The Juan Soto Thread

[heyzeus]

It's really pretty insane.

A career .304 .432 .557 .990 line in nearly 2,000 PA, and he's 2 days younger than Dylan Carlson.

It's eerily similar - and actually a bit better, by OPS at least - than where Trout was at age 22.

He has a 157 wRC+ through his first 1960 at bats.

To put that in perspective, Pujols had a 165 wRC+ through his first 1960 at bats

So he's basically been comparable to the arguably the best hitter (minus Bonds), in the last 40-50 years?

Yep. he's that good. Now, Trout has been doing it for 10 years, and Pujols had an 11 year run that rivals anything ever seen in baseball. But it sure seems like Soto, with any level of longevity, will be in that strata.

[haltz]

Over his last 800 PA Soto has a 1.5 BB/K ratio. Vlad, Trout, Harper, and most Hall of Famers don't sniff that level of discipline with contact ability and power. This is Williams, Bonds, peak Pujols territory.

I'd argue that even in Albert's case this was more the league forcing those walks on him. Soto has an inner circle command of the strike zone almost right out of the gate.

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Over his last 800 PA Soto has a 1.5 BB/K ratio. Vlad, Trout, Harper, and most Hall of Famers don't sniff that level of discipline with contact ability and power. This is Williams, Bonds, peak Pujols territory.

I'd argue that even in Albert's case this was more the league forcing those walks on him. Soto has an inner circle command of the strike zone almost right out of the gate.

Yep. And his spray chart is a thing of beauty.

[MrCrowesGarden]

[CardsofSTL]

May 30 is my birthday so you're welcome Soto.

[heyzeus]

MVPs on last place teams are rare but…

[Radbird]

1987 Andre Dawson comes to mind.

[Radbird]

The question is did he deserve it?

[Jocephus]

[MrCrowesGarden]