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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Monday, November 12, 2007
Even though Jordi believes Pedroia will probably win the award…he makes a case for Delmon Young.
1) Consistency – Despite being only a rookie, Delmon Young played in all 162 games in 2007, being only one of two players to do so. Even if you add Pedroia’s 14 postseason games, Young still played more games in the 2007 season. This consistency in Devil Rays’ season of flux (or general misery, if you prefer) not only allowed Young to tally the second most at bats in the American League but undoubtedly made manager Joe Madden’s job a bit easier.
5) Overexposure – Last but definitely not least, hasn’t Boston won enough already? Allowing Pedroia to win AL Rookie of the Year would continue the collective arrogance of Red Sox Nation. Haven’t we seen enough of the Red Sox for one year? Hopefully, the voters give the Rays fans something to cheer for besides Kevin Costner concerts and Fred McGriff’s endorsement of the new uniforms, his first major public endorsement since the 1989 Tom Emanski videos*.
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Posted: November 12, 2007 at 09:25 AM | 11 comment(s)
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I'd like to see it linked just to see your intro...
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OTOH, it is kind of a "gotcha" to use the clutch hitting argument against Boston, given how many times we've heard Sox fans use it on behalf of Papi.
Just sayin'.
Hasn't worked so well, though; Ortiz isn't exactly drowning in individual awards. If this argument works as well for Delmon as it has for Papi, I don't think any Sox fans will be too cranky about it.
(It won't, though.)
Look at the "Clutch Stats" section of the splits for both Young and Pedroia on B-R.com. Throw out the bottom 3 categories, as they're probably not all that "clutch". Look at the BA, OBP, and SLG for each. So that's something like 15 different measures of clutchiness. Pedroia tops Young 14 of the 15, the lone exception being BA with 2 outs & RISP. What did the author pick to make his point? BA with RISP. "Gotcha" indeed.
Tough to argue with the winners. We almost had a deserving tie in the NL! Who the hell voted for Kendrick over Braun and Tulo? These writers sometimes...
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