This was MLB Network's first Top 10 from 2011. Funny to look at this now, knowing how some of these careers played out. A few names feel obvious, a few feel weird in hindsight, but it's still a cool snapshot of what "elite" looked like back then
This was MLB Network's first Top 10 from 2011. Funny to look at this now, knowing how some of these careers played out. A few names feel obvious, a few feel weird in hindsight, but it's still a cool snapshot of what "elite" looked like back then
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That three of the best players in baseball aren’t on the same team
Canó getting busted multiple times as he bounced around the league like a pinball
i, as a Cardinals and Giants fan, was in the middle of gooood times! (I’m paying for it now, though, don’t worry);
also, of the three drug cheats at the bottom of this list, Ryan braun is the only one I consider to be a dirty piece of shit. those other guys had their issues, but to my knowledge, they didn’t try to ruin some innocent dude’s career.
ryan braun remains my least favourite ballplayer, perhaps of all time.
How quickly Lincecum fell off a cliff. 24.4 WAR in his first 5 seasons, -4.5 WAR in his last 5 seasons.
Precisely 1-5 will be HOFers (or are). The rest will not, at least not for decades
I had forgotten Adrian Gonzalez played in Boston
Would say 8/10 HOF minus Hamilton and lincecum
Not a single Dodger.
Just made me sad about Doc. RIP.
What was the average age of these guys at that time? This is before the big youth movement.
CUM
Just how incredibly transcendent Josh Hamilton was in Texas those few years. He just exploded and was out of the game 4 years later.
1. The bottom three were suspended for breaking mlbs drug policy.
2. No kershaw (who won cy young that year) or Verlander who (who won cy young and mvp that year)
Adrian Gonzalez
They are in tiers. Hall of fame, hall of very good, hall of what could have been.
Ugh… Ryan Braun. I hate seeing that guy listed in anything other than as a PED user who tried to destroy the life of a man (by calling him an antisemite) that was just doing his job instead of admitting he was on PEDs.
Fucking jerk.
Robinson Cano has his 4,000 professional hit a few months ago in the Mexican League World Series.
Just that Ryan Braun is a piece of shit.
How was Votto not on the list after winning MVP the year before?
Pretty much the last time I followed baseball completely, after getting fed up with broadcast rights and blackout policies.
Rip doc halladay.
Drugs are bad
Josh was one of my favorite players. Addiction sucks. He could have been one of best to ever play the game.
That Ryan Braun took roids and Kemp was screwed in the MVP race.
2011