Awards Season - 2017

[Frayed Knot]

I see that we're pretty much ignoring this so far even though MLB is smack in the middle of it. Not so surprising though seeing as how there are no Mets even being contemplated for anything.
Also the ROYs were both a foregone conclusion and nobody really cares about Manager of the Year anyway, especially seeing as how two of the guys who got votes have already been canned.

But here's where they stand with CY awards on tap for tonight.

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
AARON JUDGE	Yanx	30	—	—	150
ANDREW BENINTENDI	Red Sox	—	23	6	75
TREY MANCINI	Orioles	—	5	16	31
MATT OLSON	A’s	—	1	2	5
YULI GURRIEL	Astros	—	—	5	5
JORDAN MONTGOMERY	Yanx	—	1	1	1

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
CODY BELLINGER	Dodgers	30	—	—	150
PAUL DeJONG	Cardinals	—	15	11	56
JOSH BELL	Pirates	—	10	2	32
RHYS HOPKINS	Phillies	—	1	9	12
GERMAN MARQUEZ	Rockies	—	2	4	10
MANUEL MARQUEZ	Padres	—	1	2	5
KYLE FREELAND	Rockies	—	1	0	3
LUIS CASTILLO	Reds	—	0	1	1
IAN HAPP	Cubs	—	0	1	1

MANAGER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
TOREY LOVULLO	D’Backs	18	5	6	111
DAVE ROBERTS	Dodgers	5	8	6	55
BUD BLACK	Padres	3	6	10	43
CRAIG COUNSELL	Brewers	3	4	6	33
DUSTY BAKER	Nationals	1	6	2	25
JOE MADDON	Cubs	—	1	0	3

MANAGER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
PAUL MOLITOR	Twins	18	6	4	112
TERRY FRANCONA	Indians	11	9	8	90
A. J. HINCH	Astros	1	13	12	56
JOE GIRARDI	Yanx	—	2	6	12

[Guest 41Forever]

Tyler Pill, denied a ROY vote!

[G-Fafif]

DeGrom finishes eighth for NY Cy Young, garnering two fifth-place votes.

[Frayed Knot]

Not that I expected deGrom to win or even contend for one of the top spots, but I don't get this idea of pre-releasing the "finalists" as if those are the ones the voters are instructed to choose among.
I suppose it's so they can arrange video hookups for the possible winners ahead of time since this is all just a TV show now.


Would have thought it'd be a bit closer at the top but I guess the missed time for Kershaw was too much for most voters.

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
MAX SCHERZER	Nationals	27	3	—	201
CLAYTON KERSHAW	Dodgers	3	25	1	126
STEPEHN STRASBURG	Nationals	—	1	23	81
ZACK GREINKE	D'Backs	—	1	3	52
KENLEY JANSEN	Dodgers	—	1	3	52
GIO GONZALEZ	Nationals	—	--	1	18

Also:
Robbie Ray - 6 points
deGrom - 2
Jimmy Nelson - 1
Alex Wood - 1



Not close here either as the (relatively) poor second half did in Sale

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
COREY KLUBER	Indians	28	2	—	204
CHRIS SALE	Red Sox	2	28	--	126
LUIS SEVERINO	Yanx	—	--	20	73
CARLOS CARRASCO	Indians	—	--	1	43
JUSTIN VERLANDER	Tigers/Astros	—	--	3	32
CRAIG KIMBREL	Red Sox	—	--	6	27

Also
Ervin Santana - 3 points
Marcus Stroman - 2

[Guest 41Forever]

I think the finalists are the top three in the voting, and there’s no second round of voting. Just something MLB came up with as a tease.

[Fman99]

MLB Network really scrounging for content this time of year. Go find a winter league game in Venezuela or something.

[Frayed Knot]

41Forever wrote: I think the finalists are the top three in the voting, and there’s no second round of voting. Just something MLB came up with as a tease.

Oh yeah, they haven't changed the voting a lick, only in the fact that they've decided to pre-announce who the top three are leaving no suspense except for the exact order of finish.
Some years there might be four legit candidates for an award and, when that happens, one team's fans are going to get pissed off in advance because they'll be told that their guy has zero shot of
winning a week prior to the announcement.

It's not a major deal, I just don't see the point in it but I suspect it has to do with this announcements now being televised "events"

[Edgy MD]

The point is getting two days of publicity and site clicks and ad view spikes instead of one.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, but it probably kills at least as much interest as the 'double announcement' creates by telling fans of those not in the top three not to even bother tuning in.
And look here how close 3rd, 4th, & 5th place were in the NL - and if five guys were good enough to receive first place votes then at least that many could conceivably win.

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
GIANCARLO STANTON	Marlins	10	10	5	302
JOEY VOTTO	Reds	10	9	4	300
PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT	D'Backs	4	5	4	239
NOLAN ARENADO	Rockies	2	3	8	229
CHARLIE BLACKMON	Rockies	3	3	7	205

So Jeter's seeing this and going; 'YES!, up goes his trade value'

Others receiving votes:
6) Anthony Rendon - 141 points
7) Kris Bryant - 132 (including 1 first place vote!?!)
8) Justin Turner - 43
9) Cody Bellinger 38
10) Max Scherzer - 34
11) Tommy Pham - 24
12) Bryce Harper - 21
13) Anthony Rizzo - 17
14) JD Martinez - 11
T 15) Kenley Jansen - 8
T 15) Marcell Ozuna - 8
T 17) Clayton Kershaw - 6
T 17) Corey Seager - 6
19) Daniel Murphy - 3
T 20) Archie Bradley - 1
T 20) Zack Greinke - 1
T 20) Ryan Zimmerman - 1




The AL, meanwhile, not so close.

PLAYER	TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	TOTAL
JOSE ALTUVE	Astros	27	3	—	405
AARON JUDGE	Yanx	2	27	1	279
JOSE RAMIREZ	Indians	1	0	22	237
MIKE TROUT	Angels	—	6	18	197

First season of Trout's career where not only did he not finish 1st or 2nd but didn't finish grab a single first place vote - and all it took was for him to miss 1/4 of the season with a busted thumb.
2012 - 2nd place, 6 1st place votes, lost to Miguel Cabrera
2013 - 2nd / 5 / Cabrera
2014 - 1st / all 30 votes
2015 - 2nd / 7 / Josh Donaldson
2016 - 1st / 19

[G-Fafif]

Stanton becomes the fifth NL East MVP since the NL went to three divisions; none, of course, was a Met. I actually felt a perverse twinge of neighborhood pride when I learned Giancarlo won, like, hey, we know that kid, he lives up the block from us, he grew up around here. We play our divisional opponents so much, I figure we have more than a little something to do with it when one of our direct rivals is awarded. Since Stanton's Marlins (unlike their immediate predecessors) have never caused us irreparable playoff-chase harm, by mid-November I can be sort of generous that way.

The Mets were definitely complicitous when Chipper Jones won in 1999 and Jimmy Rollins did the same in 2007, years when the Valuable aspect of the prize carried the voting. Their highlight reels were full of late-season anti-heroics accomplished at our expense. Less the case with Ryan Howard in 2006 and Bryce Harper in 2015. Both times, to certain extents, I thought, "Have your silly little awards, we have the division title, you suck, we rule, ha ha ha..." While no titles were at stake in any dealings between the Marlins and Mets this year, it's generally understood Stanton has a standing takeout order of damage waiting any time he faces us.

[Edgy MD]

Jimmy Rollins keeps his MVP Award where he can't see it, because like a visual version of the tell-tale heart, he can't look upon it without seeing David Wright's name there, the letters growing bigger every time his eyes are cast upon it, ALWAYS BIGGER!

[Vic Sage]

Edgy MD wrote: Jimmy Rollins keeps his MVP Award where he can't see it, because like a visual version of the tell-tale heart, he can't look upon it without seeing David Wright's name there, the letters growing bigger every time his eyes are cast upon it, ALWAYS BIGGER!

i love this image. thank you.

[MFS62]

If there is a baseball equivalent of the Darwin Awards, I nominate this guy:
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/7170/dallas-keuchel
A parade injury?
And he still needs a boot?

If we don't have a weird baseball stuff" thread, maybe we should start one.

Later