Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

[Lintyfresh85]

Ok I just saw the Guillen one and I thought why not do a Hafner one... except this one is a no contest.

.314 avg, 17hr, 57 rbi's... .416 obp, .583 slg, .999 ops (third highest in the AL behind Roberts, and Vlad) so... Why was Travis snubbed?

[remix]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Because the first two months; he was nowhere to be found. He turned it on in June and the splits show it - He came under the radar and quite quickly.

April: .293 1HR 8RBI
May: .247 4HR 12RBI
June: .345 8HR 29RBI

[Beantown]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

There are better first basemen, and not enough spots for him. He's good, but Marky-T and Konerko deserve it, and Wickman deserves to be their representative, IMO.

[cbgatorade0202]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Im going to have to say yes..How is Konerko better then Hafner? Konerko's stats are not any better..worse in my opinion

Konerko - .243 , 19 HR , 53 RBI's

Hafner - .314 , 17 HR , 57 RBI's

Im gonna have to say i'd way rather have Hafners stats

I think what hurts hafner tho is he's usually a DH for the Indians

[Lintyfresh85]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

well the back up DH Shea Hillenbrand has even worse stats.

.309 avg, 8 hr, 37 rbi's

Not really up to par with Travis, of course Hafner did much of his damage in the last couple weeks but stats are stats.

[Havok410]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Hafner was definatly snubbed. He should of been the backup DH instead of Shea Hillenbrand. What were the players thinking?

[SPTO]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Hafner was definatly snubbed. He should of been the backup DH instead of Shea Hillenbrand. What were the players thinking?

Actually the players were very astute. See if a player gets chosen to the ASG by the fans and the players then the 2nd place pick from the players is automatically sent to the game.

David Ortiz was picked by both the players and fans so the 2nd place guy was Hillenbrand with a paltry 180-something votes. I'm sure Hafner would've gotten more votes by the players if he had gotten hot earlier.

[Beantown]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

David Ortiz was the first player for cross the 4 million vote mark...that's amazing for a guy who was hardly known while with the Twins.

[Thrasha]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

It's a little late now, but maybe would could condence these threads into one collective "snubbed" thread. Not being a forum monitor or busting balls or anything like that though.

Anyway, I think he was snubbed...If the reason he was left off the team is because of the players voting too early then shame on them. If I were a player I would wait to the waning days to get my ballot in. Take in the whole picture that way.

[Havok410]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Actually the players were very astute. See if a player gets chosen to the ASG by the fans and the players then the 2nd place pick from the players is automatically sent to the game.

David Ortiz was picked by both the players and fans so the 2nd place guy was Hillenbrand with a paltry 180-something votes. I'm sure Hafner would've gotten more votes by the players if he had gotten hot earlier.

Ah, ok. I always thought that the players made there decision like 2 days before the election show or something. Hillenbrand was definatly the better player in the first two months.


P.S. Was Hillenbrand even a DH before Aaron Hill got called up?

[SPTO]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

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P.S. Was Hillenbrand even a DH before Aaron Hill got called up?[/QUOTE]

Yep some nights you'd have Koskie playing 3rd, Hinske at first and Hillenbrand DH'ing

[Havok410]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Yep some nights you'd have Koskie playing 3rd, Hinske at first and Hillenbrand DH'ing

Dohh..forgot all about Koskie. Toronto has alot of 3rd basemen. Hill, Hinske, Hillenbrand, and Koskie. I would make a trade if I was the Jays gm and acquire another starter or a slugger.

[SPTO]

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Dohh..forgot all about Koskie. Toronto has alot of 3rd basemen. Hill, Hinske, Hillenbrand, and Koskie. I would make a trade if I was the Jays gm and acquire another starter or a slugger.

There's talk the Jays would trade Orlando Hudson for an outfielder and move Hill to 2B.

[Thrasha]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

There's talk the Jays would trade Orlando Hudson for an outfielder and move Hill to 2B.

I really like Hudson, I love watching him play 2nd even though he always seems to make great plays vs. Boston.

[SportsTop]

Re: Was Travis Hafner snubbed?

Because the first two months; he was nowhere to be found. He turned it on in June and the splits show it - He came under the radar and quite quickly.

April: .293 1HR 8RBI
May: .247 4HR 12RBI
June: .345 8HR 29RBI

This illustrates the reason why he didn't make the team.

Everyone seems to be including his stats from the his last seven games when I'm quite sure the player's voting and possibly even most of the manager's selections had been completed. Hafner has had 5 HR's, 15 RBI, and 15 hits in his last seven games (most of that has actually come in the last four days). It is a little deceiving to post his stats (especially the HR's) when last week he had 12 HR's and 42 RBI's in asking whether or not he was snubbed.