Major League Awards

[catman]

Here are the AL Gold Glove winners:
GOLD GLOVE AWARD
american league
C: Joe Mauer, Twins
1B: Mark Teixeira, Yankees
2B: Placido Polanco, Tigers
3B: Evan Longoria, Rays
SS: Derek Jeter, Yankees
OF: Torii Hunter, Angels
OF: Adam Jones, Orioles
OF: Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners
P: Mark Buehrle, White Sox
I'll post the other awards as they are announced.

[Nate]

Nice to see Buehrle finally get some recognition for his defense. Well deserved, in my opinion. Congrats to all the winners.

Not to steal your thunder, catman, but I thought I'd go ahead and post the NL Gold Glove winners:

C: Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B: Adrian Gonzalez, Padres
2B: Orlando Hudson, Dodgers
3B: Ryan Zimmerman, Nationals
SS: Jimmy Rollins , Phillies
OF: Matt Kemp, Dodgers
OF: Michael Bourn, Astros
OF: Shane Victorino, Phillies
P: Adam Wainwright, Cardinals

Interestingly, 6 of the 9 winners are represented by only 3 teams. Playoff teams seem well represented.

[catman]

No problem. I work evenings and the results are announced when I'm at work. Thanks.

[themush]

Jeter is a joke.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by themush

Jeter is a joke.

He's a winner, he's clutch, he's a good teammate ... I like him.

MLB is foolish to release these awards AFTER the season when people's interest as died down. These should be released before or during the postseason.

[catman]

Andrew Bailey, of the A's wins the AL Rookie of the Year award: Bailey captures AL rookie award | MLB.com: News
2009 AL roy voting
Player 1st 2nd 3rd Points
Andrew Bailey 13 6 5 88
Elvis Andrus 8 6 7 65
Rick Porcello 7 8 5 64
Jeff Niemann x 5 6 21
Gordon Beckham x 2 4 10
Brett Anderson x 1 1 4

Chris Coghlan, of the Marlins is named NL Rookie of the Year: Coghlan is named NL's top rookie | MLB.com: News
2009 nl roy voting
Player 1st 2nd 3rd Points
Chris Coghlan 17 6 2 105
J.A. Happ 10 11 11 94
Tommy Hanson 2 6 9 37
Andrew McCutchen 2 5 x 25
Casey McGehee 1 3 4 18
Randy Wells x 1 x 3
Garrett Jones x x 2 2
Everth Cabrera x x 1 1
Dexter Fowler x x 1 1
Gerardo Parra x x 1 1
Colby Rasmus x x 1 1

[Brad O.]

Originally Posted by Marc

He's a winner, he's clutch, he's a good teammate ... I like him.

MLB is foolish to release these awards AFTER the season when people's interest as died down. These should be released before or during the postseason.

Mush is right. Jeter is a below-average fielder. He won the award with his bat. Terrible choice.

[doublee]

Kind of surprised Coghlan got the ROY over Happ given Happ was a key player for a division winning team while Coghlan toiled in obscurity on a mediocre team most of the year.

I am kind of surprised the AL vote was as close as it was. Was Elvis Andrus really all that this season? I know he is supposed to be pretty good defensively but he made a lot of errors and only hit .267 with little power this year.

To me Bailey was the slam dunk choice as AL ROY. He saved 26 of 30 opportunities, 1.84 ERA, and 91 Ks in 83 innings.

[catman]

Zack Greinke wins the AL Cy Young: Royals ace Greinke wins AL Cy Young - MLB News - FOX Sports on MSN
To me, this was a "no-brainer". He was the best pitcher in the AL last season. Had he been on a better team, he might have won 25 games.

[catman]

The Rockies' Jim Tracy and Angels' Mike Scioscia were honored as Managers of the Year in their respective leagues. Both are very deserving of the honors, IMO.
Tracy, Scioscia win manager of the year awards - MLB News - FOX Sports on MSN

[catman]

Here is a story: Lincecum's the one; that makes two Cys | MLB.com: News

[chiefsfan27]

Originally Posted by catman

Here is a story: Lincecum's the one; that makes two Cys | MLB.com: News

Wow. Lincecum was not the best pitcher in the NL this year. The fact that 2 people didn't even include Carpenter on their ballot is just sad.

Edit: Evidently, one of the two voters who left Carpenter off the ballot was ESPN's Keith Law. Check out his twitter account. He's being highly unprofessional to Cardinals fans, and for a man who supposedly wasn't just stirring the pot, sure is doing quite a bit of explaining.

[doublee]

The whole Awards voting system is flawed when the guy who gets the most 1st place votes ends up third. I have never understood the need to have first, second, third, etc. place votes for an award. Should it not just go to the guy the most people voted for to win it and be done with it?

I think Law is even catching flack from some of his peers at ESPN for leaving Carpenter completely off his ballot.

[chiefsfan27]

My main argument is that Keith Law keeps saying that both Vasquez and Lincecum had less run support and less defensive support, but it's a nonsensical argument.

The fact of the matter is that the ultimate goal of baseball is to win by giving up as few runs as possible, and by scoring as many runs as possible. Given this, a pitcher's goal is to allow as few earned runs as possible. ERA reflects a pitchers performance in spite of bad defense (hence Earned Run Average), so his argument for defense is debunked, and his run support argument is even more pathetic considering that doesn't affect a picher's ERA at all.

He also wants to say that no one should be upset, because, according to him, there's very little difference between 3rd and 4th place for Carpenter. But Carpenter, Wainwright, and Lincecum were all so superior to every other pitcher, that none of them should have been left off of anyone's ballot.

My guess is that Keith wanted some face time on TV. Smells like a publicity stunt to me.

[catman]

Monday, the AL MVP is going to be announced. Tuesday, the NL MVP will be.