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The Padres Truly Commit to Fernando Tatis Jr. - The New York Times nytimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nytimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
February 19, 2021 Fernando Tatis Jr. has agreed to the longest contract in baseball history, and one of the most lucrative and yet looking at the jaw-dropping ZiPS projection for his career, his 14-year, $340 million deal might be underselling him. At the very least, Tatis’ contract and his production to date cast him as a generational talent, and his forecast suggests he’ll wind up ranking among history’s great shortstops. While it’s hard to believe that a player with only two partial years in the majors has a leg up on a berth in the Hall of Fame, the statistical history of players who’ve done what he’s done at such a young age suggests that it’s true: Tatis is already soaring towards Cooperstown. ....
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share-square-617113 ATLANTA As the Braves won five National League pennants during the 1990s and 14 consecutive division titles from 1991-2005, they showcased the value of securing and developing quality homegrown talent. Here is a list of the top five players drafted and developed by Atlanta: 1) Chipper Jones, 1990 (first overall) While honoring Hank Aaron during a recent memorial service, Jones recalled learning that, as the Braves prepared for the 1990 Draft, Aaron told a group of the team’s scouts, “You better take the Jones boy.” Whether it was their belief in Jones or Todd Van Poppel’s unwillingness to sign, Atlanta certainly made the right choice when it made Jones the top overall pick. Van Poppel, a hard-throwing high school pitcher from Texas, drew most of the hype leading up to the Draft. But Bobby Cox, Atlanta’s general manager at the time, and legendary scout Paul Snyder opted to take a chance on a switch-hitting shortstop from Florida. ....
1) OF Ken Griffey Jr. Drafted in first round (No. 1 overall) in 1987 Griffey might have a case as the best homegrown player of any team in any era when considering how much hype surrounded the top overall pick as the son of a three-time All-Star. It’s wild to imagine that the Mariners nearly passed on the sure-bet center fielder out of Moeller High School in Cincinnati. Former owner George Argyros had his heart set on a college pitcher, and his top choice was Mike Harkey. Griffey only wound up in Seattle by agreeing to a $160,000 bonus, well below the $225,000 that the previous year’s top pick received. Griffey took pride in being the top pick, and boy, did he deliver. Griffey played in just 129 Minor League games before going on to become the franchise leader with 70.6 wins above replacement, per Baseball-Reference, and 417 homers. He ranks at or near the top of just about every offensive category in team history. ....