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CY Young To Verlander Honorable Mention To Sabathia, Rivera & Robertson

Posted by on 16 November 2011, 10:23 pm

Congratulations to Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander for his historic 2011 season. Verlander won the CY Young Award by a landslide, just as expected and well-deserved I may add.

Verlander went 24-5 in the regular season, posting a 2.40 ERA, 250 strikeouts and pitched 251 innings.

In all honesty, the rest of the CY Young voting is really irrelevant this season because Verlander’s performance was that superior, as he unanimously won across the voting across board. Still, even in a rare circumstance it is nice to acknowledge the other top pitchers around the American League for their hard work too, which included three Yankee arms.

Congratulations to all the nominees!!

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Congratulations 2011 MLB Rookie of the Year Award Winners

Posted by on 15 November 2011, 12:11 am

Congratulations to Tampa Bay Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson and Atlanta Braves closer Craig Kimbrel for being named the 2011 Rookies of the Year.

Hellickson went 13-10 over 29 starts in his rookie season. The 24-year old righty posted a 2.95 ERA, with 117 strikeouts and pitched 189 innings total. That is no easy feat for any pitcher, but for a rookie to put up those numbers in the heavy hitting AL East makes it even more impressive.

Kimbrel set a new rookie record with 46 saves in the regular season. In 77 innings pitched, Kimbrel posted a 2.10 ERA, a 1.04 WHIP and had 127 strikeouts. The 23-year old righty was named to the 2011 NL All-Star team, and he swept the ROY voting, getting all 32 first place nods.

Below are the 2011 ROY voting totals:

AMERICAN LEAGUE:

al voting results from mlb.com

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2011 Silver Slugger Awards Included Two New York Yankees

Posted by on 2 November 2011, 11:59 pm

After getting snubbed from the Gold Gloves, two New York Yankees were recipients of a 2011 Silver Slugger Award.

So congratulations are in order, for outfielder Curtis Granderson and second baseman Robinson Cano who both consistently produced at the plate throughout the 2011 season. The Yankees also owe HUGE thanks to batting coach Kevin Long, who has been instrumental in the entire team’s success at the plate.

Here are all of the MLB players who were named 2011 Silver Sluggers:

AMERICAN LEAGUE:

NATIONAL LEAGUE:

CONGRATULATIONS to all the  Silver Sluggers for swinging the hottest bats in the 2011 season!!!

 

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2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Winners Announced

Posted by on 2 November 2011, 3:17 am

The 2011 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards winners were announced and here are the recipients:

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS to all the 2011 Gold Glove Winners!

 

 

 

 

Don’t think I didn’t notice that not one New York Yankee won a Gold Glove for the 2011 season, which makes this award lose a lot credibility, as the results seem awfully lopsided.

I will broach this subject in my next post, as how can the AL team with the best record not get at least one nod.

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MLB: 2011 Comeback Players Of The Year Award Winners

Posted by on 15 October 2011, 3:16 am
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MLB announced that Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury (AL) and Cardinals Lance Berkman (NL) as the winners of the 2011 Comeback Player of The Year Awards.

LANCE BERKMAN:

Berkman would have gotten my vote as his career looked to be in the toilet the moment he got traded from the Astros to the Yankees.

Berkman was useless in the Bronx, maybe being a two-month rental and not playing in the field hurt his routine because he is thriving in St. Louis.

In 2011, Berkman was voted to the All-Star team after hitting 31 home-runs, 94 RBIs, 92 walks and posting a .301 batting average. He is certainly in the 2011 MVP discussion and should get some votes, but it is doubtful he will win.

Still, it is a far cry from the Berkman of 2010 so the award is well deserved.

JACOBY ELLSBURY:

I do not feel the same way about Ellsbury, who only played 18 games in 2010 because of an injury.

Also, what exactly is Ellsbury coming back from?

He put up the best numbers of his five-year career in 2011, with 32 home-runs and 105 RBIs. In the four years earlier, Ellsbury hit 20 homers and drove in 125 RBIs in total.

Ellsbury’s 364 total bases was the highest number across both leagues this season, but it was another career best for the just turned 28-year-old outfielder.

Doesn’t this seem more like a first-time than a comeback for such a young player with just five seasons under his belt?

Where was the love for Yankees Bartolo Colon? Continue reading ‘MLB: 2011 Comeback Players Of The Year Award Winners’ »

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New York Yankees: Most Valuable Player

Posted by on 7 September 2011, 2:04 am

Without question New York Yankees Curtis Granderson is having an MVP worthy season, but the odds are stacked that he won’t win it.

The one reason being that the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) has not voted an AL player the MVP with a below .300 average since Alex Rodriguez won the honor posting a .298 back in 2003. Before A-rod, it was California Angels Don Baylor who won in 1979 with a .296 average.

That makes me believe that Granderson’s .271 average is just not going to cut it, which is completely insane in my opinion.

Also the fact that Granderson is a Yankee probably doesn’t help his campaign either; and in the end he will not muster enough votes to win an award he rightly has earned.

Granderson is leading all the Majors in runs (126) and RBIs (109). Not to mention he is second overall in home-runs with 38, is fourth in slugging with .575, ninth in OPS (on-base plus slugging) with .948 and tenth in walks drawing 77 so far. Granderson also has 24 steals on the season.

Another stat that I found interesting was that Granderson has clocked 609 at-bats (as of 09/06), which ranks 15th most in baseball, and tied with Texas Rangers Michael Young. Big deal right…but than I saw that Granderson has made pitchers throw a total of 2724, which is the most in the Majors.

Call me crazy but that translates into Granderson making pitchers have to work the hardest when he is at the plate. Sounds pretty MVP-like to me??

So, why batting average is an invalid excuse?

Just because batting average (BA) is the most recognizable hitting statistic, it is not the only way to test a hitter and can be unfairly interpreted.

For example, power hitters habitually strikeout more, which is the reason for their more modest batting averages. Still this is without taking into consideration that these power bats subsidize this by hitting a lot of extra base hits, which are more effective in scoring runs.

So when assessing a power hitter, slugging percentage (SLG) is the superior statistic in determining real value because it factors in the number of bases achieved by each hit, instead of seeing all hits as equal. Continue reading ‘New York Yankees: Most Valuable Player’ »

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New York Yankees: I Want My, I Want My, I Want My MVP

Posted by on 22 August 2011, 12:09 am

Like any avid baseball fan, the MLB Network has quickly become my favorite channel.

The channel provides the latest updates, shifts around the daily games and provides a variety of opinions from former players to GMs.

Still, as a New York Yankee fan I watch on high alert, aware of the lack of love the Bombers get all over. Some might call it paranoia, but fair is fair and the Yankees get a lot more attention for the bad than the good.

What I really can’t understand is why the MLB Network’s round table, made up of mainly ex-players and GMs, have been talking about the MVP race and not once has Yankee outfielder Curtis Granderson been mentioned as front-runner for the annual award.

Look, I already saw the Yankee captain robbed of the MVP back in 2009, and I would hate to see it happen again. As Granderson is getting the same brainwashing via the media, as he does not get the same hype, as some other players and it is all because of the uniform he wears.

Not that these nominees are unworthy, but guys like Rangers Michael Young, Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury or Adrian Gonzalez, while dominating are not having Granderson type seasons.

The proof is in the stats (all courtesy of mlb.com; post all Sunday August 21, 2011 games):

  AT-BATS RUNS HITS RBIs HRs SB AVG SLG OBP
YOUNG 505 63 170 85 10 5 .337 .491 .374
GRANDERSON 463 114 130 98 35 24 .281 .594 .375
GONZALEZ 505 82 173 94 18 1 .343 .537 .404
ELLSBURY 505 89 158 79 22 33 .313 .517 .370

Granderson has a .281 batting average, which is noticeably the lowest, but BA is not an accurate statistic because all it determines is how often a player gets a hit. Continue reading ‘New York Yankees: I Want My, I Want My, I Want My MVP’ »

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