become the game’s most feared hitter. Except Harper couldn’t stay healthy and his actions often brought disapproval - even in his own clubhouse.Ĭonversely, Trout was durable, high-performance and low-maintenance. There was a Larry Bird-vs.-Magic Johnson quality - two great talents arriving simultaneously. Since their first full major league seasons in 2012, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper engendered a question: Whom would you take? Plenty of factors in play as tricky hitting market takes shape for MLB trade deadline It's time to fix MLB's ridiculous draft rule and allow teams to trade standard picks Braves are the humming machine Steve Cohen's Mets need to emulateĮlly De La Cruz's absence from MLB All-Star Game shows it needs overhaul to promote young starsįiring hitting coach midseason would go against precedent for Yankees’ Cashman ![]()
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