Quote:Your stats are distorted.  You just compared a full season from Bonds vs 49 games for Polanco.  That's like saying Manning had 142 TDs by age 26 and Brady only had 14.  Additonally, Polanco only started playing OF in 2009 whereas Bonds started playing OF the day he was born.

 

Both have a very smooth swing, are quick in the OF, and have issues hitting LFP.    Oh, and Polanco has a much better throwing arm.    Polanco needs to continue progressing but he has that Bonds/GriffeyJr style.

 

Growing up in the Burgh, I've watched pretty much every game in the Bonds & Bonilla era -- personally, I liked his game in the pre-roid era.  He was much better in the OF and a base stealing threat.  His arm totally sucked.  I think it was about 1999 when his head exploded in size and his game totally changed.

 

So then extrapolate Polanco's production this year over a full season of at-bats and you still have only a fraction of Bonds' 22 year old season.

 

Again, Bonds was an absolutely elite outfielder. Fielding is Polanco's weakness. If fielding is one players strength and the other players weakness, I don't consider them mirror images of each other. You even add in another big difference in their games and that is arm strength.

 

 

Again, pre-roid Bonds was one of the best players of all time. Polanco might be good or great, but he isn't Barry Bonds.

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