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Originally Posted by BWillie

Bobby Witt is very promising player, at least offensively but he is nowhere near those guys level. Below is each players 22 year old seasons

Bobby Witt Jr, .724 OPS, 1.1 WAR, -1.5 Defensive War
Ronald Acuna, .963 OPS, 5.5 WAR, 0.4 Defensive War
Mike Trout, .988 OPS, 10.7 WAR, 2.2 Defensive War
Barry Bonds, .821 OPS, 5.5 WAR, 0.4 Defensive War (his first season was 22 & 23 yrs old)
Alex Rodriguez, 1.045 OPS, 9.2 WAR, 1.7 Defensive War

There is a pretty big chasm between Witt and those players mentioned. The good news is Witt is undeniably a great athlete so there is no reason he couldn't be a plus defender if he flames out at SS and 3B.

I think as a hitter Witt Jr is more similar to a guy like Jeff Francoeur than the above players mentioned. Witt Jr appears to be a much better base stealer than Francoeur but Frenchy was plenty athletic and played defensive back in college I believe and had 22 SBs in his season with KC.

You just rolled out 3 HOF'rs and RA to compare BWjr to.