Trout v. Harper

Player A:  .356 BA, 74 Runs, 16 HRs, 49 RBIs, 31 SBs

Player B:  .267 BA, 52 Runs, 9 HRs, 29 RBIs, 13 SBs

If you couldn't guess by the title of this post, then the answer to who is Player A and B is obviously either one or the other of those two names.  But why would I ask which is which?  Well, Player A is Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels and Player B is Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals and they are the two super-hyped rookies taking Major League Baseball by storm.  Also, for whatever reason, the media likes to compare the two, but based on statistics alone, it's not even a contest, Mike Trout is by far the superior of the two.  So, that begs the question - why do they keep comparing them when Mike Trout blows Bryce Harper out of the water (get it, water and Trout)?  Mike Trout is the runaway Rookie of the Year leader and he is quite possibly the AL MVP vote leader at this point in the season.  He leads the AL in batting average and stolen bases.  Oh, and he didn't even get called up to the big leagues until the end of April, so he is a month behind the rest of the league.  Meanwhile, Bryce Harper is having a decent year, but he is not doing anything special like Trout.  The only thing that is going in Bryce Harper's favor is that he is 19 years old and the numbers he is putting up are pretty good for his age.  However, Mike Trout is only 20 years old, so it's not like age is that big of a factor.  On top of all that, Trout is currently the number one ranked fantasy player according to Yahoo! and I have to point out once again that he has played a month less than the rest of the players in the majors, making that ranking even crazier.  By the way, Harper is ranked 149th overall in fantasy baseball and is the 43rd best outfielder, which isn't anything to brag about.  So, why are these two guys being compared to each other?  I don't know, but I just wanted to end the debate today.  Mike Trout is the King of Rookies......and fish.

"But at least Bryce Harper leads the league in the 'Most Times People Have Said They Wanted to Punch Him in the Face'  statistic and it looks like someone beat me to it."