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THT Awards Season Recap Part One
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  • david smyth david smyth
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    Why not construct the 3TO award to reflect who is the BEST at it, not simply who does it the most? That would be more interesting, IMO>

    That means positive credit for HR and BB, and negative credit for SO.

    Posted 10/4/2008 respond (flag)
  • salvomania salvomania
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    First off, I must say it took me a few seconds to understand that "parody" is really supposed to be "parity."

    Regarding the Rey Sanchez Award:  look at the difference between batting average and the other two rate stats: for Erstad, it's (.033 + .087 =) .120; for the others it's

    Anderson .172, Aybar  .144, Kotchman .186, Pierre .090, and Young .161.

    With a higher batting average (after all, the award is subtitled "Batting Average is All I Got") and more at-bats. why isn't Juan Pierre the award winner?

     Another good runner-up with a REALLY high batting average, more at bats, and a tighter spread of rate stats would be Aaron Miles, who hit .317/.355/.398 (.119 difference).

    Posted 10/6/2008 respond (flag)
  • brat0029 brat0029
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    I have no problem with Mauer winning MVP (although he won't) but I wouldn't say Morneau's contributions were only b/c Joe got on base a lot.  He played in every game, His overall win shares were second only to Mauer, dispite his heavy slump the last few weeks of the season (he led most of the year). 
    Posted 10/6/2008 respond (flag)
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