BLB Topic Tuesday (5/22)

[Guest]

Kellum is in the HOF for a reason.


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I understand that, but I feel like he may be getting overlooked in this conversation because of how short his career was/how long ago it was. If I had to rank the top five, I'd have to go:

1. Kellum
2. Woodbury
3. Gremades
4. Keppel
5. Guzman

Something tells me JJ made that entire post just to mention Reyes at the end.

Obviously, but look at the season he had in '78. .371/.416/.601 with 31 HR and 96 RBI in 123 games and still won the Stout Slugger despite injury. I absolutely think had he been a few years younger he'd be in the top 10 discussion at the very least.

[Delandis]

Unsurprisingly, Keppel's personality blurb says,

"plays for the love of money, not for the game."

Soooooooo.....

it WAS the Clown's fault after all.

[Clay]

I see this topic as a split class between the "Founder's Wing types" versus the guys who really debuted after 78. EG was a Inaugural Draft guy, but a baby. I think we can and should judge those guys a little different.

Plus, maybe just me, but I weight 78-79 stats a little different because they were NUTS.

[Jake]

I understand that, but I feel like he may be getting overlooked in this conversation because of how short his career was/how long ago it was. If I had to rank the top five, I'd have to go:

1. Kellum
2. Woodbury
3. Gremades
4. Keppel
5. Guzman



Obviously, but look at the season he had in '78. .371/.416/.601 with 31 HR and 96 RBI in 123 games and still won the Stout Slugger despite injury. I absolutely think had he been a few years younger he'd be in the top 10 discussion at the very least.

Woodbury arguably had better years than Kellum from ages 34-37 and has kept going past 37, which like Keppel, Kellum did not do.