Found August 28, 2009 on
Where Is Andy Van Slyke:
While working on today's Futilitywatch, I had considered doing the history part of it on what seems to me to be a pretty unique line that Andrew McCutchen has put up during his rookie season. I scrapped that in favor of something more futility-related, but that doesn't mean I can't share the McCutchen stuff here.
Using Baseball-Reference's invaluable Play Index, I went looking for rookies 22-years old or younger with at least six triples, nine homers, 15 stolen bases, and an OPS+ of at least 126 (Holy cherrypicked stats, Batman!). The stats are obviously cribbed right from McCutchen's stat line this morning and they are incredibly cherry-picked so as to be nearly worthless for predictive value, but since I'm consistently blown away by 'Cutch's ability to hit for power, his speed, and the fact that he's had such a well-rounded good season at the plate at such a young age, I wanted to see who else has had similar years.
The list is pretty short; Dar...
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