Matt Williams for NL manager of the year, buck showalter (barf) for AL
I mean at least the NL made it interesting by not picking bochy, BS was a foregone conclusion but totes should've been scoscia IMO
― ichabron crames (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 12 November 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
klubes
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 13 November 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
called it http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Smileys%20Holidays/Halloween/CrystalBallFortuneTellerSmileyHand.gif
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 13 November 2014 01:03 (nine years ago) link
the was a pretty close vote!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 13 November 2014 02:45 (nine years ago) link
glad the voters got
klubed in
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 November 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
This will be the first time since Ryan Howard's partial rookie season that Chase Utley finishes ahead of him in MVP voting
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=25044
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
(the piece explains why that (midsummer) tweet is probably not true)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
that is a literal tragedy
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
Unanimous for Trout; let the healing begin.
― clemenza, Thursday, 13 November 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15E2oV6L8FvKiCRA20LQYpix43u1bEt_goD2gmfRiiQ0/pubhtml
― polyphonic, Friday, 14 November 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
holliday got s 5th place vote, huh
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 14 November 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
lucroy! didn't expect that
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 14 November 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
dave cameron is the low cutch vote
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 14 November 2014 00:29 (nine years ago) link
denard span's 4th place vote is also weird
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 November 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/explaining-my-national-league-mvp-ballot/
i guess the next big thing is sequencing? and putting stock in rendon's 70 high leverage PAs? suddenly giving a shit about clutch stats?
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Friday, 14 November 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
zachylon, you scared me with that Lucroy post bcz I thought you meant he WON. He was discussed as a prime candidate all summer, albeit not a winner past mid-August.
The top 6 in the NL were exactly how I voted in the IBA
http://bbp.cx/iba/c5f5
except for flopping Stanton and McCutchen. Good job, writers!
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 November 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
the howard-utley saga continues . . .
― we will run the Milkyway. Think about that (Will M.), Friday, 14 November 2014 05:56 (nine years ago) link
I knew that deGrom was from Stetson U, but not Kluber.
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/degrom-kluber-stetson-products-nl-rookie-of-the-year-al-cy-young-winner-111214
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 November 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
There's an amusing punchline buried in here: Trout's MVP was probably helped disproportionately by his RBI title.
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/the-rbi-obsession-is-still-tainting-the-mvp-voting-111414
(Don't misinterpret what I'm saying, which is not that it was a big factor--there were a million reasons to vote for Trout. But, following Neyer's argument, there were probably a few old-school voters who viewed his RBI title as an important reason to vote for him.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 15 November 2014 14:24 (nine years ago) link
well, of course. Not to mention V Martinez as the undeserved Cabrera-in-waiting. This was Trout's worst year, and best year in Dinosaur Stats.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 November 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
while it's true that in the most literalist sense trout is "declining," as the stats show and Ben Lindbergh wrote v eloquently about, "trout's worst year" is kinda like saying "lebron's worst year"
that said, I may be loony but in some ways I think Stanton is better & I'd prefer to have him if I were a GM/manager
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 15 November 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
realizing tho that saying "in the literalist sense" as a qualifier in the saber-age is tantamount to heresy
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Saturday, 15 November 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
I'm curious to see how both of those guys age skills-wise. Trout looks like the thing from fantastic four now but I wonder if he's gonna get more kruk-like over time. stanton seems like he might age better? But he also seems to be a bit more injury prone. This last one not his fault obv but still...
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, 15 November 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
My first reaction is Trout easily, but a day or two ago someone posted a list of the top right-handed OPS+ through first three seasons (or something close to that, anyway), and Stanton wasn't too far behind Trout on the list. I'm blanking out on where I saw it...I'll put a link up, if I remember.
― clemenza, Saturday, 15 November 2014 22:57 (nine years ago) link
tbh barring conigliaro-like injury or PED scandal i'm more confident in stanton ending up in the HOF than trout, if only because he'd be a virtual lock for 500 hr
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 16 November 2014 02:39 (nine years ago) link
^^^agreed
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 16 November 2014 03:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/columnists/jerry-green/2014/11/15/green-sabremetrics-leave-winning-factor/19108029/
MVP race related. hey think you've read the worst sports article ever? you haven't. until now. I swear this is even worse than that fucking rick reilly piece directed at jetes's unborn scion
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Sunday, 16 November 2014 03:12 (nine years ago) link
was surprised to learn/realize giancarlo only has 2 years on his contract. he's still so young it's just bizarre imagining him a free agent in a couple years
but when i was looking at cot's i was reminded of that 2006 season where the marlins spent less than $15 million
3 hitters making the league minimum combined for 15 WAR
almost a third of the salary tied up in dontrelle willis
only other player making 7 figures was "brian" "moehler"
what a time to be alive
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Sunday, 16 November 2014 11:20 (nine years ago) link
you guys don't deserve Trout, Trout is the best, Trout will be the best, Stanton will be great obviously, but Trout is Trout. TROUT.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 16 November 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Wouldn't take this seriously--the unfairness is obvious--but it's interesting. (John Dewan, not James.)
http://www.billjamesonline.com/is_madison_bumgarner_the_worlds_1_starting_pitcher_/
― clemenza, Monday, 17 November 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
BEEOK THIS IS YOUR MOMENT
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 17 November 2014 22:42 (nine years ago) link
IIRC Bum is the world's #2 after Clayton Keyshawn.
― In Which Doctor Who Listens to Classic Rock Classics for the First Time (Leee), Monday, 17 November 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link
and rightfully so because kershaw is stone cold perfection
― give kawhi his damn eyedrops (slothroprhymes), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
A friend attended the BBWAA dinner Saturday night; Koufax spoke after being honored for the 50th anniv of his perfect game. Mike Trout was absent w/ stomach flu.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 January 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Bud and Sandy on the dais
http://m.mlb.com/video/v37173891/jacob-degrom-accepts-nl-rookie-of-the-year-award
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 02:12 (nine years ago) link