Enter the Rendon - Grin for the Win

[HalfSmokes]

so, uh, when do we sign the contract extension?

After he proves he's good, before he gets too expensive. Hopefully those times don't overlap like with Desmond and Zimmermann)

[TigerFan]

After he proves he's good, before he gets too expensive. Hopefully those times don't overlap like with Desmond and Zimmermann)

I think he has established that he is good.  Long-term big money good?  That is debatable but anyone that doesn't think Rendon is good is crazy IMO.

[HalfSmokes]

I think he has established that he is good.  Long-term big money good?  That is debatable but anyone that doesn't think Rendon is good is crazy IMO.

Then hopefully we see an extension this off season

[Optics]

Rendon will be an MVP candidate next year after he hits .300 with 25+ bombs and drives in 100 runs hitting 3 hole.

[TigerFan]

Then hopefully we see an extension this off season

I would actually be all for this, again, depending on the price point.

[whytev]

Rendon will be an MVP candidate next year after he hits .300 with 25+ bombs and drives in 100 runs hitting 3 hole.

Ok so next year then.

[TigerFan]

Once a player has a MVP year it is too late to sign on the cheap. 

[DPMOmaha]

Boras client.

[Slateman]

Boras client.

So give him Bryce's money

[houston-nat]

Okay, we already have him going to the HOF. That's some serious Sunshine there.

Hey, sure, yes, I am biased. But unless he starts breaking his ankle every year again and being injured constantly, I think there is a way better than average chance that he is in the HOF. And finishes with 3,000 hits.

[sph274]

Hey, sure, yes, I am biased. But unless he starts breaking his ankle every year again and being injured constantly, I think there is a way better than average chance that he is in the HOF. And finishes with 3,000 hits.

the guy has one great season. he could very well end up destroying his ankle. we all would have said the same thing about Ryan a few years ago, and now there is no way he is making the HoF.

[HalfSmokes]

He's on pace, but every year a bunch of first and second year players are too and the vast majority fall far short of the hof

[Baseball is Life]

Let him make an ASG first before we enshrine him in the Cooperstown. He is a very promising young talent and it will be fun to watch him develop.

[Slateman]

Let him make an ASG first before we enshrine him in the Cooperstown. He is a very promising young talent and it will be fun to watch him develop.

Should have made the ASG this season

[houston-nat]

the guy has one great season. he could very well end up destroying his ankle. we all would have said the same thing about Ryan a few years ago, and now there is no way he is making the HoF.

Yes, and I agreed with you.

Should have made the ASG this season

Yeah, making the ASG is not a good measure of talent for young players. It's a good measure of popularity earned over the course of a career. If Rendon is making the ASG at age 32 despite there being a couple of better infielders out there, that would mean more than if he made it now.

[Baseball is Life]

Yes, and I agreed with you.Yeah, making the ASG is not a good measure of talent for young players. It's a good measure of popularity earned over the course of a career. If Rendon is making the ASG at age 32 despite there being a couple of better infielders out there, that would mean more than if he made it now.

My real point is that it's just a tad premature  to mention him and the hof in same sentence at this point.

[Baseball is Life]

He's on pace, but every year a bunch of first and second year players are too and the vast majority fall far short of the hof

This. MLBN mentioned Trout as being hof bound and I was even annoyed by that.

[houston-nat]

MLBN mentioned Trout as being hof bound and I was even annoyed by that.

Hey, I understand your POV. I think we probably agree, in the end. Every given player, even Mike Trout, has a tiny % chance of making it. What I'm really saying, I guess, is that if you ignore the risk of injuries for a moment, Rendon (and Trout, and some other guys) are the kind of player so skilled and so disciplined that they are unlikely to flame out after a couple years. The hitting skills we're seeing out there are not a one-year wonder, and I'd even be kind of surprised if his batting approach produces a Starlin Castro-style pattern of one entire year where he's just completely lost.

So that's why I'm going full SSS jacket. If he manages to stay healthy, I can see this being the first of a half-dozen 6 WAR seasons.

EDIT: Also, I'm a medium-to-big-Hall guy. Like, to me, Adrian Beltre is a Hall of Famer for sure.

[Baseball is Life]

I still think he needs to put up at least two or three years of production before you can have even the beginnings of a hof discussion. I can't tell you how many players look great after one year and then the league finds a weakness that brings them down go earth.

[houston-nat]

I still think he needs to put up at least two or three years of production before you can have even the beginnings of a hof discussion. I can't tell you how many players look great after one year and then the league finds a weakness that brings them down go earth.

2034 season avatar bet

[Vega]

This guy is gonna be in MVP races for years to come. Great season.

[Jordanz Meatballz]

Rendon finished fourth in the major leagues in fWAR. He was second in the NL to McCutchen.

[houston-nat]

Rendon finished fourth in the major leagues in fWAR. He was second in the NL to McCutchen.

You are counting batters only. He also finished behind Kershaw and the Corey Kluber Society.

[Jordanz Meatballz]

You are counting batters only. He also finished behind Kershaw and the Corey Kluber Society.

I don't think those stats are on the same scale or comparable. FanGraphs has an issue with how it labels it's stats. But you're right. Fourth most position player value.

[Clever]

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