quote:Originally posted by J H:
Batting average is absolutely irrelevant because, simply put, OPS is a better overall offensive production indicator.
Just because the Triple Crown categories have been deemed important in the past doesn't mean they're right. Just because Miguel Cabrera has a higher batting average, more RBIs and more home runs than Mike Trout doesn't make him a better hitter. The evidence is blatantly obvious.
I don't know how else to make this argument.
Mike Trout is the most valuable player in the American League in 2012, BY FAR.
Cabrera has a higher OPS. Not to mention Trout has a K per game. While Cabrera K total is quite low. As intellegint as you are (or at least as I think you to be) to use "by far" is simply ridiculous. In an earlier post you are so bold to say it is right and wrong and not a matter of opinion. Well, we will see soon enough, but I guess the majority will be "wrong" when Cabrera wins.
The only thing Trout has on Cabrera is SB. His is not IMO a better hitter. Cabrera has done it for years. PM me in 2020 and then let's see where Trout is.