In case you arent familiar...there is a method of comparing players based soley on stats through a certain age. Just wanted to note a few Reds players since they have been updated. If for instance a score is 979 it means they are 97.9% similar. * means they are already in the hall of fame. www.baseball-reference.com

Similar Batters through Age 23 Edwin Encarnacion
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Jim Presley (979)
Jim Thome (975)
Chipper Jones (974)
Bill Melton (971)
Willie Jones (956)
Chris Brown (954)
Pete Ward (954)
Danny Tartabull (953)
Bobby Murcer (950)
Fernando Tatis (949)

Obviously not too shabby

Similar Batters through Age 26 Adam Dunn
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Darryl Strawberry (916)
Jose Canseco (908)
Reggie Jackson (906) *
Troy Glaus (899)
Tom Brunansky (899)
Roger Maris (890)
Harmon Killebrew (888) *
Rocky Colavito (888)
Tony Conigliaro (882)
Boog Powell (879)

The 2 guys that were traded for middle relievers...

Similar Batters through Age 26 Austin Kearns
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Frank Thomas (976)
Larry Walker (970)
Mike Marshall (964)
Torii Hunter (957)
Wally Post (956)
Kevin McReynolds (955)
Gil Hodges (953)
Mel Hall (951)
Preston Wilson (948)
Sam Chapman (948)

Similar Batters through Age 26 Felipe Lopez
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Toby Harrah (958)
Bobby Grich (953)
Jeff Blauser (953)
Shawon Dunston (944)
Orlando Cabrera (940)
Lonny Frey (939)
Denis Menke (938)
Ray Durham (937)
Mike Andrews (935)
Alex Gonzalez (934)