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Highly Trouted

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Jan 27, 2011
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Always wondered why Trevor Story does not have more of a following. He is one of the best SS in the game. Is it soley because he plays at Coors Field? Is that even an argument anymore?
 

bstanwood

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Sep 24, 2016
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For a guy like him he came on so hot his rookie year, then of course cooled to a normal, but still very good level, had the year he had injuries and everyone stopped looking. As an east coast guy I hate the "east coast bias" argument but he's on a pedestrian team in a pedestrian market. Popularity is a fickle thing but if Story played for a team in a big market or even a coastal team I think he would be much more popular and therefore his prices higher. Arenado is another great example. If those two played in New York prices would be ridiculous.
 

banjar

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Mar 22, 2015
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Definitely the fact that he plays in Denver. Meaning Denver, and not Coors Field - which is not nearly as much of a thing as it used to be. This city is nowhere near either coast, and the Rockies have been the absolute definition of mediocrity since the day they began.
 

WizardofOz1982

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Sep 30, 2017
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Story:
2018 - .291/.348/.567 37 HRs, 88 R, 108 RBIs, 27 SB, 5.1 fWAR
2019 - .294/.363/.554 35 HRs, 111 R, 85 RBIs, 23 SB, 5.8 fWAR

It's definitely Denver. He's ridiculously good.

Couple of years older but he's quite a bit better than Gleyber Torres for instance. If he played in NY or LA he'd be huge.
 

WizardofOz1982

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Big difference in home and away stats

home
ba.328, ops 1.064
away
ba.260 ops .767

Pretty normal for hitters who play at Coors. They suffer even worse on the road than other hitters do because of how much more breaking balls break. That's why park adjusted stats like wRC+ are so important to look at. He's a 120-130 wRC+ guy which is pretty dang good. Once they get away from Coors and their brain readjusts to breaking stuff the splits go away, a la DJ LeMahieu, Matt Holliday, etc.
 

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