Is Jose Miranda…Underrated?

[USAFChief]

On 9/2/2022 at 7:03 AM, Major League Ready said:

  So, if we are fair and consider Hrbek got his first look the year before the start of the two careers look quite similar.

No. I don't think that's "fair." I think that's quite the stretch, actually.

 

We can be pleased with Miranda without inventing comparisons. 

[Major League Ready]

On 9/2/2022 at 7:44 PM, jkcarew said:

Not buying it. We’re talking rookies. Hrbek was a rookie in 1982. He was also 22 years old in his rookie year.. Miranda is 24. Again, not really that close. Doesn’t mean Miranda won’t be as good or better than Hrbek some day. Could happen. But it does mean Hrbek’s rookie year was very very impressive not withstanding the 73 PA he got in ‘81 at age 21.

Fair enough.  My point was not that they were equivalent.  The point was they were not as far apart as the post I initially quote suggested.  Miranda was horrible in his initial stint (66ABs).  Since the 2nd call-up, Miranda  has an OPS of 909.  Hrbeks 82 season was 848.  So, I don't buy that they were vastly different outside of Miranda being really / really bad for those first 66 ABs.