khris davis beats out j.d. martinez for the edgar martinez designated hitter of the year award
which is pretty absurd
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
Huh? I'm pretty easy-going when it comes to award voting--I can at least almost always see the outline of the argument as to why some guy did or didn't win, even if I don't agree. But that makes zero sense. You're talking about .247/.326/.549 vs. .330/.402/.629., 2.9 WAR vs. 6.4. Not even close, no matter what metrics you use.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
the edgar martinez award committee is corrupt
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 19:45 (five years ago) link
Martinez appeared in 32 games as a RF, another 25 games in LF, 93 as DH. Davis appeared in 11 games as a LF, 139 as DH.
i guess they just saw Davis as more of a pure DH? beats me
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
apparently voters are instructed to take only stats as a DH into account; martinez hit .297/.373/.597 with 27 HR and 79 RBI in 93 games/400 PA as a DH while davis did essentially everything as a DH
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
i mean...i'd still take that production over davis but ok
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 19:51 (five years ago) link
David Price and Jonny Venters have been named winners of the 2018 American League and National League Comeback Player of the Year Awards.— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) November 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
Wow, I didn't know Venters' story.
― timellison, Tuesday, 20 November 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
Khris Davis's magic .247 hat trick carried the day
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 November 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Is this actually comprised of former DHs? What did Jeff Burroughs know, and when did he know it?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 03:26 (five years ago) link