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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
They are practically the same age have played a very similar amount of MLB games, Vladdy has 17 career fWAR, Soto has 36 career fWAR.
(Soto has 4000~ career PA's, Vladdy has 3500~ career PA's)
They're not really even in the same stratosphere
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Haha c'mon. Same stratosphere? Absolutely they are. This is where WAR jumps the shark a bit. Because Soto plays a more "premier" position in RF. Although horribly. His -5dwar is hilariously bad. He gets more credit for in the offensive metrics playing where he does. Vladdy has more contact in his bat and his peaks have been higher than Soto's. Not saying Vlad is better or even as good. Just saying that they're more comparable than a potential contract may suggest.
Also surprising to see that Soto has only eclipsed 300 total bases once in his career. Something Vlad has done 3 times. I guess it also depends on how much you value walks. Which also depends on if you have players that can do something when you get on base.