Angels optioned Trout to Triple-A SLC

[jbhofmann]

 

[Anthony K.]

 

[Brett Keith]

These Mickey Mantle comparisons are ridiculous!

...now Michael Jordan on the other hand...

:lol:

 

[jbhofmann]

These Mickey Mantle comparisons are ridiculous!

...now Michael Jordan on the other hand...

:lol:

I would agree. Trout seems a little short. On the other hand, the flu is an excuse.

 

[shayscards79]

People are aware that Trout missed a lot of time this spring with some flu-like thing that caused him to lose weight and strength, right?

Exactly, but it's the end of the world because he going to start the season in AAA to what will probably amount to a month's worth of reps.

Who I do need to get his head out of his ass is Trevor Reckling.

 

[miguelcabrera]

montero is going to be very good

 

[fkw]

Im fairly sure Trout will have better numbers than Mantle, career wise, its not hard.... many do...

Im sure Trout will pass Mantles 4 x100+ RBI seasons before he is even 27 years old, and all he has to do is play 18 years and average 29 HRs to have more career HRs (not unrealistic, especially since he may very well play 20-22 seasons).

Also Mantle with his high fly ball rate and slacker-like slow trot to first on tweeners led to him averaging only 19 DOUBLES a season (a very very low number for a HOFer of any position or Era)
The .298 Career BA is not that hard either.... nothing special
Mantle career high was 21 steals ... pfft.. with an average of 8-1/2 SBs a season
Mantle averaged 134 hits a season.....

Mantles best stat is actually his .557 career slug %, and .421 OB%
the only time Mantles #s look very impressive is if you ONLY take his best 3-4 years. He is the Koufax of hitters.... his career #s are average (at best) for a power hitter in the HOF

 

[mwashuc06]

Im fairly sure Trout will have better numbers than Mantle, career wise, its not hard.... many do...

Im sure Trout will pass Mantles 4 x100+ RBI seasons before he is even 27 years old, and all he has to do is play 18 years and average 29 HRs to have more career HRs (not unrealistic, especially since he may very well play 20-22 seasons).

Also Mantle with his high fly ball rate and slacker-like slow trot to first on tweeners led to him averaging only 19 DOUBLES a season (a very very low number for a HOFer of any position or Era)
The .298 Career BA is not that hard either.... nothing special
Mantle career high was 21 steals ... pfft.. with an average of 8-1/2 SBs a season
Mantle averaged 134 hits a season.....

Mantles best stat is actually his .557 career slug %, and .421 OB%
the only time Mantles #s look very impressive is if you ONLY take his best 3-4 years. He is the Koufax of hitters.... his career #s are average (at best) for a power hitter in the HOF

You drunk, Mantle had much fewer AB's than people because he walked well over 100 times a year. Fewer AB's, fewer chances of hitting doubles and triples. Mantle was dominant on essentially one knee for 12 years.

 

[jbhofmann]

I'd agree that Mantle is one of the most over-rated elites that we have ever seen, but the dude had eleven 5.0+ WAR seasons. Four of which were double digits. That's something I doubt Trout will do once.

 

[Lars]

Since there have been comparisons to a certain two-sport Jordan who played in the minors at one time, I actually see Trout as being able to put up Brian Jordan numbers if Jordan hadn't played in the NFL and was able to devote his pro career as a one-sport guy.

 

[cgilmo]

Most comparisons are idiotic.