Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
2007 - Pre-MacPhail. 2010 - Based solely on current players. How much have we improved, really? Discuss. Is it fair to say that the only position where the 2010 Orioles are worse off than the 2007 Orioles is shortstop? All lineups are based on who played that most games at that position in each year. 2007 Baltimore Orioles 2008 Baltimore Orioles 2009 Baltimore Orioles 2010 Baltimore Orioles C: Ramon...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
More photos » by Chris O'Meara - AP In 2010 the top 7 offensive performances by an Oriole will all be by Matt Wieters. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) Browse more photos » Baseball-Reference.com just revamped their Play Index tool and I've been messing around with it to learn all the new features. They've added some good stuff, so far my favorite is that you can do a search on how many times a...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
More photos » by Ed Zurga - AP You're the MVP, Joe. High Five. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga) Browse more photos » Regardless of what happens with the actual MVP award, SBN baseball writers got it right as Joe Mauer won the MVP in a landslide. Mauer's OPS+ of 170 is the second highest by a catcher in history ( Mike Piazza posted an OPS+ of 177 in 1997). Mauer led baseball in Batting Average, On-Base...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Next round of the year's awards! Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1 - 1 6 8 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles - 1 3 6 9 Brad...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Matt Palmer wuz robbed Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1 - 1 6 8 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles - 1 3 6 9 Brad Bergesen...
Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by John Froschauer - AP about 1 month ago: Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki is forced out at second as Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus steps over and watches his throw complete a double play on Mariners' Jose Lopez at first during the third inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/John Froschauer) View full size photo » Today we release the balloting for the...
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP wuz robbed Browse more photos » Larry already posted this one in the last thread's comments, but not everyone is brave enough to venture in there. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I'm looking at this for the first time, just like you guys. Let's see what we've got. Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
This week, we're posting the results for each of Major League Baseball's regular season awards, as voted upon by the SB Nation baseball bloggers. (Each site gets two ballots; Mack Avenue Tigers ' Kurt Mensching helped me out with a vote.) Today's announcement is for the 2009 Rookie of the Year balloting. This is the one award a Tigers player may have had his best chance with. How did Detroit's Kid...
Purple Row (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Matt York - AP I won SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. Who am I and what do I receive along with the title? (Sadly, the answer is that SBN awards don't come with anything.) Browse more photos » In the next installment for SBN Baseball's end of the year awards, I present to you the AL and NL ballots. First, let me recap who Purple Row chose for its award winners. In the AL, our...
Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by Tony Gutierrez - AP Elvis Andrus, SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) View full size photo » Below are the results for Rookie of the Year as voted by the SBN baseball writers. Elvis Andrus , the slick fielding shortstop from Texas, narrowly beat A's pitcher Andrew Bailey in the American League and Braves starting pitcher Tommy Hanson solidly won in the National League. My...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
by Nam Y. Huh - AP Randy Wells had a fine rookie year and finished sixth in SBN rookie balloting. View full size photo » Count me as one of those surprised at the SBN Rookie of the Year balloting. Neither J.A. Happ nor Chris Coghlan , the two players named at the top of the BCB ballots, won. Tommy Hanson is a deserving recipient, no doubt, but I was sure that Happ was going to win. The third-place...
Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Yesterday we posted the voting in our SB Nation Manager of the Year , today it is the Rookie of the Year. A much more interesting vote, the one to get the most first place votes didn't finish first because a number of us left him off our ballot. There was no clear cut RoY this year which made the voting that much harder. k Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The first legitimate shot at a Ray winning ... Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts 1 Elvis Andrus Texas Rangers 6 9 6 63 2 Andrew Bailey Oakland Athletics 11 1 3 61 3 Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay Rays 3 5 3 33 4 Rick Porcello Detroit Tigers 2 7 2 33 5 Brett Anderson Oakland Athletics 5 1 3 31 6 Gordon Beckham Chicago White Sox 1 2 8 19 7 Nolan Reimold Baltimore Orioles 1 - 1 6 8 Matt Wieters Baltimore Orioles...
Over the Monster (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP Could this guy win SBN's Rookie of the Year for the AL? Maybe. Browse more photos » With Manager of the Year out of the way , we turn our attention to Rookie of the Year awards voted on by SB Nation bloggers. In the American League, will a late run by Rick Porcello give him the nod? Or will consistent Elvis Andrus earn enough votes to take the award? Andrew...
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