Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1999 Results

Congratulations to Pedro Martinez on his first MMP award!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Pedro Martinez	150	11	8
Derek Jeter	134	11	1
Manny Ramirez	118	11	0
Randy Johnson	115	11	0
Jeff Bagwell	112	11	2
Roberto Alomar	105	10	0
Chipper Jones	97	11	0
N Garciaparra	88	11	0
Mike Hampton	66	10	0
Ivan Rodriguez	47	6	0
Mark McGwire	46	6	0
Bernie Williams	37	5	0
Brian Giles	32	9	0
Robin Ventura	25	6	0
Kevin Millwood	24	5	0
Rafael Palmeiro	23	4	0
Andruw Jones	20	4	0
Edgardo Alfonzo	15	4	0
Jason ...

Sox Therapy: 2017 in Review

It’s that time again, time to fire up the ol’ Sox Therapy time machine and take a look back at what happened in 2017;

January 18 – Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are announced as the 2017 Hall of Famers.  Things get a bit confusing when Bagwell refuses to attend the ceremony unless his plaque has him wearing a New Britain cap.

January 21 – At the Winter Weekend festivities David Price misunderstands what the craps table at Foxwoods is all about and gets in a bit of ...

Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2017 Results

Congratulations to Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Ivan Rodriguez, Mike Mussina and Curt Schilling. They all exceeded the 75% threshold on our ballot. Three others were between 50% and 75% and would probably be elected if there had not been a 10 name limit.

Player Name	Percent
Tim Raines	100%
Jeff Bagwell	98%
Roger Clemens	97%
Barry Bonds	95%
Ivan Rodriguez	91%
Mike Mussina	86%
Curt Schilling	81%
Edgar Martinez	70%
Manny Ramirez	69%
Larry Walker	69%
Vlad ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1999 Ballot

For 1999 each voter should rank the top 15 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 4 January 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 3 January 2017.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Chipper Jones

Eligible in 2018

Hall of Merit: 2018 Hall of Merit Ballot Discussion

Vladimir Guerrero (267), Sammy Sosa (255), Luis Tiant (189), Jeff Kent (179), Vic Willis (161), Kenny Lofton (151), Bobby Bonds (133), Ben Taylor (130), Buddy Bell (130) and Tommy Bridges (106) will be the top 10 returnees for 2018.

Jorge Posada (95), Bob Johnson (86), Urban Shocker (80), Dick Redding (79), Phil Rizzuto (79), Wally Schang (79) and Sal Bando (68) rounded out the top 20.

2018 - (December 4 - December 18, 2017) - elect 4

Name               HOFm HOFs Yrs WAR  WAR7 JAWS
Chipper ...

Hall of Merit: 2017 Hall of Merit Election Results: Rodriguez, Ramirez and Edmonds elected!

Ivan Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and Jim Edmonds will be the Hall of Merit’s class of 2017!

Pudge was the top vote getter on 21 of 26 ballots, earning 567 of 624 possible points. Ramirez lead three ballots, earning 545 points. Edmonds and Jim McCormick each drew one top vote and Edmonds finished with 454 points, far ahead of Vladimir Guerrero who finished fourth with 267 points.

Guerrero, Sammy Sosa (255), Luis Tiant (189), Jeff Kent (179), Vic Willis (161), Kenny Lofton (151), Bobby Bonds ...

Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2017

IMPORTANT: Please read:

This election should follow BBWAA rules, not Hall of Merit rules. However, we hope to see only players that each voter feels belong on their ballots. Leaving 1st-year candidates off your ballot is also frowned upon. IOW, we would like to see an absence of some of the silliness that permeates Hall of Fame voting by the writers.

The election will end Thursday on December 22, 2016 (3 PM EST). Results will be posted a short time later.

Please don’t post any vote tallies ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1999 Discussion

The Yankees swept the Braves in the World Series.

Player Name		SH WS		BBR WAR
Derek Jeter		33.7		8.0
Manny Ramirez		33.1		7.3
Roberto Alomar		33.2		7.4
Robin Ventura		28.3		6.7
Ivan Rodriguez		28.6		6.4
Jeff Bagwell		33.3		7.4
Nomar Garciaparra	31.4		6.6
Edgardo Alfonzo		29.1		6.0
Randy Velarde		24.2		7.0	
Carl Everett		23.2		5.8
Brian Giles		26.6		6.6
Chipper Jones		33.6		6.9
Shawn Green		26.6		6.4
Barry Larkin		23.6		5.1
Bobby Abreu		26.6		6.1
Omar Vizquel		22.5		6.0
Jason ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2016 Results

Congratulations to Mike Trout on his unanimous selection as the 2016 MMP. This is the fourth MMP award for Trout.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Mike Trout	120	8	8
Kris Bryant	104	8	0
Josh Donaldson	92	8	0
Mookie Betts	89	8	0
Robinson Cano	75	8	0
Jose Altuve	75	7	0
Manny Machado	49	6	0
Kyle Seager	44	6	0
Corey Seager	33	5	0
Freddie Freeman	30	5	0
Nolan Arenado	27	4	0
Daniel Murphy	25	4	0
J Verlander	21	5	0
Ian Kinsler	20	2	0
Joey Votto	19	3	0
Brian Dozier	17	4	0
Max Scherzer	16	5	0
Adam ...