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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I can't remember... did the teams of these other HOFers also 'sell high' when these players were 23?
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Closest was Marlins trading Cabrera when he was 24:
On December 5, 2007, the Marlins traded Cabrera and starting pitcher Dontrelle Willis to the Detroit Tigers for pitchers Andrew Miller, Dallas Trahern, Eulogio De La Cruz and Burke Badenhop, outfielder Cameron Maybin, and catcher Mike Rabelo.
That seemed to work out well for the Marlins
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Yeah, other than one season Vlad has been rather underwhelming and his launch angle issues are a major concern at this point. As is his pitch selection.
Not saying he can't get it figured out, but if he doesn't I'd expect a lot more 2-3 fWAR seasons in his future and not very many 6+ fWAR seasons.
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3 fWAR isn't underwhelming for a 23 year old though. It's not MVP phenom level, but it's still really good for a 23 year old.
In no way is being the 7th youngest player to 100 HRs, and 100 Doubles underwhelming. Even if he's not the perennial MVP candidate people hoped he would be yet.
Not his fault the fan base put these crazy expectations on him.
Actually not that dissimilar to Aaron Judge after his rookie season (in which he was 25 already), and look what he did this last season.
Or Bryce Harper who won his MVP at 22 (if not for Ohtani Vlad is likely MVP last year at 22), and then Nationals fans kind of were dissapointed with him for the next couple years, then he won another MVP in Philly at 28.
Not easily to be a consistent MVP candidate when you are 23/24 years old, unless you are Mike Trout. His 4.0 WAR was still top 75 in the league this year.