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Originally Posted by Hrycaj
It has a real lead off hitter in Wong, thump from Nimmo,
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Kolten Wong has a career OBP of
.334. His best season was .376 (his second-best was only .361) and that was in 2017. As a 32-year-old middle infielder, he's likely to decline fairly fast.
In contrast, "thumper" Brandon Nimmo has a career OBP of
.385. The .367 he posted this year, in an off-season, would be Wong's second-highest ever. His average season is better than Wong's best. Just saying.
As for "thump", Nimmo's ISO is .172, which is nice enough (Wong is at .137) but won't get him into any Home Run Derbies. His current teammate (and top 5 comp) Tyler Naquin is a .184, for example.
(Baez is .204. Miggy is .216, but no longer at that level, obviously.)
Just so you know.