Who do you think will have the better career? Harper or Trout?

[Blarg]

Bryce Harper and manny manchado are both very over hyped by espn.

Who would take Harper and manchado 2and 3 in a draft?????

If anything I would take puig over both of those guys

Puig's wasn't drafted.

[sneaky_flute]

I think Harper will have a solid career, but his defense might prevent him from being a truly elite player (unless his offense improves considerably). 

[bloodbrother]

3 HR this year.

 

Still tied with Conger. Good for him

[Mad5577]

Puig's wasn't drafted.

The ultimate fantasy draft by espn writers, meaningless but just another way to overhype young players

[gurn67]

I love how all the East Coast hacks were writing articles like this the last week of April 2013 when Harper was sporting a 1.236 OPS and Trout was at .724.

Dear East Coast Hack, the season is 6 months long, not one. Your guy hasn't been able to put even two months of .800 OPS back to back. Our guy has done it 9 months in a row!

[Lou]

Still tied with Conger. Good for him

and Ibanez

[CaliAngel]

 his defense might prevent him from being a truly elite player

 

Can't argue with that.

 

[Angelsjunky]

Neither are heading into the right direction, that's what I want to say.

So according to this list Clayton kersaw is not top 50?

 

Remember that list is about trade value. Kershaw has a huge contract. Still, as the best pitcher in baseball and still very young, he should be on there.

 

Harper and Machado maybe aren't moving in the right direction, but they aren't totally failing. Harper was injured for most of the year. Give him time. I suspect we'll see a bunch of .290+, 40 HR seasons from him at some point, maybe even better. I still think he has elite bat potential. As for Machado, I've never been that crazy about him but it is hard not to like a 6.3 fWAR at age 20. S

[disarcina]

I'll take Trout............

[Docwaukee]

I would probably take Stanton over Machado and Harper at this point.  

[Angelsjunky]

If we're talking about players that are, say, 26 and younger--meaning, they haven't necessarily reached that prime year of 27--then I'd probably pick them in this order (includes only players who have played at least half a year):

 

1. Trout

2. Puig

3. Stanton

4. Harper

5. Goldschmidt

6. Machado

7. Rendon

8. Freeman

9. Perez

10. Rizzo

 

Honorable mentions: Bogaerts, Altuve, Springer, Gordon, Yelich, Chisenhall, Castro, Calhoun

 

I didn't do too much research, so might be missing someone. I'm reasonable confident about the top five, but then it gets trickier. Freeman or Rizzo? Bogaerts, Altuve, Gordon or Castro? Etc.

[Blarg]

You misspelled Rondon.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Id take stanton over puig, way before personally. Stanton (for me) is just behind trout when I think of value and who I would kill to have here. Him a trout back to back would be....

[Hollyw00d]

I'd put Goldschmidt #2 and you're seriously under rating rizzo

[T.G.]

In before Lou bumps this thread.

[T.G.]

On 4/13/2013 at 11:52 AM, Troll Daddy said:

Judging by the off season and what I've read ... I think Harper wants it more.

Lou agrees.

[Troll Daddy]

2 hours ago, True Grich said:

Lou agrees.

I really didn't answer the question  ... did I

[NJHalo]

Neither one could shine the shoes of GMJr

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 4/13/2013 at 12:08 PM, DW711 said:

I might give it to Harper based on the park he plays in, being in a better overall line up and Trout looks slower.

I can't figure that, since both will be reaching the end of their respective contracts within two years, and it isn't certain where either will wind up or whether they will stay put. I don't see Harper staying in Washington unless he likes it a lot more than I believe. The Angels have more of a shot at keeping Trout, IMO, but if 2019 and 2020 resemble this season, he probably hits the door.

[Ohtaniland]

I passed on this thread to get an “I agree” stay of execution from Lou.