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[oldhorn2]

Jose has never approached 56 steals in one year.

 

[Oldmanastro]

Jose has never approached 56 steals in one year.

He didn't need to approach it, he got it in 2014.
Listen, why do you need to nit pick on the dude, he is a great player that any other player in the league would take on his team in a heart beat. Just enjoy the guys talent for what it is, and enjoy the team winning, or wait, do you want to nit pick that too?
You want to keep comparing these guys to the "back in my day" guys, but in reality you know we can't. Different time, different players, different league. We're those players good and great then, sure. Are some of these players, including Altuve, good and great, at this point in time, yes.

 

[oldhorn2]

sorry to disappoint you, but if you had read what I wrote you would see that I am Altuve's biggest fan. I clearly said he had not yet reached his full potential.He is special right now and will only continue to grow as a player.He will get more HR as he matures. Dude is only 27. I expect he will end up with 20 dingers this year and will add to that in years to come.
He is ahead of Pete Rose at the same age as Rose was, so we might be fortunate enough to be watching the new hits leader in the game...ever.My allusion to Tony Gwyn is that he is the only guy I could think of that would be a good comparison to Altuve, and I thought could give a good yard stick as to what to expect Altuve to do in the future. Gwyn went right on raking to age 41....if Altuve follows that path we could be looking at something historic and wonderful. One thing it shows me seeing the career path of both Brett and Gwyn.....look for Altuve to make a very serious bid to be the last 400 hitter since Ted Williams....if you think I am nit picking him well then so be it.

 

[Bwilk55]

Jose has never approached 56 steals in one year.

Gwynn had the great 56 SB year but didn't consistently steal bases across his career. Jose may slow down as well, but I doubt he will to the degree Tony did. Jose only needs 89 more steals to pass Tony. He will probably accomplish that over the next 4 seasons.

 

[oldhorn2]

you are correct. I did not realize Jose had been that good on the bases. as I had been focusing on his damned incredible bat. You asked had here ever been......and the only guy I could think of was Gwyn. The biggest thing to me there is that at age 27 Jose has 1197 hits and through the whole season at the same age Gwyn had 988 hits. Jose is getting more hits than Pete Rose and with a higher average consistently.


Damn....I may have to compare with Ty Cobb and that is insane. As Oldmanastro said, you cant compare accross the ages as the game is so different....but to who then? Ted Williams?

 

[Orange40Acres]

Guess it's a good thing the other teams in the AL Central suck this yr. With the injuries right now Stros should have gotten Darvish. Dodgers are looking real hard to beat.