Rookie Of The Year

[rsox]

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He's got the same problem Reimold does, he didn't play enough.

See Mike Aviles last year.

Which i think will work against McCutchen as well.

[SPTO]

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AL: Elvis
NL "clutch" McCutchen

[snepp]

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I'm surprised my fellow members of the OSBRSA have no love for J.A. Happ. What's up?

Happ was my #6 in the NL, but I decided to stop at 5. As someone else mentioned, Happ and Hanson were basically a toss-up.

Quit a few high quality rookie performances this year.

[vols bravesfan]

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NL I want Hanson or Rasmus to win.

[TheLetterZ]

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Happ was my #6 in the NL, but I decided to stop at 5. As someone else mentioned, Happ and Hanson were basically a toss-up.

Quit a few high quality rookie performances this year.

I have no idea how VORP is calculated, but Happ led all rookies in the statistic by a country mile. Perhaps not the most compelling argument, but I thought he'd merit more consideration.

[dickey1331]

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i believe VORP is Value Over Replacement Player

I have no idea how VORP is calculated, but Happ led all rookies in the statistic by a country mile. Perhaps not the most compelling argument, but I thought he'd merit more consideration.

[TheLetterZ]

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I know what it stands for, but I don't understand how it's calculated and what the implications of those calculations are. Happ led all rookies in VORP by a huge margin, but looking at the raw numbers, I don't know why it's so.

[dickey1331]

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The number of runs contributed beyond what a replacement-level player at the same position would contribute if given the same percentage of team plate appearances. VORP scores do not consider the quality of a player's defense.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/glossary/index.php?search=vorp

I know what it stands for, but I don't understand how it's calculated and what the implications of those calculations are. Happ led all rookies in VORP by a huge margin, but looking at the raw numbers, I don't know why it's so.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Don't take this personal, but it's going to be hard for people to take you seriously when you come into every award thread and hand it out to an Oriole.

I'd agree if he didn't have a great year, but his numbers stack up with Beckham's pretty nicely. Beckham has the edge in RBI but Nolan had him beat in homers, average, and OBP as far as basic stats go.

[Travis40]

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Andrus in the AL

[CMH]

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I'd agree if he didn't have a great year, but his numbers stack up with Beckham's pretty nicely. Beckham has the edge in RBI but Nolan had him beat in homers, average, and OBP as far as basic stats go.

So you know, I really like Reimold. I think he is going to be a fantastic solid player. Something about his approach just translates well to me.

[BunnyHardaway]

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So you know, I really like Reimold. I think he is going to be a fantastic solid player. Something about his approach just translates well to me.

He needs to move to DH because his fielding is atrocious. Not sure if he'll be a perennial 30 HR guy but 20-25 seems reasonable

[Rod_Carew29]

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for the AL...not sure....but I'll go with the O's Nolan Reimold
for the NL, I am going with Andrew McCutchen..

I'll say this, it's about time MLB had SEPARATE ROY awards--for pitchers AND hitters. It's not fair for either side to get squeezed for the other category.

Back to McCutchen

.286
12 homers
54 RBIs
9 triples
26 doubles
22 SB's/5 CS
only grounded into 3 DP's

10 assists
only 2 errors

Bring it home Andrew!!!

Who do you think will win ROTY? The awards are released tomorrow. For the AL it looks like it will be between Texas SS Elvis Andrus and Detroits RHP Rick Porcello and for the NL it looks like it will be Floridas OF Chris Coghlan. What do you guys thing?

[Speedy]

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I want Hanson to win for the NL b/c I watched every start and he was dominanting going down the stretch for a team that needed those wins.

However, Coghlan will win...voters like everyday players compared to starters.

[Bellsprout]

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Funny story. I was at a late season Brewers game and they were giving out signs that advocated Casey McGehee for ROTY. Casey freaking McGehee. I don't know who in the organization thought the guy had a Popsicle's chance in hell at winning that award, but they need to be fired.

(The other side of said sign advocated Prince Fielder for MVP. Seriously, the person who thought those guys had any chance at all should be doubly fired.)

In the NL, i'll take Tommy Hanson.

AL, Elvis.