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Originally Posted by 2004RedSox
I love voting for awards manually, but I'm torn on who actually deserves the MVP and the Cy Young Award this year.
CY YOUNG CONTENDERS (3)
Pitcher A: 24-4, 3.35 ERA, 144 SOs, 62 BBs, 226 IP WHIP of 1.08
Pitcher B: 20-6, 3.40 ERA, 194 SOs, 54 BBs, 222.1 IP WHIP of 1.05
Pitcher C: 17-5, 2.95 ERA, 109 SOs, 87 BBs, 216.1 IP WHIP of 1.24
I was thinking of giving it to Pitcher C because, to me, he was dominant more down the stretch than the other guys. I'm talking about posting a sub 2 ERA for most of the second half. Though, he didn't start until he was traded to the Nationals at the deadline.
MVP CONTENDERS
BATTER A: .328/.449/.470/.918 9 HRs, 128 RBIs
BATTER B: .319/.465/.498/.962 21 HRs, 137 RBIs
BATTER C: .310/.453/.392/.845 6 HRs, 103 RBIs.
Batter C looks like he was severely outplayed on paper, yes. However, he
had 69 stolen bases, caught twice, and was knocked in over 150 times, which gets him mentioned because he had the best season for a leadoff hitter in my league's history. Thoughts?
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BATTER A had 24 stolen bases and was caught stealing four times. He was knocked in 139 times batting in the middle of the order for the Yankees (90-73). As far as fielding goes, he had an abnormal year. He had 11 errors over 1500 innings, 283 putouts, and 154 double plays in over 650 attempts. He plays second base.
BATTER B didn't steal any bases. He was caught once, however. Regardless, the outstanding catcher was knocked in 128 times, batting fourth. As far as defense goes, he was perfect through 1465.2 innings; lead MLB catchers in terms of double plays with four, and had the highest RC% in the American League. He threw out approximately 30% of base-runners. He was on the lowly, play-off bound Athletics who went 78-85 on the season. And yes, he was the only good player on the team...
BATTER C batted leadoff for the Minnesota Twins, while patrolling center field and (almost) their entire outfield. This kid played in only 155 games (everyone else was 160 or more) for 1400 innings (give or take .1). He did not commit one error and had a range factor of 4.23. Also, he combined with other plays to have a total of fifteen double plays. His range factor is only overshadowed by BATTER B's which was 6.72 as a catcher, while BATTER A, another good fielder, had a range factor of 3.28.
Hopefully this information will help you make a decision... onto pitching now, too! By the way, their VORPs are as follows (in-order from A to C): 79.0,
84.6, and 82.3.
PITCHER A allowed a .642 OPS against him and had a 45.6 VORP. He had 20 quality starts out of 32 games started.
PITCHER B allowed .662 OPS against him and had a 42.0 VORP. However, he had three more quality starts in the same amount of games started.
PITCHER C allowed a .658 OPS against him and had a 53.2 VORP. He did, though, have twenty-two quality starts in 28 starts.
I would calculate dERA, but I don't have the time, sorry