juan soto is not the best hitter in mlb

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Why doesn’t the title explain anything?

More football is a good thing. Wonder how this will effect the players having to potentially play extra games though.

Disgrace.

Was that the best in the MLB amongst hitters?

Well we all do. But in regards to quality this year was a step up. I’d they can keep this up, maybe stars will be inclined to participate again.

Also Lavine is an all-star caliber player and he participated. The thing is that it’s mostly the young athletic players that’ll participate, and sometimes they grow into star players and sometimes they don’t.

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I wanna see real nba players...star players

Thanks for pointing out the contradictory nature of his post. He did lead with "sure you can" in reference to claiming Juan Soto is the best hitter in the game, but we'll just ignore that part.

YASSSS

As someone who loves international soccer this sparks so much joy. Also it means more of a shot for me to get to go to USMNT match that year.

He literally just said Alvarez is a better hitter.

How can you not love baseball

Not sure how I feel about more teams and more games, but avoiding the idiotic 3-team-format in the group stage is surely a huge relief.

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This year was great. Best one in a while and second best the last 15 years or so, after the Aaron Gordon and Lavine one

Are we pretending like that would be a huge waste of money at a World Cup?

Even using your metrics, I fail to see how Soto is "the best hitter in the game."

He's only played three full seasons (2019, 2021, 2022) and in those seasons he ranked #22, #16, and #46 in slugging percentage, respectively. On-base percentage, which is obviously Soto's biggest skill and admittedly one in which he is a beast, he ranked #7, #1, and #6. OPS - #10, #3, #15

So again I'll say - Soto is an unbelievable talent, but he is not the best hitter in the MLB. He may get there one day, but he cannot currently make stake to that claim. He's got to actually produce and show that he's consistently the best year over year, and he hasn't done that.

The stats do not back up your claims.

When did I make that argument? You are putting words in my mouth. I am just saying that striking out 3 and letting one of the easiest hitters in the MLB to strike out hit a double off of you is not a great indicator of how good you are.

Remember watching ABC’s Wild World of Sports on Saturday afternoons and seeing him do this early in his career. It’s still fascinating to watch. That’s a legacy.

There are a bunch of sabermetric fans that want to disagree because they HATE BA but you're right. Even his OPS wasn't anything special last year at .850 and that's with his walks boosting the hell out of it. No one is saying he probably doesn't have the best eye at the plate, but best hitter? No way. Not unless he you know, starts hitting better.

The commenter you're replying to said "it seems atypical" which is exactly what you're saying. Just pointing out that you're agreeing with each other haha

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-.- Destroy the sport then.

*track and field great

he doesn't play for Oakland