You say "Not Another Puig Thread, Dude!"... I say "Yes, But I Bet You Didn't Know This"

cjedmonton · Jul 6, 2013

You say "Not Another Puig Thread, Dude!"... I say "Yes, But I Bet You Didn't Know This"

We all know what a spectacular, impossible start YP is having.

However, there's a player on his own team that is actually doing more with less. It's Hanley Ramirez.

Consider:

Puig does have a slight edge in WAR (2.3 to 1.9), but their oWAR (everything except fielding) is the same (2.1).

Of course, Ramirez is already a seasoned veteran with several accolades under his belt. I just wanted to point out how terrific he's been since coming back from injury.

Go Blue!

clarkzac · Jul 6, 2013

And I'm glad that I have both of them on my fantasy team

alexs64 · Jul 6, 2013

They mentioned this the other night while I was watching MLB TV. I thought it was pretty interesting that Puig was getting all the hype, and Hanley was just going out there and hitting the crap out of the ball.

A_Pharis · Jul 6, 2013

Puig is "fresh" and "new". That's life. Fresh and new is considered better.

Brewer Andy · Jul 6, 2013

Re: You say "Not Another Puig Thread, Dude!"... I say "Yes, But I Bet You Didn't Know This"

Plus Hanleys had almost 10 years to sully his reputation with fans

DoverCards · Jul 6, 2013

What Ramirez is doing is really impressive, but he has been around for years. You kind of expect this type of ability out of him. Puig on the other hand is a rookie. He has been up for such a short time and what he is doing is nothing short of amazing when you look at it in that perspective. There are loads of veteran superstars that play lights out, but there are few rookies that come up and do what Puig is doing.

hofvintagecollector · Jul 6, 2013

Brewer Andy said:
Plus Hanleys had almost 10 years to sully his reputation with fans

More like 6

uniquebaseballcards · Jul 6, 2013

alexs64 said:
They mentioned this the other night while I was watching MLB TV. I thought it was pretty interesting that Puig was getting all the hype, and Hanley was just going out there and hitting the crap out of the ball.

It shows how the 'hype machine' works, one player is apparently 'sell-able' while the other is not. In several years Puig will probably be where Hanley is now in relation to some other, new kid and so the cycle will begin anew again.

It'll all be interesting to look back at this in another 15 years or so because its the only real way to gain adequate perspective without unnecessary media attention.

bigbov · Jul 6, 2013

just glad both are on the Dodgers

cjedmonton · Jul 6, 2013

bigbov said:
just glad both are on the Dodgers

Indeed!

Dmscards · Jul 6, 2013

You say "Not Another Puig Thread, Dude!"... I say "Yes, But I Bet You Didn't Know This"

cjedmonton said:
Indeed!

And Uribe has been killing it the last 3 games
6/13 2 HR 11 RBI 3 2B

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