Springer has spotted him nearly a 30 WAR lead through their 25-year-old seasons. Now if we are just talking the amount of WAR between now and the end of their careers...that's possible and basically only slightly better than Hunter Pence (~6 WAR).
He certainly reminded me of Dave Winfield when he hit that stand up triple against the Brewers. Corey Snyder is a more realistic comp, however.
what? Corey Snyder as a comp for what? He was worse than current Springer...and definitely worse than Springer's ceiling.
He fell of dramatically that last season in ATL, then was the worst player in the game after signing a 2 year deal with the Dodgers. He then became a journeyman quality backup for a few years. His fall was definitely fast and why he was still at a reasonable age.
Let me clarify: Corey Snyder as a player with similar potential. Snyder was an elite prospect in the 80's. Selected 4th overall with a cannon for an arm, he was a true five tool guy. I am definitely not referring to his production.
Should we be worried? I mean he's still relatively young but he just doesn't seem right like how he was before the injury last year.
Like I said in the game thread he up to this point is overrated. Nothing close to his hype coming out of the minors. He's a solid player but nothing special. People may need to start lowering their expectations of him.
Surprised nobody has added the customary "are we concerned" to the thread title... So much knee jerk... It's game 8.
If you thought Springer was merely solid and nothing special last season, you are flat out wrong. Springer by team performance and by WAR was extremely valuable. He hasn't been elite, but if that was your expectations you were assured of likely disappointment. If you are basing that on his inability to stay healthy, OK, but he has been an extremely good player when he has been on the field. I think the team expectations are driving peoplecrazy.
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A lot of people may have forgotten in the off season there were reports that the organization was considering trading Springer. Does an organization consider trading one of their cornerstone players? Not likely. I'm sure the organization was looking for a big time return and it would have been pretty dumb to just give him away but they did consider trading him. If I'm not mistaken I believe the organization was trying to solidify pitching by fielding offers for Springer but couldn't get the right offers. Look, I like Springer and think he helps this team. I just feel many tend to have overrated him up to this point.
What credible reports were there that Houston was shopping Springer? I seriously doubt that happened, and if it did it would have been to trade him for an ace (Fernandez, Kluber, Carrasco, etc.)
I believe Carrasco was the rumored pitcher in trade talks. Drelich the team's beat writer was one of the guys reporting on this in the off season.
No kidding. People have forgotten the amount of patience that is required over the course of a season. Springer started slow each of the last two seasons before picking it up and hitting at a very high level. I think the ceiling is still very high but even in his current form he is a premium talent IMO. Not elite by any means but nothing to write off. Look at his May/June/Sept last year: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=springe01&year=2015&t=b#month ~.285 avg, 13 HR, 28 RBI, ~.870 OPS I think 25 HR is realistic over the course of a healthy season, and that's around top 20 OPS. I would expect those numbers to strengthen with more time ahead of Correa and with our stronger lineup in general.
I think Springer should be untouchable on this team. This guy can play cf, actually, he is a cfer. Imagine his numbers as a cfer. Actually, he would be top 5 cfer in the league.
The Astros were 57-45 with him last year; 29-31 without him. That might be overstating his impact - but he undoubtedly makes the team better. If they were truly shopping him, it was almost certainly for an ace-level pitcher, which also speaks to his value.
