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by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:18 pm
Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:17 pm
batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:35 pm
So Ohtani can't win the MVP award if he wins the Hank Aaron award? Is that what the guy is saying?
Definitely not.
So what is he saying? Because if Ohtani is denied the MVP award simply and solely because he won the Hank Aaron award and for no other reason, well that's a denial in my book*.
*Technically speaking, if Ohtani doesn't win the MVP for any reason, that's a denial. But whatever. Because like I already said, I have no idea what that Beaneater is getting at. What the hell does the existence of other awards have anything to do with whether or not Ohtani should win the MVP award?
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by smg58 » Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:23 pm
metirish wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:47 pm
Big words
Going by Fangraphs WAR, here are the best years by some Mets position players (at least the ones that I thought of looking up):
Wright 2007 8.4
Olerud 1998 8.1
Beltran 2006 7.8
Gilkey 1996 7.6
Lindor 2024 7.3 (so far)
Johnson 1989 7.0
Strawberry 1990 6.5
Reyes 2008 5.9
Piazza 2000 5.8
Hernandez 1986 5.8
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by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:24 pm
Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:17 pm
batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:35 pm
So Ohtani can't win the MVP award if he wins the Hank Aaron award? Is that what the guy is saying?
Definitely not.
batmagadanleadoff wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:35 pm
Or maybe he's saying that a DH can't win an MVP award?
Quite the opposite.
Never mind.
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by batmagadanleadoff » Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:32 pm
I didn't take a really hard look at Lindor's numbers in about two weeks. Wow! His numbers moved up greatly in that time. He has a really strong case for NL MVP if the season ended today. Maybe even the best case of anybody. Even better than Ohtani. In fact, I'd say that right now, Lindor is the front-runner for NL MVP.
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by Edgy MD » Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:51 pm
After being on the Interstate for most of the first third of the season, there's a chance Lindor ends up in the league's top 10 in batting average. He's about 16th right now, and while it'll take some real climbing over the final weeks of the season, he's been climbing and climbing and climbing all summer.
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by Frayed Knot » Fri Sep 06, 2024 8:03 pm
He has cracked the top 10 in OPS, and two of those ahead of him (Betts & Peterson) don't have enough PAs to qualify right now.
Still more than 100 points in back of Ozuna and Ohtani though.
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by Edgy MD » Thu Sep 12, 2024 12:41 pm
Fangraphs has him ahead of Ohtani in fWAR, 7.4 to 7.0.
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