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Awards Season - 2017

Frayed Knot Nov 15 2017 06:35 PM

I see that we're pretty much ignoring this so far even though MLB is smack in the middle of it. Not so surprising though seeing as how there are no Mets even being contemplated for anything. Also the ROYs were both a foregone conclusion and nobody really cares about Manager of the Year anyway, especially seeing as how two of the guys who got votes have already been canned. But here's where they stand with CY awards on tap for tonight. PLAYER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL AARON JUDGE Yanx 30 — — 150 ANDREW BENINTENDI Red Sox — 23 6 75 TREY MANCINI Orioles — 5 16 31 MATT OLSON A’s — 1 2 5 YULI GURRIEL Astros — — 5 5 JORDAN MONTGOMERY Yanx — 1 1 1 PLAYER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL CODY BELLINGER Dodgers 30 — — 150 PAUL DeJONG Cardinals — 15 11 56 JOSH BELL Pirates — 10 2 32 RHYS HOPKINS Phillies — 1 9 12 GERMAN MARQUEZ Rockies — 2 4 10 MANUEL MARQUEZ Padres — 1 2 5 KYLE FREELAND Rockies — 1 0 3 LUIS CASTILLO Reds — 0 1 1 IAN HAPP Cubs — 0 1 1 MANAGER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL TOREY LOVULLO D’Backs 18 5 6 111 DAVE ROBERTS Dodgers 5 8 6 55 BUD BLACK Padres 3 6 10 43 CRAIG COUNSELL Brewers 3 4 6 33 DUSTY BAKER Nationals 1 6 2 25 JOE MADDON Cubs — 1 0 3 MANAGER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL PAUL MOLITOR Twins 18 6 4 112 TERRY FRANCONA Indians 11 9 8 90 A. J. HINCH Astros 1 13 12 56 JOE GIRARDI Yanx — 2 6 12

41Forever Nov 15 2017 10:35 PM Re: Awards Season - 2017

Tyler Pill, denied a ROY vote! ;)

G-Fafif Nov 16 2017 12:00 AM Re: Awards Season - 2017

DeGrom finishes eighth for NY Cy Young, garnering two fifth-place votes.

Frayed Knot Nov 16 2017 03:19 AM Re: Awards Season - 2017

Not that I expected deGrom to win or even contend for one of the top spots, but I don't get this idea of pre-releasing the "finalists" as if those are the ones the voters are instructed to choose among. I suppose it's so they can arrange video hookups for the possible winners ahead of time since this is all just a TV show now. Would have thought it'd be a bit closer at the top but I guess the missed time for Kershaw was too much for most voters. PLAYER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL MAX SCHERZER Nationals 27 3 — 201 CLAYTON KERSHAW Dodgers 3 25 1 126 STEPEHN STRASBURG Nationals — 1 23 81 ZACK GREINKE D'Backs — 1 3 52 KENLEY JANSEN Dodgers — 1 3 52 GIO GONZALEZ Nationals — -- 1 18 Also: Robbie Ray - 6 points deGrom - 2 Jimmy Nelson - 1 Alex Wood - 1 Not close here either as the (relatively) poor second half did in Sale PLAYER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL COREY KLUBER Indians 28 2 — 204 CHRIS SALE Red Sox 2 28 -- 126 LUIS SEVERINO Yanx — -- 20 73 CARLOS CARRASCO Indians — -- 1 43 JUSTIN VERLANDER Tigers/Astros — -- 3 32 CRAIG KIMBREL Red Sox — -- 6 27 Also Ervin Santana - 3 points Marcus Stroman - 2

41Forever Nov 16 2017 10:33 AM Re: Awards Season - 2017

I think the finalists are the top three in the voting, and there’s no second round of voting. Just something MLB came up with as a tease.

Fman99 Nov 16 2017 12:27 PM Re: Awards Season - 2017

MLB Network really scrounging for content this time of year. Go find a winter league game in Venezuela or something.

Frayed Knot Nov 16 2017 07:45 PM Re: Awards Season - 2017

41Forever wrote: I think the finalists are the top three in the voting, and there’s no second round of voting. Just something MLB came up with as a tease. Oh yeah, they haven't changed the voting a lick, only in the fact that they've decided to pre-announce who the top three are leaving no suspense except for the exact order of finish. Some years there might be four legit candidates for an award and, when that happens, one team's fans are going to get pissed off in advance because they'll be told that their guy has zero shot of winning a week prior to the announcement. It's not a major deal, I just don't see the point in it but I suspect it has to do with this announcements now being televised "events"

Edgy MD Nov 16 2017 08:47 PM Re: Awards Season - 2017

The point is getting two days of publicity and site clicks and ad view spikes instead of one.

Frayed Knot Nov 17 2017 12:11 AM Re: Awards Season - 2017

Yeah, but it probably kills at least as much interest as the 'double announcement' creates by telling fans of those not in the top three not to even bother tuning in. And look here how close 3rd, 4th, & 5th place were in the NL - and if five guys were good enough to receive first place votes then at least that many could conceivably win. PLAYER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL GIANCARLO STANTON Marlins 10 10 5 302 JOEY VOTTO Reds 10 9 4 300 PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT D'Backs 4 5 4 239 NOLAN ARENADO Rockies 2 3 8 229 CHARLIE BLACKMON Rockies 3 3 7 205 So Jeter's seeing this and going; 'YES!, up goes his trade value' Others receiving votes: 6) Anthony Rendon - 141 points 7) Kris Bryant - 132 (including 1 first place vote!?!) 8) Justin Turner - 43 9) Cody Bellinger 38 10) Max Scherzer - 34 11) Tommy Pham - 24 12) Bryce Harper - 21 13) Anthony Rizzo - 17 14) JD Martinez - 11 T 15) Kenley Jansen - 8 T 15) Marcell Ozuna - 8 T 17) Clayton Kershaw - 6 T 17) Corey Seager - 6 19) Daniel Murphy - 3 T 20) Archie Bradley - 1 T 20) Zack Greinke - 1 T 20) Ryan Zimmerman - 1 The AL, meanwhile, not so close. PLAYER TEAM 1st 2nd 3rd TOTAL JOSE ALTUVE Astros 27 3 — 405 AARON JUDGE Yanx 2 27 1 279 JOSE RAMIREZ Indians 1 0 22 237 MIKE TROUT Angels — 6 18 197 First season of Trout's career where not only did he not finish 1st or 2nd but didn't finish grab a single first place vote - and all it took was for him to miss 1/4 of the season with a busted thumb. 2012 - 2nd place, 6 1st place votes, lost to Miguel Cabrera 2013 - 2nd / 5 / Cabrera 2014 - 1st / all 30 votes 2015 - 2nd / 7 / Josh Donaldson 2016 - 1st / 19

G-Fafif Nov 17 2017 10:55 AM Re: Awards Season - 2017

Stanton becomes the fifth NL East MVP since the NL went to three divisions; none, of course, was a Met. I actually felt a perverse twinge of neighborhood pride when I learned Giancarlo won, like, hey, we know that kid, he lives up the block from us, he grew up around here. We play our divisional opponents so much, I figure we have more than a little something to do with it when one of our direct rivals is awarded. Since Stanton's Marlins (unlike their immediate predecessors) have never caused us irreparable playoff-chase harm, by mid-November I can be sort of generous that way. The Mets were definitely complicitous when Chipper Jones won in 1999 and Jimmy Rollins did the same in 2007, years when the Valuable aspect of the prize carried the voting. Their highlight reels were full of late-season anti-heroics accomplished at our expense. Less the case with Ryan Howard in 2006 and Bryce Harper in 2015. Both times, to certain extents, I thought, "Have your silly little awards, we have the division title, you suck, we rule, ha ha ha..." While no titles were at stake in any dealings between the Marlins and Mets this year, it's generally understood Stanton has a standing takeout order of damage waiting any time he faces us.

Edgy MD Nov 17 2017 12:04 PM Re: Awards Season - 2017

Jimmy Rollins keeps his MVP Award where he can't see it, because like a visual version of the tell-tale heart, he can't look upon it without seeing David Wright's name there, the letters growing bigger every time his eyes are cast upon it, ALWAYS BIGGER!

Vic Sage Nov 17 2017 04:03 PM Re: Awards Season - 2017

Edgy MD wrote: Jimmy Rollins keeps his MVP Award where he can't see it, because like a visual version of the tell-tale heart, he can't look upon it without seeing David Wright's name there, the letters growing bigger every time his eyes are cast upon it, ALWAYS BIGGER! i love this image. thank you.

MFS62 Dec 04 2017 01:08 AM Re: Awards Season - 2017

If there is a baseball equivalent of the Darwin Awards, I nominate this guy: http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/7170/dallas-keuchel A parade injury? And he still needs a boot? If we don't have a weird baseball stuff" thread, maybe we should start one. Later