Quote (Gfgrice @ Apr 26 2010 04:05pm)
So if we didn't pay him that, where would we go and get 50 home runs / 140 rbi's?
let me know.
No one said he couldn't hit bombs but he doesn't have the plate discipline to back up his production. Guys will his skill-set don't age well.
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We’re not only looking very far into the future, but we’re doing so with a hitting profile that historically ages awfully. Richie Sexson, Cecil Fielder, Mo Vaugn, David Ortiz, Tony Clark and others are among Ryan Howard’s most comparable hitters according to Baseball-Reference. All of them dropped off harshly in their early 30s. About the only success story in Howard’s top ten comparables in Willie McCovey.