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I know there could be recency bias at play, but Elly has the best raw power-speed combination I've ever seen. Bonds was great at both, but his raw power peaked way later after his speed faded, and I don't think he was ever regarded as *the* fastest player in the league. Elly seems like an even more tooled out Eric Davis or Bo Jackson. Wi…
I know there could be recency bias at play, but Elly has the best raw power-speed combination I've ever seen. Bonds was great at both, but his raw power peaked way later after his speed faded, and I don't think he was ever regarded as *the* fastest player in the league. Elly seems like an even more tooled out Eric Davis or Bo Jackson. With close to Michael Jordan's build. Never seen anything like it.
The Eric Davis comp is a good one. Bo was, of course, really fast, but we didn't get to see it on the baseball field very often. But the comp that is stuck in my mind is a direct peer: Oneil Cruz.
Edit: I don't know what "raw" power speed really means, but there was this guy who had seventy steals and forty homers this season. Perhaps he wouldn't win a footrace against EDLC, but as far as effective baseball speed, that should do it.
I was just think statcast's exit velo & sprint speed. Acuna is obviously a great power-speed guy and had the top exit velo this year (Elly had the 3rd highest). Elly was #1 in sprint speed, while I think there is something wrong with Acuna's (he's listed as 208th, but 33rd in 'bolts.' I'm guessing that he was picking his spots to let loose to protect the knee). Acuna is tooled out as well, and obvs is the single season power-speed leader by a long shot. Elly likely will never reach those heights, but his raw tools are amazingly even louder IMO.