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OT - Miguel Cabrera, great hitter or greatest hitter?

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OT - Miguel Cabrera, great hitter or greatest hitter?

Two outs, bottom of the 8th inning in the game where the Tigers are trailing by a run. Runners on 1st and 2nd. Cabrera hits a homerun with a look on his face that could melt sand into glass. So the question...is Miguel a great hitter or the greatest hitter?

He has 19 home runs and 56 RBI's so far this season, both leading the AL.

(also, why is he 3rd in first base all star voting?!)

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:38 PM | Somewhere in the middle. (Score:1)
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Great Hitter < Miguel Cabrera < Greatest Hitter

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June 13th, 2010 at 9:11 PM | I feel the exact same way. He (Score:1)
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I feel the exact same way. He has the ability to be the best hitter in the game, but I think he isn't mentally ready to take it to the next level. He gives away too many at-bats. Which is scary considering what his numbers look like year after year.

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:41 PM | And some morons wanted to (Score:1)
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And some morons wanted to trade him because he came home drunk and got beat up by his wife... I hope he is a Tiger forever.

or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:53 PM | I own this label (moron). (Score:1)
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I own this label (moron).  Lesson learned.  Without Miggy the Tigers would be where the Indians or Royals are now.

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:28 PM | Yes and No. The Tigers still (Score:1)
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Yes and No. The Tigers still have much better pitching than the Royals and Indians.

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:41 PM | the greatest hitter... (Score:1)
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... of what? tigers greatest hitter? baseballs greatest hitter? i  cant tell which one your talking about

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:48 PM | Take your pick. It's an (Score:1)
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Take your pick. It's an opened ended question meant to make you think.

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:55 PM | hes great right now... (Score:1)
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...  but the possibility he becomes one of the all time greats i think is very possible because he plays 1st base so durability isn't  concern like it would be if he played short like jeter, or catcher like piazza. he could go for 10 more years and be in cooperstown on the first ballot

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June 13th, 2010 at 8:07 PM | Punctuation and (Score:1)
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Punctuation and capitalization are your friends.  I don't mean to pick on grammar, but it took me far too much effort to read that, which is probably why you were negged.

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:52 PM | wow... (Score:1)
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.... just looking for some clarity so i could respond. thanks for the negs

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:49 PM | Cabrera has a possibilty to be one of the greatest but (Score:1)
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for right now he is a Elite hitter.

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June 13th, 2010 at 3:51 PM | but is he an elite hitter or (Score:1)
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but is he an elite hitter or is he the elitest hitter?

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:02 PM | Most elitist, definitely. (Score:1)
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Most elitist, definitely.

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:03 PM | Wouldn't that be most elite (Score:1)
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Wouldn't that be most elite player?

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:01 PM | Hard to say (Score:1)
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the race between him, Pujols, and Fielder is to close call for elitest hitter for all of baseball but in A.L. he is unaminously.

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:29 PM | Fielder isn't even in the discussion (Score:1)
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Arod, Mauer and probably Ryan Howard would be however.

He has the potential, but I just don't see him getting to the greatest/ legendary hitter level. However, I do see him getting to a level just a hair below the legends when it is all said and done.

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June 13th, 2010 at 7:57 PM | Arod and Mauer yes. Howard-no (Score:1)
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Arod and Mauer yes. Howard-no freaking way.

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June 13th, 2010 at 9:04 PM | He already has an MVP (Score:1)
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and has finished in the top 5 in mvp voting every full season he's been in MLB and has hit  45 hr's or more in each of those seasons.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/howarry01.shtml

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June 13th, 2010 at 10:30 PM | Well Howard has a (Score:1)
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Well Howard has a ridiculously high strikeout rate. Something like that prevents you from being elite.

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June 14th, 2010 at 1:02 PM | Ryan Howard... (Score:1)
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... is one of the most feared batters but is not one of the greatest in the league. Pujols, Mauer, Miggy and Utley (despite his current slump) are the best hitters in the league. Howard has been the best power hitter in the league since he was called up. By the end of his career he will not have the stats of Ruth or Aaron but he will go down as one of the best and most feared power hitters in history.

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:11 PM | He's incredibly impressive (Score:1)
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baseball-reference.com has a feature where they compare a players stats to players who were at a similar age throughout history, and Miggy's list really shows how impressive he is. The list goes 10 deep, and Miggy's features Ken Griffey Jr., Hank Aaron, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Al Kaline, Joe Medwick, and Albert Pujols, all of which either are or will be Hall of Famers, as well as Hal Trosky and Andruw Jones, Trosky won't get into the hall, and Jones probably won't, but he can certainly make a case. The man is very good at hitting a baseball, and soon he will be involved in any discussion about who the best 1B of all time are.

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:17 PM | He definitely could be the (Score:1)
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He definitely could be the best hitter in the MLB at the moment. But as far as overall consistency and dominance, Pujols has got it hands down IMO. 

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:50 PM | So you are saying the (Score:1)
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So you are saying the greatest Tigers hitter ever it isn't Ty Cobb?  You know, the guy with over 4000 hits and a lifetime .360 BA.

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:55 PM | Hits and RsBI are terrible stats (Score:1)
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But yeah, Cobb has a huge edge in career OPS+ and WAR.

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June 13th, 2010 at 4:55 PM | Sorry, BA, not RsBI (Score:1)
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There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:00 PM | I (Score:1)
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I think this is the year the torch of best hitter in baseball goes from Pujols to Cabrera. I realize that's a strong statement to make but it's something I stand by in believing. He's locked in and I don't think he really looks back for at least the next five years. 

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:02 PM | He's 3rd in All star voting (Score:1)
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Because Morneau leads the league in OPS+, VORP and wOBA while playing better defense, and because Teixeira is a Yankee.

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:17 PM | lol (Score:1)
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You really think the average all-star voter even knows what those mean let alone use them as the main reasons behind voting for a certain player? 

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:21 PM | Of course not (Score:1)
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Morneau is leading the voting because he has a really high batting average and a ton of RBI. Just wanted to point out that he's actually having a better season than Cabrera, which is pretty frightening.

There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:37 PM | Using basic stats, Cabrera (Score:1)
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Using basic stats, Cabrera has 43 runs, 53 rbi's, 18 homeruns, BA of .32 and OBP of .409. Morneau is at 40 runs, 43 rbi's, 13 homeruns, BA of .357 and OBP of .467 (all stats not counting today's numbers).

I don't know if I would say Morneau is having a better season. Even though Morneau has a higher average, Cabrara is leading total bases 146 to 136.

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:43 PM | Offensively (Score:1)
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Offensively they are pretty similar but yeah Morneau has been a better defender this year if you use the sabers like UZR. 

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June 13th, 2010 at 5:58 PM | 56 points of on base (Score:1)
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56 points of on base percentage is a huge advantage. Way bigger than ten total bases. 

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June 13th, 2010 at 6:04 PM | Um. Why? Cabrera gets a lot (Score:1)
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Um. Why? Cabrera gets a lot more extra base hits, which is huge when you are talking about scoring runs for a team. I'm not saying a slap happy singles hitter is worthless, but I think total bases is a better judge of value to a team than batting average.

Yes, I could name 42 stats I like more than total bases and BA, but comparing only those two, I would pick total bases.

Edit, I misread your comment. I read OBP as BA. My bad.

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June 13th, 2010 at 6:18 PM | He didn't say batting (Score:1)
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He didn't say batting average. He said OBP. Which is how good a player is at not making outs. Which is the most important thing a hitter can do.

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June 13th, 2010 at 6:18 PM | He didn't say batting (Score:1)
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He didn't say batting average. He said OBP. Which is how good a player is at not making outs. Which is the most important thing a hitter can do.

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June 13th, 2010 at 6:19 PM | Edit, I misread your comment. (Score:1)
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Edit, I misread your comment. I read OBP as BA. My bad.

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June 13th, 2010 at 8:13 PM | Cabrera has a BA of .32? That (Score:1)
Nosce Te Ipsum
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Joined: 03/12/2010
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Cabrera has a BA of .32? That is really bad. I can see why he isn't starting the all-star game.

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June 13th, 2010 at 8:15 PM | .32=.320 (Score:1)
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Joined: 07/01/2008
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.32=.320

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June 13th, 2010 at 6:18 PM | For sure one of the best hitters... (Score:1)
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Joined: 09/21/2009
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in the last five years. The guy is special.

All in for some manball.

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June 13th, 2010 at 6:56 PM | As far as Cabrera, if I was (Score:1)
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As far as Cabrera, if I was an opponent I'd walk him with any base open at this point.  To me, he is now the second best all around hitter in the majors behind Pujols. 

In more general things related to the Tigers, am I the only one sick of seeing Leyland throw a AAA lineup out there?  They were fortunate to get a sweep because when they have two wins in a series, Leyland gives key hitters the day off and has a weird batting order from day to day.  He has definitely taken the Tigers to another level from where they were in the previous 20 years, but sometimes they don't have that killer instinct.

Also, can someone tell me why Ryan Rayburn is in the big leagues?  He's been a terrible hitter as well as a terrible fielder.  I'm just a fan, so I'm sure someone will have a different reasoning.

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June 13th, 2010 at 7:01 PM | Rayburn played today only (Score:1)
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Rayburn played today only because Jackson left after the top half of the 1st inning with back spasms. It's nice to have someone on your bench that can play a lot of positions.

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June 13th, 2010 at 7:05 PM | I know why he played today, (Score:1)
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I know why he played today, but I question why he's still with the big league team to begin with.  When you're hitting under .200 and you don't field the many positions you play well, someone else deserves a chance.  Veratility is overrated at times, but is the only way some players stick around.  I'd rather have a guy play a couple positions well than have a guy who I can stick anywhere but can't rely on.

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