Addison Russell's Barry Larkin-esque 2040 HOF Primer Thread

[Brownie]

Anybody still pushing back on "Best Cubs shortstop since Banks"?

Banks was still a Monarch at Addison's age.

Russell has better knees.

And a better liver.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

He's going to have 20 homers by Labor Day before this week is out, within a week after Labor Day isn't he?

Modified projection'd.

This fucking kid...

Better late than never'd.

Holy shit this kid...

[SKO]

.247/.330/.433, 20 dongers, 91 RBI, 4.2 fWAR, good for 11th in the NL.

At 22 goddamn years old.

A fine prospect, to be sure.

[Quality Start Machine]

.247/.330/.433, 20 dongers, 91 RBI, 4.2 fWAR, good for 11th in the NL.

At 22 goddamn years old.

A fine prospect, to be sure.

He's lowered his K rate from 28.5% last year to 23.1% this year.

We should really send Billy Beane a nice gift from Edible Arrangements or something.

[Oleg]

.247/.330/.433, 20 dongers, 91 RBI, 4.2 fWAR, good for 11th in the NL.

At 22 goddamn years old.

A fine prospect, to be sure.

He's lowered his K rate from 28.5% last year to 23.1% this year.

We should really send Billy Beane a nice gift from Edible Arrangements or something.

If it weren't for their shit-for-brains WC game starter, that trade could have turned out a bit better for the A's.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

.247/.330/.433, 20 dongers, 91 RBI, 4.2 fWAR, good for 11th in the NL.

At 22 goddamn years old.

A fine prospect, to be sure.

He's lowered his K rate from 28.5% last year to 23.1% this year.

We should really send Billy Beane a nice gift from Edible Arrangements or something.

If it weren't for their shit-for-brains WC game starter, that trade could have turned out a bit better for the A's.

You talking about Lester?

[R-V]

.247/.330/.433, 20 dongers, 91 RBI, 4.2 fWAR, good for 11th in the NL.

At 22 goddamn years old.

A fine prospect, to be sure.

He's lowered his K rate from 28.5% last year to 23.1% this year.

We should really send Billy Beane a nice gift from Edible Arrangements or something.

If it weren't for their shit-for-brains WC game starter, that trade could have turned out a bit better for the A's.

You talking about Lester?

[Eli]

Barry Larkin only hit more than 20 homers once, so I think we're selling Russell short here.

[SKO]

Barry Larkin only hit more than 20 homers once, so I think we're selling Russell short here.

Career high of 33 in 1996 despite averaging 15 a year. I think that was also the year everyone thought the ball was juiced because Brady Anderson hit 50, wasn't it?

[Canadouche]

.247/.330/.433, 20 dongers, 91 RBI, 4.2 fWAR, good for 11th in the NL.

At 22 goddamn years old.

A fine prospect, to be sure.

He's lowered his K rate from 28.5% last year to 23.1% this year.

We should really send Billy Beane a nice gift from Edible Arrangements or something.

I could pitch in $10.

[Quality Start Machine]

Barry Larkin only hit more than 20 homers once, so I think we're selling Russell short here.

Career high of 33 in 1996 despite averaging 15 a year. I think that was also the year everyone thought the ball was juiced because Brady Anderson hit 50, wasn't it?

Intrepid Reader: Brady Anderson

Uh...yeah...it was the ball that was juiced.

[SKO]

Barry Larkin only hit more than 20 homers once, so I think we're selling Russell short here.

Career high of 33 in 1996 despite averaging 15 a year. I think that was also the year everyone thought the ball was juiced because Brady Anderson hit 50, wasn't it?

Intrepid Reader: Brady Anderson

Uh...yeah...it was the ball that was juiced.

There were some weird outliers, both Anderson and Larkin went back to their regular totals after that year, so understandable why some thought the ball was juiced that year. 1996 featured almost 900 (4962 vs 4081) more homers than the year before, then it dipped back down by about 300 dingers the next year, before the steroid era exploded in earnest with McGwire-Sosa and 9 straight seasons of 5000+ dingers starting in 1998. The ball may have been juiced before they realized juiced players mitigated the need for a juiced ball.

[Canadouche]

Wasn't the ball also juiced in '87, when Andre Dawson forever captured our hearts?

[PenFoe]

Wasn't the ball also juiced in '87, when Andre Dawson forever captured our hearts?

I always considered this to be the prosecution's key piece of evidence in that case.

[Saul Goodman]

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