Here are my Major League Baseball 2010 Awards for Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Relief Pitcher of the Year, Cy Young Award, and MVP for the AL and NL. The voting structure is used in conjunction with that of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance.
Connie Mack Award (Manager of the Year)
AL
1. Terry Francona
2. Joe Maddon
3. Ron Washington
NL
1. Bud Black
2. Bobby Cox
3. Dusty Baker
Willie Mays Award (Rookie of the Year)
AL
1. Neftali Feliz
2. Austin Jackson
3. Brennan Boesch
NL
1. Buster Posey
2. Jason Heyward
3. Mike Stanton
Goose Gossage Award (Reliever of the Year)
AL
1. Rafeal Soriano
2. Joakim Soria
3. Neftali Feliz
NL
1. Brian Wilson
2. Heath Bell
3. Billy Wagner
Walter Johnson Award (Cy Young)
AL
1. Felix Hernandez
2. CC Sabathia
3. David Price
4. Jered Weaver
5. Justin Verlander
NL
1. Roy Halladay
2. Adam Wainwright
3. Ubaldo Jiminez
4. Tim Hudson
5. Mat Latos
Stan Musial Award (MVP)
AL
1. Josh Hamilton
2. Miguel Cabrera
3. Robinson Cano
4. Paul Konerko
5. Jose Bautista
6. Adrian Beltre
7. CC Sabathia
8. David Price
9. Rafeal Soriano
10. David Ortiz
NL
1. Joey Votto
2. Albert Pujols
3. Roy Halladay
4. Carlos Gonzalez
5. Jayson Werth
6. Adrian Gonzalez
7. Mat Latos
8. Troy Tulowitski
9. Brian Wilson
10. Tim Hudson
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
MLB 2010 Cy Young Awards
AL Cy Young Award
Winner: Felix Hernandez
Reason: 1st in IP, 2nd in K, 2nd in WHIP, 1st in ERA
Felix had 35 more K’s than Sabathia, and 44 more than Price. His WHIP was .13 lower than both Sabathia and Price, and his ERA was 2.27 compared to 2.72 for Price and 3.18 for Sabathia. So I think that all of these outweigh him having 8 less wins than Sabathia and 6 less wins than Price.
NL Cy Young Award
Winner: Roy Halladay
Reason: 1st in Wins, 1st in IP. 2nd in K, 3rd in ERA, 2nd in WHIP
Slightly beats out Adam Wainwright. Halladay had 1 more win, 6 more K’s, 20 more innings, and a WHIP that was .01 better. Halladay’s ERA was .02 points worse than Wainwrights. Plus Halladay’s team is in the playoffs.
Winner: Felix Hernandez
Reason: 1st in IP, 2nd in K, 2nd in WHIP, 1st in ERA
Felix had 35 more K’s than Sabathia, and 44 more than Price. His WHIP was .13 lower than both Sabathia and Price, and his ERA was 2.27 compared to 2.72 for Price and 3.18 for Sabathia. So I think that all of these outweigh him having 8 less wins than Sabathia and 6 less wins than Price.
NL Cy Young Award
Winner: Roy Halladay
Reason: 1st in Wins, 1st in IP. 2nd in K, 3rd in ERA, 2nd in WHIP
Slightly beats out Adam Wainwright. Halladay had 1 more win, 6 more K’s, 20 more innings, and a WHIP that was .01 better. Halladay’s ERA was .02 points worse than Wainwrights. Plus Halladay’s team is in the playoffs.
Monday, October 4, 2010
2010 MVP Awards
AL MVP
Winner: Josh Hamilton
Runner Up: Miguel Cabrera
Reason: 1st in Batting Average by .031 points, 1st in SLG, 2nd in OBP, 1st in OPS. Played 17 less games than Cabrera and only had 16 less runs, 5 less doubles, 6 less home runs, and 26 less RBI, and had 6 more hits. Plus his team made the playoffs.
NL MVP
Winner: Joey Votto
Runner Up: Albert Pujols
Reason: 2nd in Batting Average, 1st on OBP, 1st in SLG, 1st in OPS. Votto only had 9 less runs, 6 less hits, 5 less HR, 5 less RBI than Pujols in 9 less games. Plus his team made the playoffs.
Winner: Josh Hamilton
Runner Up: Miguel Cabrera
Reason: 1st in Batting Average by .031 points, 1st in SLG, 2nd in OBP, 1st in OPS. Played 17 less games than Cabrera and only had 16 less runs, 5 less doubles, 6 less home runs, and 26 less RBI, and had 6 more hits. Plus his team made the playoffs.
NL MVP
Winner: Joey Votto
Runner Up: Albert Pujols
Reason: 2nd in Batting Average, 1st on OBP, 1st in SLG, 1st in OPS. Votto only had 9 less runs, 6 less hits, 5 less HR, 5 less RBI than Pujols in 9 less games. Plus his team made the playoffs.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
16 Team MLB Playoff Format
What if MLB expanded its playoffs to 16 teams like the NBA and the NHL?
Here are some pros and cons.
Pros:
- More money for everyone. More for MLB, more for owners, more for players, even more for hot dog vendors.
- Regular season would be more interesting. More teams would be in contention. This would also bring in more money as attendance and TV ratings would increase.
- More teams would have chance at winning World Series.
- Teams would play each other based on winning percentage ranking and the playoff spots wouldn’t have to be re-aligned so that a wild card team did not play a team in its own division.
Cons:
- Playoffs would go to Thanksgiving. Air temperature is cold in late October and in November. Baseball is not fun to play or watch in 40 degree weather.
- Bad teams would make the playoffs. Look at the NBA Eastern Conference lately. Sub .500 teams make the playoffs. It just looks bad for the sport.
Below is what last years first round playoff matchup would have looked like under a 16 team format. The three division winners and best wild card team are seeded 1 through 4.
2009 AL
1 NYY vs 8 TB
2 LAA vs 7 Sea
3 Bos vs 6 Det
4 Min vs 5 Tex (Tex had a better Win %, but Min won their division)
Min beat Det in a one game playoff for the real AL Central last year so they get the higher seed. But in this format one game playoffs like that would not be needed.
2009 NL
1 LAD vs 8 ChiC
2 Phil vs 7 Atl
3 Col vs 6 Fla
4 Stl vs 5 SF
Comments on 2009 format:
The Cubs made the playoffs! Can’t you see them going all the way as an 8 seed! I can. They probably wouldn’t but it would be interesting and attractive for viewers.
Seattle and Texas would have both made the playoffs. These two teams have made the playoffs a total of 7 times combined since their existence (Texas 3 since 1961 Seattle 4 since 1977)
Here is what this years format would look like based on standings the morning of August 4th.
2010 AL
1 TB vs 8 Oak/LAA/Det (All 3 tied for the 8 seed)
2 NYY vs 7 Tor
3 Tex vs 6 Min
4 Chi vs 5 Bos (Bos has better win % but Chi would win AL Central)
NL
1 SD vs 8 LAD
2 SF vs 7 Col
3 Atl vs 6 Phil
4 Cin vs 5 StL
The Mets are currently one game behind LA for the 8th seed and Florida is 1.5 games out.
This format will probably never happen but it would be cool if it did. If the NBA and NHL can have playoffs take two onths why can’t MLB? Maybe the first round would be a best of three game series, the second round a best of five, and the LCS and World Series a best of 7. Then maybe this would finish up by mid November, which isnt too far off from when the World Series ends right now anyway.
Here are some pros and cons.
Pros:
- More money for everyone. More for MLB, more for owners, more for players, even more for hot dog vendors.
- Regular season would be more interesting. More teams would be in contention. This would also bring in more money as attendance and TV ratings would increase.
- More teams would have chance at winning World Series.
- Teams would play each other based on winning percentage ranking and the playoff spots wouldn’t have to be re-aligned so that a wild card team did not play a team in its own division.
Cons:
- Playoffs would go to Thanksgiving. Air temperature is cold in late October and in November. Baseball is not fun to play or watch in 40 degree weather.
- Bad teams would make the playoffs. Look at the NBA Eastern Conference lately. Sub .500 teams make the playoffs. It just looks bad for the sport.
Below is what last years first round playoff matchup would have looked like under a 16 team format. The three division winners and best wild card team are seeded 1 through 4.
2009 AL
1 NYY vs 8 TB
2 LAA vs 7 Sea
3 Bos vs 6 Det
4 Min vs 5 Tex (Tex had a better Win %, but Min won their division)
Min beat Det in a one game playoff for the real AL Central last year so they get the higher seed. But in this format one game playoffs like that would not be needed.
2009 NL
1 LAD vs 8 ChiC
2 Phil vs 7 Atl
3 Col vs 6 Fla
4 Stl vs 5 SF
Comments on 2009 format:
The Cubs made the playoffs! Can’t you see them going all the way as an 8 seed! I can. They probably wouldn’t but it would be interesting and attractive for viewers.
Seattle and Texas would have both made the playoffs. These two teams have made the playoffs a total of 7 times combined since their existence (Texas 3 since 1961 Seattle 4 since 1977)
Here is what this years format would look like based on standings the morning of August 4th.
2010 AL
1 TB vs 8 Oak/LAA/Det (All 3 tied for the 8 seed)
2 NYY vs 7 Tor
3 Tex vs 6 Min
4 Chi vs 5 Bos (Bos has better win % but Chi would win AL Central)
NL
1 SD vs 8 LAD
2 SF vs 7 Col
3 Atl vs 6 Phil
4 Cin vs 5 StL
The Mets are currently one game behind LA for the 8th seed and Florida is 1.5 games out.
This format will probably never happen but it would be cool if it did. If the NBA and NHL can have playoffs take two onths why can’t MLB? Maybe the first round would be a best of three game series, the second round a best of five, and the LCS and World Series a best of 7. Then maybe this would finish up by mid November, which isnt too far off from when the World Series ends right now anyway.
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