2016 MLB awards thread

Of course not. There's a month and a half of games left. But Altuve is the clear winner to this point.

 

I love Altuve. He's probably the best player in the game, pound for pound, inch by inch.

 

Why is he the "clear" winner?

 

To be fair, Bryant only played one inning in center field. If you want to throw that in there, you might as well include the inning he played shortstop this season, too.

 

There are a number of AL guys in contention. Someone will separate himself over the last month:

Hamels
Sale
Porcello
Happ
Verlander
Kluber
Quintana
Duffy
Sanchez
Wright

Any one of them could conceivably win it.

Or maybe this is the year you guy with Britton.

 

He's just better than him at this point. He's got him by 50 points in batting average and nearly 100 in OPS. That seems to be the definition of better.

 

Yeah, there's no parsing it like that. He has played 6 positions this season.

 

Britton is going to be the runaway choice. Happ will be runner-up unless he shits the bed the last 6 weeks.

 

Just saying if you are going to put it that way, you need to acknowledge that two of those were for only one inning. the way Bryant has been used certainly should be a factor.

Murphy is also versatile, but he has been able to play regularly at one spot or another most of the season. They slid him to first base while Zimmerman was out, but otherwise he has been at second most of the time.

 

Given how the voters traditionally treat relief pitchers, I doubt any closer runs away with that award.

 

Perhaps, but he did get moved to first with the bases loaded and no outs in the 12th inning because he has the better arm. It didn't come to that but he was there because of a tactical decision.

Kris Bryant played three different positions in a single inning against the Brewers

 

Great, but it is still a bit misleading to say he played six positions when two of them were for only one inning.