Published 11/10/2008
by Brandon Heikoop
at Bleacher Report - MLB
For some strange reason, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) decided that the Rookie of the Year awards are the least important of all the postseason awards, given that the awards are presented together on the first day of the awards season, rather than on their own day, as is the case with other player awards.
In any event, the American and National League Rookie of the Year awards will be presented tomorrow. As the first post-season awards post, I will explain how things will play out here.
First, I will again provide my top three candidates for each award (five for MVP). Referring back to my 2007 awards:
When selecting who will win the awards, I take into account several factors. The first is how a player performs in respect to their position. For the record, I am not going to pick a player who performed at a high-level at a brutal position, but wasn't even in the top five or ten in 'win' stats.
The second criteria is 'win' stats. The Hardball Times owns a stat for ...
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