The Dwight Gooden Award

[Guest Edgy DC]

Among the graces a Met fan can find in the 2010 season --- and there were some, make no mistake --- is that it was among the rookiest years ever for the team. Not only did a lot of players make their first (or first meaningful) appearances in a big league uniform, other near-rookies like Nick Evans and Luis Hernandez were contributing by the end. And these weren't all dead wood, either. While many won't be back, a few cemented spots for themselves and several others provided teases enough to squeeze their way into the periphery of the grand plan.

When asked about having a solid 1984 rookie campaign in the same year as Dwight Gooden, no less than Ron Darling shrugged his shoulders philosophically and said, "I don't think there's ever been a rookie like Dwight." And so we name our inaugural Crane Pool award honoring the outstanding Mets rookie in honor of Dwight Eugene Gooden of Tampa, Florida, owner of the coolest rookie season in Mets history, as we invite you pick the top five outstanding rookies of the Mets' 2010 season. We will award five points for first, four for second, etc. The leading point-getter is YOUR Mets 2010 Dwight Gooden Award for Outstanding Mets Rookie.

Candidates:

NAME	GP	H	AB	R	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	GP	GS	W	L	SV	QS	HLD	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	K/9	P/GS	WHIP	ERA
Joaquin Arias	22	6	30	5	1	0	0	4	7	2	6	0	0	.200	.250	.233	.483
Chris Carter	100	44	167	15	9	0	4	24	65	12	17	1	2	.263	.317	.389	.706
Ike Davis	147	138	523	73	33	1	19	71	230	72	138	3	2	.264	.351	.440	.791
Lucas Duda	29	17	84	11	6	0	4	13	35	6	22	0	0	.202	.261	.417	.678
Jesus Feliciano	54	25	108	12	4	1	0	3	31	6	12	1	0	.231	.276	.287	.563
Dillon Gee	5	2	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	8	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	5	5	2	2	0	5	0	33	25	8	2	15	17	4.64	98.20	1.21	2.18
Ryota Igarashi	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	34	0	1	1	0	0	2	30.1	29	24	4	18	25	7.42	0.00	1.55	7.12
Jenrry Mejia	33	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	33	3	0	4	0	0	2	39	46	20	3	20	22	5.08	73.00	1.69	4.62
Fernando Martinez	7	3	18	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	5	0	1	.167	.273	.167	.439
Mike Nickeas	5	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Jonathon Niese	31	10	53	3	2	0	0	4	12	8	27	0	0	.189	.295	.226	.521	30	30	9	10	0	14	0	173.2	192	81	20	62	148	7.67	98.20	1.46	4.20
Tobi Stoner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	0	1	0	0.00	0.00	1.71	3.86
Hisanori Takahashi	53	1	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	53	12	10	6	8	6	3	122	116	49	13	43	114	8.41	92.50	1.30	3.61
Ruben Tejada	78	46	216	28	12	0	1	15	61	22	38	2	2	.213	.305	.282	.588
Josh Thole	73	56	202	17	7	1	3	17	74	24	25	1	0	.277	.357	.366	.723
Justin Turner	4	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472
Raul Valdes	38	4	10	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	3	0	0	.400	.400	.500	.900	38	1	3	3	1	0	1	58.2	59	32	7	27	56	8.59	97.00	1.47	4.91

[duan]

1. Takahashi
2. Niese
3. Davis
4. Josh Thole
5. (slim pickings here) Raul Valdes

[Fman99]

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Mejia

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Davis
Thole
Niese
Takahashi
Tejada

[seawolf17]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Valdes

[metirish]

Davis
Takahashi
Niese
Thole
Tejada

[Ceetar]

1. Niese
2. Takahashi
3. Davis
4. Thole
5. Mejia

[metirish]

It's a more interesting vote than I thought it might be.

Kudos to Edgy for one of his better ideas

[Benjamin Grimm]

Davis
Takahashi
Niese
Thole
Mejia

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thanks for the votes, folks.

Not for nothing, but you're alllowed to editorialize in the thread too.

[Frayed Knot]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Mejia

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: Thanks for the votes, folks.

You should track the votes and score it with the standard ROY 5-3-1 points system to determine the winner.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, we are asking for five votes per ballot.

I'd be happy to addtinoally score it on a 5-3-1 scale, but I think the 5-4-3-2-1 system has I presented has its merits too.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh, I didn't read that part.

[metsmarathon]

top 5 rookies by WAR, per fangraphs:

davis 3.4
niese 1.9 - 0.1 = 1.8
thole 1.4
takahashi 1.7 - .4 = 1.4 (1 for 16 at the plate costs him third place)
carter 1.2

also,
gee 0.3 - 0.1 = 0.2
hessman 0.1
valdes 0.0 + 0.1 (that's right, he was more valuable as a hitter...)

no other rookies had positive WARs

[Guest sharpie]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Mejia

[Guest Edgy DC]

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Carter

[RealityChuck]

1. Davis
2. Thole
3. Niese
4. Takahashi
5. Carter

It's been a long while since we had five rookies who could be given serious consideration for such an award.

[seawolf17]

metsmarathon wrote: WAR, per fangraphs: valdes 0.0 + 0.1 (that's right, he was more valuable as a hitter...)

That's awesome.

[TransMonk]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Mejia

[DocTee]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Valdes

[Willets Point]

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Thole
5. Carter

[Vic Sage]

davis
takahashi
niese
thole
carter

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thanks everybody. The race for fifth is really taking off!

[Valadius]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Carter

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Davis
Niese
Takahashi
Thole
Carter

Solidifying a starting defensive position-- and showing offensive promise, if not consistently good production-- trumps Niese's stellar 2/3 of a season and monthlong, year-end wet fart.

Everyone else is playing for third. (And to those of you leaving the Animal off: the guy was our best pinch-hit threat in a decade and consumed somewhere near five cases of Red Bull for you in a couple of months... the least you can do is toss the man a bone.)

[G-Fafif]

1. Davis
2. Niese
3. Takahashi
4. Tejada
5. Thole

[Guest Edgy DC]

marathon, is your post a vote?

[metsmarathon]

yes. the objective evidence confirms my suspicions.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, voting closes tomorrow morning.

So far, 18 votes cast. Brilliant!