Post#7 » by Bleeding Green » Thu May 8, 2008 3:35 am
For Soto to hit .260 this year, he'd have to hit .237 from here on out given a typical 145 game season for a catcher. Even if he hits .280 the rest of the year, which sounds reasonable, he'd end the year with a .293 average.
I don't see why he can't be as good, if not better, than Russell Martin. So best catcher in the game at his peak.
Just 189 AB on his career, but it's pretty hard to fluke into a 1.010 OPS over 189 atbats so I think it's safe to say he's really, really, really good. His average will come down, though to somewhere in the .270-.280 range. But he walks a lot and has shown excellent power.
.277/.374/.503 hitter over his peak with maybe a .305/.400/.540 year thrown in somewhere. Final answer.
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