2010 MLB Silver Slugger Winners

[st0rmb11]

National League

C - Brian McCann
1B - Albert Pujols
2B - Dan Uggla
3B - Ryan Zimmerman
SS - Troy Tulowitzki
OF - Carlos Gonzalez
OF - Ryan Braun
OF - Matt Holliday
P - Yovani Gallardo


American League

C-Joe Mauer
1B - Miguel Cabrera
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Adrian Beltre
SS - Alexei Ramirez
OF - Jose Bautista
OF - Carl Crawford
OF - Josh Hamilton
DH - Vladimir Guerrero


thoughts?

not looking to start anything and sound too much like a "Reds fan", but I think Votto deserved the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger, but that Pujols got them on reputation.
also, I think you could make a compelling case for Victor Martinez over Joe Mauer.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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What, Jeter did not make it?



Victor and Mauer was close, even though Victor had 20 HRs where Mauer was way down with 9. But Mauer led in just about every category other than a slightly lower slugging.

I think there was an argument with David Ortiz as well for DH.

Ortiz: .270/.370/.529 with 32 homers, 36 doubles and 102 RBIs. OPS+ of 137

Guerrero: .300/.345/.496 with 29 homers, 27 doubles and 115 RBIs. OPS+ of 122

OBP and slugging should count for more than batting average and RBIs (it is a slugger award after all not batting average award). OPS is a pretty good stat as well. Ortiz was at .899 and Vlad at .841.

[Spider Tre]

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it's okay that Pujols wins the SS and GG

it just makes the NL MVP Award announcement more sweeter

[SPTO]

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I'm a little surprised to see Votto not get a SS. If he doesn't get the MVP either then i'll just shake my fist and curse out the writers. The guy deserves SOME hardware.

Least he won the Hank Aaron award.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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I'm a little surprised to see Votto not get a SS. If he doesn't get the MVP either then i'll just shake my fist and curse out the writers. The guy deserves SOME hardware.

Least he won the Hank Aaron award.

I agree. He should have the MVP then.

But seeing how Pujols won SS AND MVP last year, this does not bode well.

He lead in OPS, OBP, Slugging, etc. And was matching Pujols in every other stat. We will see though.

[DrJones]

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Votto winning the Hank Aaron but not the SS is silly. He'll win MVP pretty handily, though.

[Chrisksaint]

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Dan Uggla 1st SS award nice

[st0rmb11]

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I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race (over Pujols & CarGo) is that his team actually made the playoffs BECAUSE of his play.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race (over Pujols & CarGo) is that his team actually made the playoffs BECAUSE of his play.

Very good point. He should definitely win the MVP this year!

[TeixeiraFanatic]

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I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race (over Pujols & CarGo) is that his team actually made the playoffs BECAUSE of his play.

This really doesn't make any sense. Pujols' and Votto's numbers were very similar. That being said, how did the Reds make the playoffs BECAUSE of Joey Votto? Wouldn't you think if the teams were to be the same outside of them that the Cardinals would have won the division? The Reds had a much more complete team than the Cardinals did, which helped them win the division over the Cards.

Phillips > Schumaker
Cabrera > Ryan
Rolen > Freese/Feliz/Lopez
Hernandez > Molina
Bruce > Jay/Ludwick
Gomes < Matt Holliday
Stubbs < Rasmus (kind of a wash here)

While the Cardinals' top three was better than the Reds', they didn't win the division because of lack of depth in the pitching that the Reds' had.

I'd take the Reds' chances without Votto over the Cards without Pujols any day of the week. Pujols means way more to his team than Votto does to his.

[elTodd]

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I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race (over Pujols & CarGo) is that his team actually made the playoffs BECAUSE of his play.

Thats like saying Roy Halladay should win the Cy Young because his team made the playoffs because of his pitching. They made the playoff because they had a very solid all-around team.

[CMH]

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I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race (over Pujols & CarGo) is that his team actually made the playoffs BECAUSE of his play.

I think what you should have said was this:

"I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race is that his team made the playoffs."

Not saying that's how it should work, but that's a bigger factor than what you stated mainly because what you stated isn't necessarily true.

[st0rmb11]

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I think what you should have said was this:

"I think the thing Votto has working for him in the MVP race is that his team made the playoffs."

Not saying that's how it should work, but that's a bigger factor than what you stated mainly because what you stated isn't necessarily true.

that's what I meant. looking back, I honestly have no clue why I even said "because of his play", as that implies that Pujols & CarGo hindered their teams and kept them out of the playoffs.

[elTodd]

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that's what I meant. looking back, I honestly have no clue why I even said "because of his play", as that implies that Pujols & CarGo hindered their teams and kept them out of the playoffs.

Oh, ok. I can understand that.

[metscolts]

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Votto should have won.