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Old 08-23-2012, 08:33 PM   #15
RedsManRick
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Re: Mike Trout is Insanely Good

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Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds View Post
Missed that. I would be inclined to agree, but I would like to see those numbers in a more neutral run scoring environment.

Also, gotta question if A-Rod ever did any of it clean.
Even assuming he was completely clean, the run environment was a huge deal. Just looking at a quick proxy, ARod's OPS+ was 161. Trout is at 182.

From an overall "runs produced" standpoint, ARod likely had the better season. But if you care about production above replacement, it wasn't.
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