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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 5351897, member: 2500"] Ohtani doesn't play the field 150+ games a year. Ohtani gets to room with his white teammates in every city. Ohtani, TBOMK, doesn't deal with racial taunts in MLB cities. Ohtani doesn't appear as if he'll have six seasons above 10 WAR. Ohtani also benefits from facing a diluted talent pool. Yes, he's an elite hitter and a very good pitcher, although highly unlikely he ever wins a Cy Young. On the pitching side, over 8 years he's pitched in 100 games and compiled 13.7 fWAR. That's a yearly average of 8.5 games pitched and 1.71 fWAR per season. I could do this all day. But the simple answer to who was the better player is the one where one guy ends his career with something like 50 more WAR than the other. Ohtani may well win the most uniquely talented player, but he's not the best at hitting or at pitching and doesn't field except on pitching days for 5-6 innings. Enjoy him. Don't know if he'll open the door for others to be a two-way player, but he's fun to watch and adds to the game. But as to "best ever", I'll let the numbers speak. [/QUOTE]