wasteAs of 2012, Trout has the highest slip rate of any hitter to play at least 500 games, the third best batting average, and he walks more than any other player. He’s had the third-most home runs since his rookie year in 2011, it’s worth noting that at number one Nelson Cruz has played 200 more games since, and was caught in the scandal. Biogenesis. When you extrapolate from Trout’s AL Rookie of the Year campaign, Cruz smashed 12 more dingers than Cruz in 164 more games. But, he only made it to the playoffs once in 11 seasons.
Cruz, the player who has scored more home goals than any other player in the past decade, has attended a World Series pairing. Trout has only played in a series of post-season movies, swept away at the hands of the Royals in 2014’s ALDS, and is the dominant poster boy for wasted primes. The worst part is that he doesn’t seem satisfied with developing his career in purgatory.
