Post Season Awards: NL MVP
October 26th, 2009 | Published in Adrian Gonzalez, Awards, BBA, Daniel Gettinger, baseball | 3 Comments
by Daniel Gettinger
We were requested to make our MVP ballot ten players deep. The San Diego Padres chapter of the BBA voted in the following manner:
1) Albert Pujols
2) Hanley Ramirez
3) Chase Utley
4) Tim Lincecum
5) Adrian Gonzalez
6) Prince Fielder
7) Ryan Zimmerman
8. Troy Tulowtizki
9) Ryan Howard
10) Derek Lee
My personal ballot basically mirrored the fangraphs value page with a few minor adjustments. Mainly, I left a number of the first basemen off my ballot and added in a few pitchers.
1) Albert Pujols
2) Chase Utley
3) Tim Lincecum
4) Hanley Ramirez
5) Ryan Zimmerman
6) Adrian Gonzalez
7) Troy Tulowitzki
8. Matt Kemp
9) Chris Carpenter
10) Javier Vazquez
The Sacrifice Bunt Ballot:
2. Chase Utley
Websoul Surfer Ballot:
10 - Pablo Sandoval – He carried surprising Giants offensively in 2009 •
9 - Ryan Braun - .320 with 32 home runs. But those are not the numbers that • got him on this list. 342/.399/.629/1.029 and 21 hrs with runners on did. Isn’t that what a MVP does, hit better when it counts?
8 - Derrek Lee - Epic numbers with RISP in a lineup that gave him little or • no protection for much of the season - .319/.417/.645/1.062 with 80 RBI .306/.394/.579/.972 with 35 home runs on the season. MVP Numbers.
7 - Chase Utley - .282/.397/.508/.905 and 31 home runs while providing • Gold Glove type defense at 2B. A 7.7 WAR! •
6 - Ryan Howard – 45 Home Runs, 141 RBI .571 Slugging. .292 ISO
5 - Tim Lincecum – Yes, I have him higher in MVP than Cy Young voting. • I think he was more important to his team’s success than Carpenter was. Without him the anemic hitting Giants struggle to win 80 games.
4 - Prince Fielder - .299 .412 .602 1.014 with 46 Home Runs and 141 RBI • .303 ISO and .420 wOBA. 7.92 WPA – best in baseball.
3 - Hanley Ramirez – My preseason pick. This season Ramirez turned into a • full fledged “I will carry this team” player. He led the league in BA @ .342, hit 24 home runs, scored & drove in 100+ runs. .543 SLG/.954 OPS
2 - Adrian Gonzalez - The best player no one knows about. 40 hr, .274 ISO • and .402 wOBA playing in Petco 81 games a season. Enough Said.
1 - Albert Pujols – Unquestionably the best player in baseball
Okay…that concludes my series on post season awards. I apologize for not providing thorough analysis on my selections-I just did not have the time. At the same time, my picks in all three player categories should not surprise any regular readers. I have a strong tendency to go with the “sabermetric” picks in each category. If you are confused by my selections, just head over to Fangraphs and cruise their “value leaderboard.”
November 18th, 2009 at 1:42 pm (#)
I don’t think Adrian Gonzalez is someone “no one knows about”. That was true two years ago, but people know who he is now. He has been an AS, he has won GGs, and he has been amongst the leaders in several offesive categories.
Plus, his name seems to pop up with fans of every team that needs a big bat.
People know who he is!
November 18th, 2009 at 1:52 pm (#)
Soundbounder- I Agree. Especially now with the trade rumors, many fans are very aware of Adrian Gonzalez, and that he is a good player.
What I think Websoulsurfer, who wrote that blurb, was getting at is that although people may know Gonzalez is good, they still do not realize just how good he is. Part of that is the negative impact of Petco Park on his “traditional” stats such as HR. That claim (that Gonzalez is underrated by most fans) may be true, or it may be false. I don’t really know. But it is important to always adjust for park effects when valuing players.
November 18th, 2009 at 4:26 pm (#)
Fair enough!