ESPN ranks Bryce Harper the 85th best baseball player ever, which is preposterous

Appearance: This does not mean to reduce the exceptional talent of domestic young outdoor players Bryce Harper, but rather enjoying the historic aggressive season of 21 years old in 2015, certainly the most in modern baseball It is one of the attractive players. . However, even Harper who is both a fan and a student of this game may think that it is absurd. ESPN ranked Harper at 85th in the top 100 players of Major League Baseball

According to the introduction article, to create a list "ESPN expert team voted for thousands of battles for 162 players based on best performance and professional value." According to Black League legend Cool Papa Bell 's 77th ranking, the top 100 rankings can be regarded as the top 100 players in the past, not the past 100 top MLB players. And since the pitcher pitcher Pete Alexander is in the 97th place, this list seems to be based on the performance against the era of the player (this is a typical comparison), not a pure ability. Baseball is currently much higher than ever so active and recent players

To be honest it seems confusing that Harper should be included even in the list of 162 players. Yes, he had a great season last year, yes, the ranking includes "best performance". But as great as his 2015 campaign it was as good as the 75th best season in MLB history in the OPS ranking, the adjusted OPS + of park and league was 57th, and the positional player was 56th. Also, it is worth noting that this year is one year. If the season is sufficient to achieve 'best performance', the list should include all players like Al Rosen and Norm Cash.

Otherwise, it is more or less impossible to come up with a way to make Harper an excellent baseball player in the 85th best history. He has a wonderful season and several very good seasons. Through WAR, he did not even enter the top 100 active players.

It does not mean that we should automatically give the key to his kingdom just because Harper proposed the monster year. Scroll slowly. Let's do it a bit more and then let him be promoted to "the top 100 in sports history near the 2nd century."

After all, he is only 23 years old - it is within the range of the poultry industry which is perfectly known as spring chicken. It is premature to start calculations now.

Obviously, part of the fun of sports is to discuss sports. But it seems quite ridiculous to insist whether Blythe Harper should be called the 85th best baseball player, it is not worth participating. (Note: Oops!)

Mike trout? Different story: Trout's past season is as good as the peak season of many of the best players ever, so it is easy to list trouts even if he did not break the top 100. Major statistics Other than Trout, I have a lot of backgrounds and many players deserve to be recognized in the top 100.

But Harper, despite his youthfulness, talent and possibilities, does not exist or does not exist anywhere. His inclusion is so ridiculous that it makes the rest of the list insignificant to take.

As you can see, Harper's war over the past three years is not the same as any other young star. With reference to baseball, Harper has not proposed to invest 300 million dollars for players alongside scooter Jennet, 85th in the past three seasons war. Right now, BR is opposed to his defense against Harper in particular in 2018. understood. FanGraphs gave him better goodwill, his 3 year cumulative war was 11.2, 34th. This will make him ranked ninth among the above nine players.

Appearance: This does not mean to reduce the exceptional talent of domestic young outdoor athlete Bryce Harper, but enjoyed the 21-year-old historic offense season in 2015 and certainly the most attractive in contemporary baseball It is one of the athletes. . However, even Harper who is both a fan and a student of this game may think that it is absurd. In the history of the list of 100 MLB players, ESPN was Harper 85th. According to an introduction article, "The ESPN expert team created a list based on the best performance and professional value and voted for thousands of battles with 162 players. 77th in the legendary Cool Papa Bell of Black League According to the top 100 rankings can be regarded as the top 100 players in the past, not the past 100 top MLB players, as there is no Hall of Fame pitcher Pete Alexander.