Pretty fuckin' good for a mediocre 1st baseman, huh Bob?

Terrible thread.

No one has ever criticized Abreu for being an excellent singles hitter. The only knock against him is that he doesn't have Jose Altuve power.

Altuve still has the higher slugging percentage.

I rarely make bad assessments

Altuve still has the higher slugging percentage.

edit: What am I conceding? Every single GM would take Altuve over Abreu or Rizzo over Abreu.

I rarely make bad assessments, but Abreu certainly isn't one of them.

Altuve still has the higher slugging percentage.

edit: What am I conceding? Every single GM would take Altuve over Abreu or Rizzo over Abreu.

I rarely make bad assessments, but Abreu certainly isn't one of them.

Okay, 6-3 255 Lb Abreu hits very slightly more HR than 5-6, 165 Lb Altuve.

You got me!

Okay, 6-3 255 Lb Abreu hits very slightly more HR than 5-6, 165 Lb Altuve.

You got me!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/compare.cgi?top=/players/t/troutmi01.shtml&bottom=/players/c/cabremi01.shtml

One gets treated as the mayor of town and the other as useless. Sad.

Bad assessment #2 in this thread.

31 HRs not "very slightly more" than 23 HRs.

I'm really not sure how you get through each day.

25 HRs is very slightly more than 24 HRs, and the end of 2015 and through 2016 was when I was holding the opinion that Altuve was displaying more power than Abreu. Why am I going to discuss the 2017 season? Even when discussing Altuve vs Abreu I never claimed who would hit more HR over their career, or that Altuve would lead Abreu in x amount of seasons.

I was told Abreu had ridiculous power. And yet 5-6 Altuve was holding serve.

You know what I will never have to concede? That Abreu is better than either Rizzo or Altuve. So again, have fun with your uber power, sub par player.

25 HRs is very slightly more than 24 HRs, and the end of 2015 and through 2016 was when I was holding the opinion that Altuve was displaying more power than Abreu.

Why am I going to discuss the 2017 season?

You have a few weeks left and then you'll have to concede Abreu was better than Rizzo 2 of the last 4 years. Like dolphin said, it's a tie now.

So you are no longer holding that opinion?

Since 2017 no longer fits your narrative, you don't want to discuss current stats.

Your narrative was that "Jose Abreu doesn't have Jose Altuve power." You posted that MANY times across MANY threads. You never put any time frame on it, but now you want to.

This is what happens, IMU, when you make a bad baseball assessment and continue to double down on it.

At the time, he didn't have Jose Altuve power. I'm sorry you feel so personally affronted by Jose Abreu having a power blackout for a season and a half. But anyway, as I said earlier, I'm glad your 6-3, 255 lb first baseman has finally shown he can slightly out slug (but still have a lesser BA, OBP, SLG and OPS) a 5-6 second baseman. Congratulations.