Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2006 Ballot

For 2006 each voter should rank the top 15 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 2 August 2017.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If you have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 1 August 2017.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2006 Discussion

The Cardinals beat the Tigers in the World Series. Vote for 15.

Player Name		SH WS		rWAR
Carlos Beltran		33.1		8.2
Albert Pujols		34.2		8.5
Joe Mauer		30.6		5.8
Chase Utley		27.7		7.3
Grady Sizemore		26.6		6.6
Carlos Guillen		25.3		6.0
Vernon Wells		24.8		6.2
Jose Reyes		25.9		5.8
Bill Hall		21.5		5.8
Miguel Cabrera		29.6		5.8
Derek Jeter		29.6		5.5
Scott Rolen		24.2		5.8
Brian McCann		20.8		4.3
Andruw Jones		23.0		5.6
Ramon Hernandez		19.0		4.2
Jorge Posada		22.4		4.0
Adrian ...

Gonfalon Cubs: The Biggest Fixes

Naturally, Theo Epstein’s carefully measured “the biggest fixes have to come from within the clubhouse” statement has been thrown around a lot in the last few days. This is the topic you tend to talk about when your team has been a tremendous disappointment at the All Star Break, three weeks before the trade deadline.

Epstein provided quite a bit of context with that quote, the crux of which is “don’t expect any trades,” but it’s more than just that.

Here is some of that context:

“This ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2005 Results

Congratulations to Alex Rodriguez on winning his first MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Alex Rodriguez	134	9	8
Albert Pujols	121	9	0
Derrek Lee	108	9	0
Roger Clemens	86	8	1
Brian Roberts	68	8	0
Mark Teixeira	66	8	0
Chase Utley	64	8	0
Dontrell Willis	63	8	0
Johan Santana	58	8	0
Andruw Jones	43	5	0
Jason Bay	40	5	0
David Ortiz	37	6	0
Andy Pettitte	33	5	0
Morgan Ensberg	24	6	0
David Wright	19	3	0
Vlad Guerrero	16	3	0
Chris Carpenter	14	2	0
Brian Giles	13	3	0
Travis Hafner	13	4	0
Pedro ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2005 Ballot

For 2005 each voter should rank the top 15 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 5 July 2017.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If you have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 4 July 2017.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2005 Discussion

The White Sox end their drought by beating the Astros in the World Series. Vote for 15.

Player Name		SH WS		rWAR
Alex Rodriguez		39.1		9.4
Albert Pujols		37.1		8.4
Chase Utley		26.5		7.2
Derrek Lee		34.0		7.7
Brian Giles		29.7		4.9
Andruw Jones		26.6		6.7
Morgan Ensberg		26.3		6.3
Brian Roberts		27.3		7.2
Mark Teixeira		28.5		7.2
Jason Bay		29.8		5.7
Jim Edmonds		25.9		4.4
Victor Martinez		21.0		5.2
Miguel Cabrera		28.8		5.2
Vlad Guerrero		27.5		5.7
Rafael Furcal		25.8		6.4
Placido ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2004 Results

Congratulations to Barry Bonds for being named the 2004 MMP unanimously. Bonds ties Mays for the lead with seven MMP awards. Bonds has also received votes in 16 elections which ties Aaron and Mays.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Barry Bonds	150	10	10
Albert Pujols	117	10	0
Adrian Beltre	116	10	0
Scott Rolen	108	10	0
Johan Santana	98	10	0
Jim Edmonds	97	10	0
Todd Helton	74	8	0
Randy Johnson	71	9	0
J. D. Drew	69	8	0
Ichiro Suzuki	40	5	0
Mark Loretta	35	5	0
Miguel Tejada	35	8	0
Curt ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2004 Ballot

For 2004 each voter should rank the top 15 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 7 June 2017.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If you have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 6 June 2017.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2004 Discussion

The Red Sox end their drought by beating the Cardinals in the World Series. Vote for 15.

Player Name		SH WS		rWAR
Barry Bonds		48.2		10.6
Scott Rolen		32.3		9.2
Adrian Beltre		37.1		9.5
J.D. Drew		32.2		8.3
Albert Pujols		35.6		8.5
Jim Edmonds		36.1		7.2
Mark Loretta		33.0		6.0
Alex Rodriguez		31.0		7.6
Todd Helton		31.3		8.3
Carlos Beltran		28.9		6.8
Bobby Abreu		31.7		6.5
Miguel Tejada		26.7		7.4
Brian Giles		24.7		3.7
Ichiro Suzuki		25.9		9.1
Melvin Mora		25.9		5.6
Ivan ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2003 Results

Congratulations to Barry Bonds, our 2003 MMP!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Barry Bonds	147	10	7
Albert Pujols	138	10	2
Alex Rodriguez	108	10	0
Javier Lopez	99	9	0
Gary Sheffield	85	10	0
Todd Helton	69	7	1
Pedro Martinez	68	8	0
Roy Halladay	67	9	0
Mark Prior	61	9	0
Marcus Giles	56	10	0
Carlos Delgado	56	8	0
Tim Hudson	53	9	0
Jorge Posada	40	8	0
Esteban Loaiza	34	6	0
Bret Boone	32	4	0
Jason Schmidt	20	4	0
Jim Edmonds	14	4	0
Jason Giambi	12	1	0
Jim Thome	10	1	0
Carlos Beltran	10	4	0
Mike ...