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monty4aloha
Berkman has always been a Hall of Fame Baseball player.
I am glad he is in a better organization so he has a chance to be recognized again. I think it was hard on him and Oswalt to play for such a Stupid owner.
Threat_Level_RedSox
Although he may not finish his career with many gaudy numbers (3000 hits, 500 HRs, etc.) his current career OPS of .959 (19th alltime) should get him in.
paul_oneills_lovechild
“Although he may not finish his career with many gaudy numbers (3000 hits, 500 HRs, etc.)”
He’s 35 with 1700+ hits and 330+ HR…I think it’s pretty definite that he will not finish with those magic numbers. As for his HOF chances…Big Puma is a very good player and is having a tremendous year thus far. However, he is a borderline HOF.
“…his current career OPS of .959 (19th alltime) should get him in.”
Jeff Bagwell was a much better player yet only received 41.7% on his first year on the ballot. Berkman would have to put up a few more great years to get in. Right now, he is on the other side of the door!
Lunchbox45
This list is proof that you need to build through the draft.
Jake Humphrey
I have all ideas that half of those guys are going to drop off pretty hard eventually.
Rangersfan32 2
Most of those guys will fall off eventually. Beltre will only get better though. And that’s great because even with the low average, he’s still been productive.
johnsilver
Agreed. As long as he can hit Texas 25 or so HR, Play GG defense and show that cannon of an arm at 3B they will get a decent deal with him.
Patrick Kim
I think Berkman is juiced. It’s just too similar to Manny’s first season at dodgers. 35 yrs old enjoying a career high season after career low year? It smells.
hrbomber1113
Smells like the only reason his numbers fell off in the first place was because of knee issues and even then his OBP was elite. The guy has been raking forever except a brief drop in slugging due to knee issues and now that his knee is better he’s hitting for power again.
TheDunneDeal
If there was a dislike button, I would use it now.
One of the best hitters of the past decade has a bad season because of a knee injury, comes back and has an excellent month and you say he’s roided up?
The worst thing about the steroid era wasn’t the fact that records fell and games took four hours. The worst thing is that now, whenever a player in his 30’s gets off to a good start, we have to deal with people throwing around steroid allegations. We heard it with Ibanez in 2009, and now it begins with Berkman.
Was he on roids in May 2008, when, as a 32 year old, he had a .471/.553/.856 line? Was he on roids in 2006, when he had an OPS over 1.000 in every month except for May?
hrbomber1113
Geez…the biggest thing I take away from this post is the obvious inadequacies of OPS +. When you’re dropping a sub .300 OBP and you’re above average…something is wrong. Is there a wOBA+ stat yet?
Bill
So Russell Martin moving from Dodger Stadium to Yankee Stadium, and beginning to hit more homeruns, is news? The sky is blue too.