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Another thing to consider are that today's game is tilted towards power hitting and hitting in a lineup as loaded as the Yankees has advantages over lineups that are less so...like the Angels.
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In the majority of Yankeee games this season, Andujar batted most typically 6-8th in the line up with no one hitting behind him. Late in the season (Sept) with Judge out, he batted 4th with Didi behind him.....Didi was the best hitter to hit behind him all season. So if these two player's line-ups were considered when voting, Ohtani benefitted much more from his line-up than did Andujar. At least the writers got the NL ROY correct. |
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...and at least you got that right! LOL (imo)
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Soto and Acuna were very close I thought.
Look just how close. https://herosports.com/mlb/player-co...s-ronald-acuna
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IMO, both Acuna and Ohtani were the pre-season favorites to win this award. They both clearly benefited from the plethora of hype they began receiving back in spring training.
Soto (once finally called up a month or so after Acuna) had significant hype surrounding him as did Gleyber Torres. In July, my bet on AL ROY would have been Torres after coming off the DL and being selected for the AS game following his torrid start. Andujar, who received far less hype than the other four, at the start of the season was 3rd on the NYY depth chart at 3rd base. So with little to no hype most of the season he came out of no where and put up a great season. I get that Andujar received no where near the same hype as the others and he didn't have an intriguing story so lacking in both intangibles clearly worked against him in regards to winning the ROY, but he had a great rookie season .... |
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Andujar deserved the award for the same reason people were saying Beltre was a HOFer before he got to 3,000: there aren't a whole lot of third basemen who can hit. If being a power hitting third basemen can get you into the HOF, it should win you the ROY too. Power hitting DH's are a dime a dozen. Who cares if they pitched 50 innings.
Andujar's oWAR was 4.6. Ohtani's was only 2.7. Andujar was a superior hitter. His fielding would be the only knock but then again Ohtani wasn't playing the field either. Last edited by packs; 11-13-2018 at 03:42 PM. |
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There are two types of baseball fans.
Those who think that New York players are screwed out of national awards every year because writers from other cities want to get their revenge and stick it to New York. And those who think that New York players are unduly favored every year because the media are always obsessed with New York players. The latter group will be out in full force later today after DeGrom wins (rightfully so) the NL Cy Young. |
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bWAR deGrom 10.0 Scherzer 9.5 fWAR deGrom 8.8 Scherzer 7.2. deGrom led all MLB pitchers in WAR. |
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http://www.espn.com/mlb/war/leaders Nola 10.5 DeGrom 9.6 Scherzer 8.8 but is not even in the final 3 At some point maybe you will realize that WAR is not the be all, end all measurement of who is a better baseball player ....it is merely an approximation of value to a player's team and IMO, at times insanely inconsistent/irrelevant. |
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http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...manager-awards The Mets' Jacob deGrom, Washington's Max Scherzer and Philadelphia's Aaron Nola are the top three for the NL Cy Young Award, with deGrom favored to win for the first time despite a 10-9 record. |
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A pitcher can only throw the ball. Can't score more runs than the other team.
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Ohtani did something that hasnt been done in over 100 years. That should put him over the yankees guy, in my opinion.
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