Kyle Glasser from BA defending Trout vs. Harper & Betts with fans & east coast hacks

[Dick Enberg]

Mike Trout. No one believes what a great guy he is, not even his parents. I spoke with Debbie and Steve at John Wayne Airport 18 months ago for 10, 15 minutes. The weird part and especially Debbie, just wanted to talk about there other son and how well he was doing. East Coast bias that bad?

[Lou]

Trout has only one month below w .950, September @ .919

Not too shabby

[Lou]

14 minutes ago, Dick Enberg said:

I spoke with Debbie and Steve at John Wayne Airport 18 months ago for a mire 10, 15 minutes.

I'm guessing it was Debbie and Steve that were mired in that conversation 

[Dick Enberg]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

I'm guessing it was Debbie and Steve that were mired in that conversation 

Fixed and I'm not talking about you!

[IEAngelsfan]

2 hours ago, Scotty@AW said:

Everything is mediocre compared to Trout. It's like comparing sex with a supermodel with a sad hand job from a grandma while wearing protection.

Not comparable.

This is not a good comparison.

You see, the supermodel is probably super skinny with no butt and is not really into to you and the sex, while the granny is finally getting some after several decades of drought and is genuinely thrilled and excited, so she's giving it all she's got.

[Second Base]

Let's just say for the sake of this conversation that a few things are occurring....

1. The supermodel is really into you, and is over 18.

2. You aren't as attracted to the grandma as you are the supermodel.

3. You don't enjoy sad hand jobs as much as you enjoy sex.

4. I can't believe I am even clarifying this. This is such an AW thing to have to do.

5. Mike Trout is better than Harper, Betts, Judge, Bryant....

[southpaw]

11 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Let's just say for the sake of this conversation that a few things are occurring....

1. The supermodel is really into you, and is over 18.

2. You aren't as attracted to the grandma as you are the supermodel.

3. You don't enjoy sad hand jobs as much as you enjoy sex.

4. I can't believe I am even clarifying this. This is such an AW thing to have to do.

5. Mike Trout is better than Harper, Betts, Judge, Bryant....

I'm confused now does this mean that Mike Trout is better than sex with a supermodel?

[Fish Oil]

12 minutes ago, southpaw said:

I'm confused now does this mean that Mike Trout is better than sex with a supermodel?

NO!

[Jason]

4 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

How can an AL scout have an opinion on Mike Trout not having seen him play since 2011. WTF?

Dude probably lives in his East coast bubble and knows nothing about any team west of St. Louis 

[JustATroutFan]

Harper's career OPS of over .900 in May is inflated by the one big month of May that he had in 2015. 

[JustATroutFan]

Harper's OPS in May, from 2012-2017:

2012: .870

2013: .687

2014: Hurt all of May

2015: 1.379

2016: .785

2017: .875

So, one good month of May inflated his career May OPS to .936.

[m0nkey]

2 hours ago, JustATroutFan said:

Harper's OPS in May, from 2012-2017:

2012: .870

2013: .687

2014: Hurt all of May

2015: 1.379

2016: .785

2017: .875

So, one good month of May inflated his career May OPS to .936.

Was not aware .870 and .875 was bad. 

 

But to help your case, if you only include at bats where he doesn’t reach base, his OPS is a pathetic 0.000

[JustATroutFan]

7 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Was not aware .870 and .875 was bad. 

 

But to help your case, if you only include at bats where he doesn’t reach base, his OPS is a pathetic 0.000

For someone who likes to act like he's the best, he can do better than put up an OPS of .870 and .875.

[Lou]

Allow me, folks . . . 

How does he "act like he's the best"?

[m0nkey]

3 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

For someone who likes to act like he's the best, he can do better than put up an OPS of .870 and .875.

But no one who knows baseball says he has been the best hitter since 2012

[m0nkey]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Allow me, folks . . . 

How does he "act like he's the best"?

Because he’s a douche

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, m0nkey said:

But no one who knows baseball says he has been the best hitter since 2012

Well, Harper's the one that acts like he's the best player in the game. Obviously, no one with a brain would say that he's the best hitter since 2012.

[JustATroutFan]

6 minutes ago, Lou said:

Allow me, folks . . . 

How does he "act like he's the best"?

 

[JustATroutFan]

And don't forget he also thought that he was worth at least $400 million, too.

[Lou]

Do you think Trout would ever say another player is better than him? 

 

[Lou]

If Harper keeps it up, he just may get a $400 million contract.

Hell, Stanton got $320M

[JustATroutFan]

11 minutes ago, Lou said:

Do you think Trout would ever say another player is better than him? 

 

You ask him then.

[Lou]

Great reply.

I asked you for your thought. You can think, right? 

[JustATroutFan]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Great reply.

I asked you for your thought. You can think, right? 

Probably not since Trout's not someone who is going to brag about himself. He's a team player, even though he is obviously great.

[Lou]

"Mike Trout is the best player in baseball, and I don’t think anybody can argue with that,” Harper told ESPN’s Jerry Crasnick.