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I agree Crackpott. These guys decided, using the official classification of who was eligible (i.e. pitchers), on who they thought was most valuable. The other two, in the Matsui case, ignored the official classification and created their own, which allowed them to exclude a candidate who otherwise would have made their list.
I'm not sure what MLB has done wrong (for once) here, or what they should rethink. I didn't think Gagne deserved the Cy Young, because to me I believe its harder to pitch 200 great innings than 60 'perfect' ones. However, I would have had to consider him even if you probably couldn't convince me otherwise. Unless MLB gives you a formula you have to use for deciding how to vote for guys, then subjective decisions on the quality of candidates are always going to be there. I ahve no doubt Gange would have made the top 50 pitchers on these guys lists, wherease Matsui wouldn;t have made the top 500 rookies of the year on those ROY voters as they had artificially excluded him from the process.
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