Adrian's road OPS, last 5 years:
2010: .980
2009: 1.045
2008: .946
2007: .928
2006: .905
His home park is killing him. He would even more recognized for his hitting prowess if he was out of Petco, not less.
Justin Upton, when outside of the 3rd best hitting park in the majors: .742 OPS. His best year in the admittedly small sample size is 50 points less than Adrian's worst in that 5 year span. Yes, Upton is still on his way up on the career arc - potentially way up - and this is as good as Adrian's gonna get.
It's not enough for me to say Upton is as good as Adrian now. He's just not. Put him in Petco and find out just how deflated his stats get. Put Adrian in Arizona and he'd be an 8 WAR player, not a 4. Their park differences are that extreme. IMO.
~G
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