Now that I'm a newly minted Votto owner, I thought I'd open a thread for him. As many of you read in some other posts, I don't think Votto is elite any more due to his proclivity to look for the walk over all else when he's at the plate. This is going to hurt his bottom line in RBI as well as Homeruns, and that's to his owners' detriment. Owning him reminds me a little of being a Barry Bonds owner circa his latter years where he puts up an 0-for-2 with two walks and a run and that's pretty much what it felt like Bonds did every single night when he didn't homer. Unfortunately, Votto doesn't have Bonds' power, so the homers are fewer and far between.
I'm hoping I'm wrong (mostly since I just dealt for him), but Votto seems like a .310, 22 HR, 8 SB, 105 Runs, 85 RBI guy now, and while that's good, it's no longer elite.
I'm hoping I'm wrong (mostly since I just dealt for him), but Votto seems like a .310, 22 HR, 8 SB, 105 Runs, 85 RBI guy now, and while that's good, it's no longer elite.
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