I will make outlandish picks, but I actually believe wholeheartedly in every one of them. As always, I go against the grain.
NL CY YOUNG AWARD
Tim Lincecum-18-5 2.62 ERA 260 SO 1.17 WHIP
I looked at all the numbers closely and I give Lincecum a very slight edge over Johan Santana. Both men have different reasons for low victory totals. Lincecum plays for a shitty team that is 28 games below .500 in games he doesn’t pitch and Santana had 8 leads blown for him by the bullpen this year. Lincecum has been dominant all year long; he has 50 more strikeouts than the nearest pitcher, his batting average against is .221 best among starting pitchers, only given up 11 homeruns, and has the best winning pct. at .783. No matter what way you look at it Lincecum’s numbers are sick and he has been the best pitcher in the National League.
NL MVP
CC Sabathia- 11-2 1.65 ERA, 7 CG, 3 Shutouts
While he certainly deserves consideration for the Cy Young I believe he has been the most valuable player to any team in the national league. Overall in his starts the Brewers were 14-3 and most importantly in 7 complete games they were 7-0. That saves an already thin bullpen when he does that and he completes the game with a W which is so important.
NL MANAGER
Dale Sveum, Milwaukee Brewers- Taking over late in the season with his team staring down the barrel of missing the playoff narrowly for the second year in a row, Sveum sprang into action. After a one and three start as manager Sveum motivated his team to 6 out of 7 wins in the final stretch to take the NL Wild Card away from the Metropolitans. He finished the season 7-4, and astonishing 64% winning percentage.
AL CY YOUNG AWARD
Mariano Rivera-1.40 ERA, 39 Saves, 1 BLSV, 0.67 WHIP
Yes he has been the best pitcher in the American league, but no he doesn’t have some super number of saves or wins. His team underperformed so he didn’t get a chance to have 50+ saves but when he did pitch nobody did it better. He blew 1 save all year. In 70 IP he struck out 77, walked 6, gave up 11 runs and gave up a ridiculously low 4 homeruns.
AL MVP
Francisco Rodriguez- 2.24 ERA, 62 Saves, 1.29 WHIP
If you look around the AL it is hard to find a hitter that may be the MVP so I went with K-Rod. He was on the best team in the AL and was the best player on that team. He shut down more teams than anyone in the history of the game. Not only did he perform but when you have a closer like that he improves the rest of your pitching staff because he strikes fear in the opponent. They know they have to get runs before the get to K-rod, it is like the guy batting ahead of Vlad is going to see plenty of pitches, it works the same for pitchers.
As for the rest of the awards Longoria and Soto are the ROTY's and Madden is clearly the AL Manager of the Year.
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Does 62 saves really mean anything? Aren't the number of saves a closer gets dictated by the number of save opportunities he gets? So the Angels had to be in at least 62 close games for K-Rod to get 62 saves. K-Rod had nothing to do with being in the position to get the 62 saves. I'm just saying.
I agree Andrew, but that is why I gave Rivera the Cy Young, even though his save total isnt that impressive his pitching numbers were more impressive. I believe K-Rod was valuable because in those close games he was the difference most of the time
You are such a piece of shit. How on Earth does Mariano win the Cy Young??? Cliff Lee goes 22-3 with a 2.53 ERA for a garbage team and you want to give the award to the closer for a team never in contention? It's not like Mo pitched in any pressure situations this year. Lee threw over 223 innings and with a very mediocre team backing him up and he posted the best numbers in the majors. Yankee homer?????? You're blind!!
Lincecum deserves NL CY Young
CC is discussion for NL MVP, but Manny can also be put into that same category. In 53 games he batted .396 with 17 HR and 53 RBI. He posted an outlandish 1.232 OPS. If CC brought the Brew Crew into the playoffs, Manny certainly did the same for LA, yet he did it every day, not every 4-5 days.
KRod does not deserve any kind of award...His hits and walks are up, his K's are far below his norm. He saved 62 games, but he didn't pitch well enough for the Cy Young let alone the MVP. The Angeles didn't make the playoffs because of KRod. They won by 21 games. Nobody else was even .500 in that division. That's a worse pick then Rivera! I still give the award to Pedroia. With Manny gone, and Ortiz battling injuries the whole year, he lead that offense. He hit .326 17 HR 83 RBI 118 R and 20 SB plus posting the best fielding % at 2B in the AL.
And Dale Sveum??? How does a manager win any awadr that was gift wrapped a playoff team for the last 2 weeks? You nearly lose all your credibility with this stupid choice! Sweet Lou is the only real choice here as the Cubbies posted the best record ni the NL.
Danny,
Obviously the Sveum pick was tongue in cheek asswipe.
And as for the Cy Young in the AL it doesnt matter if his team was good or not, or pitched in pressure situation, I mean what pressure did Cliff Lee pitch in?
And if I was going to go with a starter in the AL I would personally choose Roy Halladay.
I think, looking at the numbers, and how the guys pitched that Mariano Rivera had the best year for any pitcher in the American League.
Sabathia is an interesting case for NL MVP. But I would give it to Pujols. The only reason the Cardinals contended as long as they did this year was because of Pujols.
Hard to argue with .357 avg, .462 obp, .653 slug, 1.114 OPS, 37 HR, 116 RBI, 44 2B, and only 54 Ks.
The only tough thing for a closer to do is pitch under pressure. If there's no pressure what's the big deal about getting through 1 inning??? Since he had none it discounts anything great he did. Lee pitched over 220 innings with an ERA near 2.50 and managed a record of 22-3. How is that not more impressive and tougher to accomplish then what Mo did? And what exactly did Mo do that was any different then what Joakim Soria did? Their numbers were eerily similar for closers that dominated in situations that didn't mean anything. Now Halladay I can accept as a Cy Young candidate. I couldn't argue against him. He's a flat out stud!
Hey speaking of closers... do you think Lidge has any shot at the award in the NL? Going 41 for 41 while fighting off 2 teams in the division and 1 for the WC is pretty impressive, especially in that band box.
Remember when the Mets were leading the East? Then they were leading the Wild Card. Then they were out of the Playoffs all together. And two years in a row. Wow, must suck to be a Mets fan!
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