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Re: Darien's 2k4 Baseball Roundup

Posted By: TOM, on host 63.85.132.17
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 20:00:44
In Reply To: Darien's 2k4 Baseball Roundup posted by Darien on Sunday, October 3, 2004, at 00:17:33:

I agree with 3 of your 4 award choices.

Melvin Mora is not the AL MVP. He's not the best hitter in the league, and he's a below average fielder. I'm not sure where you were looking (last year's statistics?), but Mora has played all but one inning of defense at third base this year, committing 21 errors (and errors aren't the best measure of defensive competence, anyways), playing subpar defense.

AL MVP comes down to one of three: Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez, or Manny Ramirez. Ramirez is by far the best hitter in the American League this year, leading the AL in HR, SLG, OPS, 5th in OBP, 3rd in RBI (terrible measure of value, but there you go). Sheffield is 6th in OPS. Rodriguez is having a sub-par (for him, anyway... .288/.377/.515 isn't anything to sneeze at) year the plate, but is playing Gold Glove defense at third. In the end, I vote Manny Ramirez for AL MVP.

Rookies of the Year. The Pirates' Jason Bay made it no contest in the NL after Khalil Greene broke his thumb. AL Rookie field is a little thinner, but should go to the Twins' Lew Ford.

TOM

Replies To This Message

Re: Darien's 2k4 Baseball Roundup - gremlinn - Mon, 10/4/2004, 02:16:40
- Re: Darien's 2k4 Baseball Roundup - TOM - Mon, 10/4/2004, 12:41:31
Re: Darien's 2k4 Baseball Roundup - Darien - Sun, 10/3/2004, 21:45:23
- Re: Darien's 2k4 Baseball Roundup - TOM - Sun, 10/3/2004, 23:19:44

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Message:	> I agree with 3 of your 4 award choices. > > Melvin Mora is not the AL MVP. He's not the best hitter in the league, and he's a below average fielder. I'm not sure where you were looking (last year's statistics?), but Mora has played all but one inning of defense at third base this year, committing 21 errors (and errors aren't the best measure of defensive competence, anyways), playing subpar defense. > > AL MVP comes down to one of three: Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez, or Manny Ramirez. Ramirez is by far the best hitter in the American League this year, leading the AL in HR, SLG, OPS, 5th in OBP, 3rd in RBI (terrible measure of value, but there you go). Sheffield is 6th in OPS. Rodriguez is having a sub-par (for him, anyway... .288/.377/.515 isn't anything to sneeze at) year the plate, but is playing Gold Glove defense at third. In the end, I vote Manny Ramirez for AL MVP. > > Rookies of the Year. The Pirates' Jason Bay made it no contest in the NL after Khalil Greene broke his thumb. AL Rookie field is a little thinner, but should go to the Twins' Lew Ford. > > TOM
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