re: Alex Rodriguez will retire after 2017 season

With or without steroids, Rodriguez and Bonds are two of the best players to ever play the game.

Swap out Griffey with Correa and you have a list

Haha I was joking on that last post.

Position players maybe. Pedro put one of the GOAT seasons during the steroid era.

Annualize it to 162 games for Correa (which gives him a slight unfair advantage), and his HRs = 36. For the AVG., sure, but it was his rookie year, and it was A-Rod's 3rd season playing (first full season though). And this was in a different pitching and drug testing era.

I'm a huge Astros homer, but I'm not necessarily saying he's quite on the same level. Just think the fact that we have a guy that could have 90% the career that A-Rod have in the league right meow makes the claim a bit far-fetched.

Pitchers were just as dominant if not more so during the roid era:
Pedro
Maddux
The big unit
Clemens

Some pretty dominant and intimidating pitchers.

Did you miss the part of the same post you're(got it right this time) referencing where I said maybe not 50 plus Homers but 40 plus with gg defense? That is fairly close with the potential to duplicate it in his best year. Will he? Probably not but for a guy many believe will hit 40 plus and play gg defense in his prime years, it's not a stretch to say he has the potential.

And BTW I realize it's tough to hit 57 bombs in a season. However, I believe he will be by far the best player in the game during his prime. On a side note, I believe that if you put arod amd Correa in prime years during same time frame, Correa would put up similar numbers.

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However, I believe he will be by far the best player in the game during his prime.

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Considering his prime will somewhat overlap with Trout, and very much overlap with Harper, I'd say him being "by far" the best player in the game is, again, a stretch.

I think Correa is an absolute stud (one of the top 5 assets in baseball), but I doubt he will ever play GG defense at short (he may even have to move to 3B) or be "by far" the best player in the game, just because there is so much young talent in baseball right now. Harper and Trout aren't even 25 yet.

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Easily the second most talented baseball player of all-time after Mickey Mantle. I doubt we'll ever see another shortstop hit 57 HRs and play Gold Glove-caliber defense again. A-Rod truly was a once in a lifetime talent. He will be greatly missed.

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