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They go off of 3 year averages
2 years ago he was the MVP
Last year was a covid shortened season so you can't take those numbers too seriously
This year he's injured and injured players don't go down

Yeah 2019 was a great year but 2016 to 2019 he was an average great player. I am not saying he wasn't great but he wasn't gatekeeper great. He also averaged .255 vs lefties since 2017 which is longer than 3 years but has what 92 contact vs lefties? why? because he is the gatekeeper and his name. Acuna hits .265 to .275 vs righties but only gets a 72 to 75 contact rating. That is my whole point when it comes to the game. I could list way more examples but acuna is the one who probably has the best argument for the next gatekeeper.

Trout’s slash lines from 2016 - 2019:

2016: .315/.441/.550
2017: .306/.442/.629
2018: .312/.460/.628
2019: .291/.438/.645

If that’s “average for a great player” then I guess Tatis, Soto, Acuna, etc are just good but not great players. If that’s average for a great player, than who else are you considering great?

Now I know you are just trolling for sure lol

2019 was probably his best statistical season and walking the 2nd most in the majors that year help with his % lines. He wasn't top ten that season in hits, doubles, triples, R.B.I.s , HR, runs, or R.B.I.... just saying

For what it's worth he was 5th in HR with 45 and was 1,2,2 in OPB, Slg % and OPS respectively. Also had a near 1:1 K:BB ratio with far more walks and fewer Ks than most of the guys in the top 10 of the categories you named. Fewer games and ABs than those guys as well, but that could also be factored as a negative. All in all I would say he had a very good year.

ETA: the number of games is what factors more into accumulation stats that you named like hits, HRs, etc.... on a per AB basis I'm not sure there's very many guys in the league I'd rather have than Trout... just gotta stay healthy.

The point is though if you were starting a franchise today and pick Trout... that's a risky pick because there are a half dozen guys that have similar offensive numbers to him that are durable and missed less games the last 5 years than Trout has missed in the last 2. No matter how great you are... it's useless if your not ever on the field. I guess I'm too much of a "what have you done lately" type person because I don't rank Trout as valuable as a lot of guys because he hasn't done much to help his team in almost 3 years now (2019 season)

2019 was 2 seasons ago

Mike Trout was better than Acuna and Tatis in 2020 as well…

I know people are tired of Trout being #1 but it doesn’t change the fact that he is. Complete ignorance to suggest otherwise.

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