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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I read an article on the KC Star asking if Eric Hosmer was the best 1b in MLB.
Eric Hosmer is arguably the 4th best 1b in the AL Central, 5th best if you count Encarnacion.
That's what I mean. Hosmer is a fine baseball player who's made a single All-Star game in a year where he put up a WAR of 1.0. In that World Series you claim he kicked ass in he managed an OPS below .500.
I would say that Eric Hosmer is the modern day Mark Grace but that does Mark Grace a pretty massive disservice. He's the modern day Wally Joyner.
That's a good baseball player but c'mon, the hype the guy gets is unreal.
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Hes indisputably overrated, but you're the one who argues against defensive metrics, which are a major drag on his WAR totals. He does have very good clutch numbers too, so by WPA the past two seasons, he's 9th right behind Encarnacion and ahead of Belt, Carlos Santana, Jose Abreu etc. (And #2 in "clutch")