Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2023 Results

Congratulations to our unanimous Most Meritorious Player - Shohei Ohtani.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts	ppv
Shohei Ohtani	60	4	4	15
Mookie Betts	53	4	0	13.25
Ronald Acuna	53	4	0	13.25
Matt Olson	42	4	0	10.5
Freddie Freeman	40	4	0	10
Gerrit Cole	39	4	0	9.75
Corey Seager	38	4	0	9.5
Marcus Semien	38	4	0	9.5
Franc Lindor	28	4	0	7
Corbin Carroll	16	3	0	4
Juan Soto	14	3	0	3.5
Logan Webb	10	2	0	2.5
Kyle Tucker	8	2	0	2
Sonny Gray	8	3	0	2
Gunn Henderson	7	1	0	1.75
Blake Snell	7	2	0	1.75
Austin ...

Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame 2024 Contemporary Baseball Ballot - Managers, Executives and Umpires

Voting rules are the same as the Hall of Fame - vote for zero to three candidates. Voting will end December 1, 2023 at 3:00 pm EST.

Cito Gaston, Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland, Ed Montague, Hank Peters, Lou Piniella, Joe West and Bill White

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2023 Ballot

Here are the specific rules for this election:

Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ...

Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame Discussion Thread: Contemporary Baseball - Managers, Executives and Umpires 2023

Cito Gaston
Davey Johnson
Jim Leyland
Ed Montague
Hank Peters
Lou Piniella
Joe West
Bill White

https://baseballhall.org/news/era-committee-candidates-announced/

Sox Therapy: Interviewing For POBO

Dear Therapudlian:

Thank you for applying for the President of Baseball Operations (POBO) position with the Boston Red Sox. As part of the interview process, please share your plan for us to compete for multiple World Championships while maintaining a payroll that can be set frequently below the level that triggers penalties.

Hall of Merit: Reranking Pitchers 1893-1923: Results

Walter Johnson tops our list again

Pitcher Name 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Points	Votes
Walter Johnson	9	2																		207	11
Cy Young	2	8	1																	199	11
Pete Alexander		1	8	2																186	11
Joe Williams			2	3	2	4														168	11
Kid Nichols				3	5	3														165	11
Chrs Mathewson				3	4	4														164	11
Eddie Plank							5	2	3	1										132	11
Ed Walsh							3	4	1	1		2								124	11
Amos Rusie								1	2	1	2	2	1	1		1				95	11
Dick ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2023 Discussion

Player Name bWAR
Shohei Ohtani 10.0
Mookie Betts 8.4
Ronald Acuna 8.1
Gerrit Cole 7.5
Matt Olson 7.4
Marcus Semien 7.4
Corey Seager 6.9
Freddie Freeman 6.6
Gunnar Henderson 6.3
Blake Snell 6.0
Francisco Lindor 6.0
Austin Riley 5.9
Ha-Seong Kim 5.8
Juan Soto 5.6
Logan Webb 5.6
Fernando Tatis 5.5
Wander Franco 5.5
Corbin Carroll 5.4
Kyle Tucker 5.4
Andres Gimenez 5.3
Sonny Gray 5.3
Julio Rodriguez 5.3
Yandy Diaz 5.2
Luis Robert 5.1
Jose Ramirez 5.1
JP Crawford 5.0
Nico Hoerner 5.0
Ketel Marte ...

Sox Therapy: RIP Tim Wakefield

Sigh.  I really don’t have anything to add to the headline but I think the man richly deserves a thread in his honor.  There are so many things to be said about Tim Wakefield who for many of us was on the short list of our favorite players of his or any Red Sox era.  Wakefield the player was very good, Wakefield the man was a Roberto Clemente Award winner which should tell you all you need to know.  His work with the Jimmy Fund was well known even though he often did it under the shade of ...

Hall of Merit: Reranking Pitchers 1893-1923: Ballot

Rank the following 19 pitchers

Pete Alexander
Mordecai Brown
Stan Coveleski
Red Faber
Rube Foster
Clark Griffith
Walter Johnson
Christy Mathewson
Joe McGinnity
Jose Mendez
Kid Nichols
Eddie Plank
Cannonball Dick Redding
Eppa Rixey
Amos Rusie
Rube Waddell
Ed Walsh
Smokey Joe Williams
Cy Young

Sox Therapy: Over and Out

Well there’s one question answered for the off season as the Sox have let yet another General Manager go as they have fired Chaim Bloom.  This is not a particularly stunning turn of events, three last place finishes in four years is not going to have your bosses exactly enamored of your performance (well, if you are the A’s GM maybe).  Anyway, while this is big news I think it’s more interesting to look back briefly but then look forward.

And when I say look back I find myself looking (cue ...