THE SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 2006

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THE SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE YEAR FOR 2006

Yancy Street Gang
Oct 04 2006 12:43 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 05 2006 02:51 PM

Here it is! The big announcement! Thanks to all CPFers who voted throughout the year. Next spring we'll discuss whether or not we'll do it again.

The Schaefer Mets Players of the Month for 2006
APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
Tom
Glavine Carlos
Beltran David
Wright Carlos
Beltran José
Reyes Carlos
Delgado
1 Tom Glavine 21.48
2 Carlos Delgado 19.70
3 David Wright 18.85
4 Pedro Martinez 17.49
5 Xavier Nady 14.77
6 José Reyes 13.49
7 Brian Bannister 12.69
8 Carlos Beltran 11.85
9 Steve Trachsel 10.14
10 Duaner Sanchez 10.02
1 Carlos Beltran 23.63
2 Pedro Martinez 22.48
3 David Wright 19.67
4 Tom Glavine 19.02
5 Carlos Delgado 17.46
6 José Reyes 17.12
7 José Valentin 12.99
8 Paul Lo Duca 11.37
9 Xavier Nady 9.91
10 Cliff Floyd 9.05
1 David Wright 30.92
2 José Reyes 25.49
3 Carlos Beltran 24.38
4 Carlos Delgado 18.77
5 Alay Soler 14.87
6 Orlando Hernandez 14.04
7 Tom Glavine 11.45
8 Lastings Milledge 10.08
9 José Valentin 9.94
10 Steve Trachsel 8.10
1 Carlos Beltran 26.11
2 José Valentin 16.64
3 David Wright 14.83
4 Cliff Floyd 14.48
5 John Maine 14.15
6 Carlos Delgado 13.58
7 Orlando Hernandez 13.31
8 Xavier Nady 12.53
9 José Reyes 11.92
10 Paul Lo Duca 11.21
1 José Reyes 29.93
2 Carlos Beltran 25.28
3 Carlos Delgado 23.71
4 David Wright 20.06
5 Paul Lo Duca 13.34
6 Steve Trachsel 12.08
7 Endy Chavez 11.97
8 Orlando Hernandez 10.04
9 John Maine 9.89
10 Tom Glavine 9.57
1 Carlos Delgado 19.92
2 Orlando Hernandez 17.40
3 David Wright 15.83
4 José Reyes 15.09
5 Tom Glavine 13.66
6 Paul Lo Duca 11.02
7 José Valentin 10.64
8 John Maine 9.94
9 Endy Chavez 9.53
10 Carlos Beltran 8.39

And now, it's time to raise a glass of Schaefer Beer to the winner of the second modern-day Schaefer Mets Player of the Year.

The Schaefer Mets Player of the Year for 2006 is
DAVID WRIGHT

The Crane Pool Forum extends its congratulations to David Wright on a great season! While teammate Carlos Beltran was able to hold the lead through most of the season, a solid September by Wright in conjuction with a post-clinching week on the bench by Beltran resulted in a narrow victory for Mister Wright.

Final 2006
Schaefer Mets Player of the Year
Standings
Rank Name Points
1 David Wright 121.16
2 Carlos Beltran 119.64
3 Carlos Delgado 113.14
4 José Reyes 113.04
5 Tom Glavine 80.26
6 Paul Lo Duca 63.26
7 José Valentin 59.77
8 Pedro Martinez 57.64
9 Orlando Hernandez 56.44
10 Steve Trachsel 51.38
11 Endy Chavez 45.39
12 Billy Wagner 40.39
13 Cliff Floyd 40.33
14 Xavier Nady 40.15
15 Aaron Heilman 36.98
16 John Maine 34.74
17 Darren Oliver 31.33
18 Duaner Sanchez 27.65
19 Chad Bradford 27.30
20 Pedro Feliciano 25.25
21 Lastings Milledge 21.40
22 Alay Soler 17.56
23 Chris Woodward 16.61
24 Julio Franco 15.63
25 Brian Bannister 13.90
26 Heath Bell 13.68
27 Shawn Green 13.06
28 Dave Williams 11.71
29 Ramon Castro 10.48
30 Guillermo Mota 8.81
31 Oliver Perez 8.68
32 Roberto Hernandez 8.39
33 Kaz Matsui 7.97
34 Royce Ring 6.23
35 Michael Tucker 5.75
36 Jorge Julio 5.37
37 Mike Pelfrey 5.19
38 Victor Zambrano 4.66
39 Anderson Hernandez 3.87
40 Jeremi Gonzalez 3.25
41 Eli Marrero 2.41
42 Ricky Ledee 1.41
43 Philip Humber 1.12
44 Mike DiFelice 1.05
45 Henry Owens 0.89
46 Victor Diaz 0.32
47 Bartolome Fortunato 0.28
48 José Lima 0.12

Edgy DC
Oct 04 2006 12:47 PM

The personal sacrifices Beltran made for this team almost make me cry.

cooby
Oct 04 2006 12:48 PM

Nice job, Yancy

MFS62
Oct 04 2006 12:50 PM

Slow and steady wins the race.

And (some of you may remember this)
"The big "E" lights up on the Schaeffer scoreboard"

But in David' s case, it stands for Excellent.

Good job, David.
And good job, Yancy.
Thanks

Later

metirish
Oct 04 2006 12:51 PM

Great work Yancy, sorry I slacked of in the second half.

Nymr83
Oct 04 2006 01:18 PM

you guys know i'm the biggest Wright supporter out there, but I think we've just found a huge flaw in the system here, Beltran was clearly the best player on the Mets this year. if you want to call the MVP the guy with the best numbers, its Beltran. if you want to say the MVP is the guy who did the most when it mattered i think thats Beltran too. the last week of the season (when wright took over) was MEANINGLESS, Beltran did the team as much good sitting on the bench getting himself rested as he would have in the lineup.

Yancy Street Gang
Oct 04 2006 01:21 PM

Yep. The whole thought behind Schaefer (or any POTG system) is using points accrued in individual games. Wright's win this year is flukey. I doubt that anyone thinks he was the Mets best player this year. But the system does favor the guy who takes the field more frequently. Beltran played better, but Wright played pretty darn well too, and more often. And that tilted the balance in his favor.

sharpie
Oct 04 2006 01:27 PM

In the Mets MVP thread the vote is Beltran 16, Reyes 10, Wright 0.

metsmarathon
Oct 04 2006 01:54 PM

in related news, the metsmarathon player of the year is...

carlos beltran. sorry no flashy graphics.

marathon mvp player points
1 Beltran 138
2 Reyes 124
3 Wright 118
4 Glavine 114
5 Delgado 114
6 Martinez 81
7 Ohernandez 74
8 Trachsel 72
9 Valentin 70
10 Maine 49

and the metsmarathon rookie of the year is...

john maine

marathon rookie player points
1 Maine 49
2 Bannister 23
3 Soler 23
4 Milledge 17
5 Ring (?) 11
6 Pelfrey 6
7 Hernandez 4
8 Humber 2
9 Owens 1

congrats all.

cooby
Oct 04 2006 01:57 PM

Nice choices :)

Willets Point
Oct 04 2006 01:58 PM

Congrats David! I love that boy.

cooby
Oct 04 2006 01:59 PM

I meant metsmarathon, by the way.

Johnny Dickshot
Oct 04 2006 02:08 PM

This is like when Terry Labonte won the Winston Cup.

metsmarathon
Oct 04 2006 02:12 PM

i blame myself. clearly i had beltran as the more valuable met, but because of my inconsistency in voting, i was unable to sufficiently boost carlos into the position of primacy that he deserves.

its neither david's fault, nor yancy's, that i didnt vote as often as i should have. the systems works. this particular voter, does not.

cooby
Oct 04 2006 02:29 PM

Wait, isn't Beltran your choice?

Edit, oh you mean in Yancy's...

Willets Point
Oct 04 2006 02:39 PM

I don't think the system is flawed and I don't think it's fair to say Wright won on performance in the last week of the season. Wright was key to the Mets hot start in April and May, a time when Beltran was still being booed (albeit stupidly) for perceived lack of production. Yeah, he slumped in August, but overall he's been consistent over the entire season. I believe this win is well-deserved, and hell, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, & Reyes are all pretty close at the top in point so they're all MVP's to me.

Yancy Street Gang
Oct 04 2006 02:40 PM

So now we owe Wright two six-packs of beer.

cooby
Oct 04 2006 02:42 PM

Willets Point wrote:
I don't think the system is flawed and I don't think it's fair to say Wright won on performance in the last week of the season. Wright was key to the Mets hot start in April and May, a time when Beltran was still being booed (albeit stupidly) for perceived lack of production. Yeah, he slumped in August, but overall he's been consistent over the entire season. I believe this win is well-deserved, and hell, Wright, Beltran, Delgado, & Reyes are all pretty close at the top in point so they're all MVP's to me.

Hear! Hear!

They are ALL great players!

metsmarathon
Oct 04 2006 02:49 PM

i dont think its flawed either. i think we overvalue (or overvote, or maybe its right afterall) when a player wins a game in teh final at bat. and wright seems to have had a lot of "clutch" performances, while i don't think carlos has had quite as many. i also think that maybe DW benefits from a more difficult-looking position, and gets bonus points for defense while carlos tracks down distant fly balls smoothly, and without extra vote-culling attention.

from a win share perspective, beltran leads wright 38 to 32, with reyes at 29 and delgado at 24.

Frayed Knot
Oct 04 2006 02:49 PM

Hey, no one ever claimed that PotG is a perfect system.

Besides, you'll all have a shot at rebuttal if you join in on the 2006 Rankings Project. PotG results will count merely as one vote there so the more subjective views of those participating have plenty of opportunity for "correction".

metsmarathon
Oct 04 2006 02:59 PM

and then there's the other answer that our collective perception that beltran is really the mvp could be wrong...

Zvon
Oct 04 2006 07:57 PM

Congrads to David Wright!

Great layout in the lead post Yancy.
UdAmAn!
Thnx for this.
You deserve a case of Schaefer.
(does beer get better with age?)

Elster88
Oct 04 2006 08:07 PM

Thanks for your hard work again Yancy.

PotG results:

Yancy Street Game 6

ScarletKnight41
Oct 04 2006 09:50 PM

Congratulations to Young David

Nymr83
Oct 04 2006 11:56 PM

]I don't think it's fair to say Wright won on performance in the last week of the season

It is pure fact. Beltran led with a week to go and didnt play the last week.
Wright certainly stayed close the whole way, but he WON it on the last week.

Valadius
Oct 05 2006 12:49 AM

I don't think it's fair to end the vote tallying when we're still on the field playing baseball. I'd hold off on calling David Wright player of the year. Player of the Regular Season? Sure. But we're still playing here.

Yancy Street Gang
Oct 05 2006 08:02 AM

I am indifferent to your outrage, especially since it's coming from someone who hasn't participated all year.

After tallying 162 games and seeing the apathy grow, I think I have the right to decide not to put any further effort into this thing.

I'll consider Schaefering the 2007 postseason if there's strong interest in September, and, of course, if the Mets participate.

But I'm not going to take the time to modify the software to please seven voters and one opinionated non-voter.

ScarletKnight41
Oct 05 2006 09:04 AM

I didn't say it before, but thank you Yancy for doing this over the course of a 6-month season. It takes a lot to keep up with this kind of thing day in and day out, and I think that we all really appreciate it (even if we don't always show it).

Yancy Street Gang
Oct 05 2006 09:12 AM

You're welcome!

I do enjoy the Schaefer thing. I feel in a way like we're following in the footsteps of Lindsey, Ralph, and Bob. And since I have it automated to the point where I can tally a game in a matter of minutes, I'm sure I'll fire it up again in 2007.

I do wish there was more participation though. Back in April we were routinely getting 20 to 25 voters per game, but by September it was only about 7.

TheOldMole
Oct 05 2006 09:22 AM

A system with a flaw in it? Stop the presses!

TheOldMole
Oct 05 2006 09:23 AM

Yancy -- I apologize for being one of the September Slackers. I'll try to do better next year.