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Bill James' Top 50 Great Young Players
Valadius Nov 04 2007 07:38 PM |
Bill James ranks the top 50 young players:
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DocTee Nov 04 2007 08:30 PM |
Chase Utley and Ryan Howard??
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Valadius Nov 04 2007 08:35 PM |
He ranked them by combining their ability with how young they are.
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DocTee Nov 05 2007 07:00 AM |
Well those two are pretty young and pretty able, if you ask me.
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metirish Nov 05 2007 07:11 AM |
Utley is 28 and won't be 29 until December 17th so why is he not on the list, James stated that he left players off that were 29 or older during the 2007 season, I guess James doesn't think Utley is that good.
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sharpie Nov 05 2007 08:04 AM |
He ranks Utley and Howard as B level guys. Weird, but there you have it.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2007 08:16 AM |
You forget sometimes how good a writer James is. He projects such authority and CHNfidence in what he has to say, and livens it up with his grasp of the big picture and enthusiasm for baseball.
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metirish Nov 05 2007 08:27 AM |
Yeah really James does put some major effort into this stuff.
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willpie Nov 05 2007 08:59 AM |
If I'm picking just one of those guys to add to the Mets' current roster, I probably go with King Felix, too.
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OlerudOwned Nov 05 2007 10:44 AM |
The one passage on Sabathia is a better read than most other fellas' entire articles.
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MFS62 Nov 05 2007 11:19 AM |
And I liked his comments about Tom Gorzelanny.
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Edgy DC Nov 05 2007 12:07 PM |
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No way. It's right there in James' essay. It's not that some talented young pitchers get injured. It's that most talented young pitchers get injured.
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