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The Dwight Gooden Award

Edgy DC
Oct 28 2010 11:15 PM

Among the graces a Met fan can find in the 2010 season --- and there were some, make no mistake --- is that it was among the rookiest years ever for the team. Not only did a lot of players make their first (or first meaningful) appearances in a big league uniform, other near-rookies like Nick Evans and Luis Hernandez were contributing by the end. And these weren't all dead wood, either. While many won't be back, a few cemented spots for themselves and several others provided teases enough to squeeze their way into the periphery of the grand plan.

When asked about having a solid 1984 rookie campaign in the same year as Dwight Gooden, no less than Ron Darling shrugged his shoulders philosophically and said, "I don't think there's ever been a rookie like Dwight." And so we name our inaugural Crane Pool award honoring the outstanding Mets rookie in honor of Dwight Eugene Gooden of Tampa, Florida, owner of the coolest rookie season in Mets history, as we invite you pick the top five outstanding rookies of the Mets' 2010 season. We will award five points for first, four for second, etc. The leading point-getter is YOUR Mets 2010 Dwight Gooden Award for Outstanding Mets Rookie.

Candidates:
NAME GP H AB R 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS GP GS W L SV QS HLD IP H ER HR BB SO K/9 P/GS WHIP ERA
Joaquin Arias 22 6 30 5 1 0 0 4 7 2 6 0 0 .200 .250 .233 .483
Chris Carter 100 44 167 15 9 0 4 24 65 12 17 1 2 .263 .317 .389 .706
Ike Davis 147 138 523 73 33 1 19 71 230 72 138 3 2 .264 .351 .440 .791
Lucas Duda 29 17 84 11 6 0 4 13 35 6 22 0 0 .202 .261 .417 .678
Jesus Feliciano 54 25 108 12 4 1 0 3 31 6 12 1 0 .231 .276 .287 .563
Dillon Gee 5 2 12 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 8 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417 5 5 2 2 0 5 0 33 25 8 2 15 17 4.64 98.20 1.21 2.18
Ryota Igarashi 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 34 0 1 1 0 0 2 30.1 29 24 4 18 25 7.42 0.00 1.55 7.12
Jenrry Mejia 33 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 33 3 0 4 0 0 2 39 46 20 3 20 22 5.08 73.00 1.69 4.62
Fernando Martinez 7 3 18 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 5 0 1 .167 .273 .167 .439
Mike Nickeas 5 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Jonathon Niese 31 10 53 3 2 0 0 4 12 8 27 0 0 .189 .295 .226 .521 30 30 9 10 0 14 0 173.2 192 81 20 62 148 7.67 98.20 1.46 4.20
Tobi Stoner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 1.71 3.86
Hisanori Takahashi 53 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 .063 .063 .063 .125 53 12 10 6 8 6 3 122 116 49 13 43 114 8.41 92.50 1.30 3.61
Ruben Tejada 78 46 216 28 12 0 1 15 61 22 38 2 2 .213 .305 .282 .588
Josh Thole 73 56 202 17 7 1 3 17 74 24 25 1 0 .277 .357 .366 .723
Justin Turner 4 1 8 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .125 .222 .250 .472
Raul Valdes 38 4 10 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 .400 .400 .500 .900 38 1 3 3 1 0 1 58.2 59 32 7 27 56 8.59 97.00 1.47 4.91

duan
Oct 29 2010 05:17 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Takahashi
2. Niese
3. Davis
4. Josh Thole
5. (slim pickings here) Raul Valdes

Fman99
Oct 29 2010 05:35 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Mejia

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 29 2010 05:38 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Thole
Niese
Takahashi
Tejada

seawolf17
Oct 29 2010 05:38 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Valdes

metirish
Oct 29 2010 05:43 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Takahashi
Niese
Thole
Tejada

Ceetar
Oct 29 2010 05:47 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Niese
2. Takahashi
3. Davis
4. Thole
5. Mejia

metirish
Oct 29 2010 06:25 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 29 2010 06:32 AM

It's a more interesting vote than I thought it might be.

Kudos to Edgy for one of his better ideas :)

Benjamin Grimm
Oct 29 2010 06:30 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Takahashi
Niese
Thole
Mejia

Edgy DC
Oct 29 2010 07:00 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Thanks for the votes, folks.

Not for nothing, but you're alllowed to editorialize in the thread too.

Frayed Knot
Oct 29 2010 07:04 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 29 2010 07:19 AM

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Mejia

Frayed Knot
Oct 29 2010 07:05 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Edgy DC wrote:
Thanks for the votes, folks.

You should track the votes and score it with the standard ROY 5-3-1 points system to determine the winner.

Edgy DC
Oct 29 2010 07:11 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Well, we are asking for five votes per ballot.

I'd be happy to addtinoally score it on a 5-3-1 scale, but I think the 5-4-3-2-1 system has I presented has its merits too.

Frayed Knot
Oct 29 2010 07:17 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Oh, I didn't read that part.

metsmarathon
Oct 29 2010 07:23 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

top 5 rookies by WAR, per fangraphs:

davis 3.4
niese 1.9 - 0.1 = 1.8
thole 1.4
takahashi 1.7 - .4 = 1.4 (1 for 16 at the plate costs him third place)
carter 1.2

also,
gee 0.3 - 0.1 = 0.2
hessman 0.1
valdes 0.0 + 0.1 (that's right, he was more valuable as a hitter...)

no other rookies had positive WARs

sharpie
Oct 29 2010 07:24 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Mejia

Edgy DC
Oct 29 2010 07:29 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Carter

RealityChuck
Oct 29 2010 07:36 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Thole
3. Niese
4. Takahashi
5. Carter

It's been a long while since we had five rookies who could be given serious consideration for such an award.

seawolf17
Oct 29 2010 07:37 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

metsmarathon wrote:
WAR, per fangraphs:
valdes 0.0 + 0.1 (that's right, he was more valuable as a hitter...)

That's awesome.

TransMonk
Oct 29 2010 07:42 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Mejia

DocTee
Oct 29 2010 07:43 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Valdes

Willets Point
Oct 29 2010 07:57 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Carter

Vic Sage
Oct 29 2010 08:32 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

davis
takahashi
niese
thole
carter

Edgy DC
Oct 29 2010 08:40 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Thanks everybody. The race for fifth is really taking off!

Valadius
Oct 29 2010 09:05 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Carter

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Oct 29 2010 09:11 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Carter

Solidifying a starting defensive position-- and showing offensive promise, if not consistently good production-- trumps Niese's stellar 2/3 of a season and monthlong, year-end wet fart.

Everyone else is playing for third. (And to those of you leaving the Animal off: the guy was our best pinch-hit threat in a decade and consumed somewhere near five cases of Red Bull for you in a couple of months... the least you can do is toss the man a bone.)

G-Fafif
Oct 29 2010 11:48 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Tejada
5. Thole

Edgy DC
Oct 29 2010 11:52 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

marathon, is your post a vote?

metsmarathon
Oct 29 2010 01:32 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

yes. the objective evidence confirms my suspicions.

Edgy DC
Nov 01 2010 05:52 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

OK, voting closes tomorrow morning.

So far, 18 votes cast. Brilliant!

Ashie62
Nov 01 2010 06:35 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Thole
4 Takahashi
5. Gee

Vic Sage
Nov 02 2010 03:45 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

G-Fafif wrote:
1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Tejada
5. Thole

Tejada? really? not only instead of Carter, but ahead of Thole?
'splain, please. oh, wait. you think defense matters. ok.

TheOldMole
Nov 02 2010 05:02 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Takahashi
Thole
Niese
Carter

duan
Nov 02 2010 05:39 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

I don't get the gr� for Ike Davis' season. He did OK, but as a 1b man he was distinctly average - and average is fine - but Tak was a VERY good reliever and OK starter and Niese was good starter, both of those beat being an OK 1b man in my book.

Vince Coleman Firecracker
Nov 02 2010 05:47 PM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Ummm... Gee, I suppose? Gee. I'll say Gee.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Nov 02 2010 07:44 PM
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duan wrote:
I don't get the gr� for Ike Davis' season. He did OK, but as a 1b man he was distinctly average - and average is fine - but Tak was a VERY good reliever and OK starter and Niese was good starter, both of those beat being an OK 1b man in my book.

Average offensively... and great defensively. A very good reliever and "meh" fill-in starter (he was never mediocre, really-- more half-pretty-good/half-very-bad) simply ain't worth as much as Ike, even if this is ALL Ike is. There's a reason swingmen make 1-2 million a year (maybe), while the Adam LaRoches of the world make 4-8 million.

86-Dreamer
Nov 03 2010 09:06 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Carter

Edgy DC
Nov 03 2010 09:16 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

Votes are still coming in! Wonderful!

bmfc1
Nov 03 2010 09:40 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Tejada

Zvon
Nov 08 2010 11:54 AM
Re: The Dwight Gooden Award

1. Davis
2. Takahashi
3. Niese
4. Thole
5. Tejada