Braun named NL ROY; Pedroia wins AL ROY

Why do you make this man cry?



I came up May 16, 1990...nine days earlier than Braun this year! Why don't I deserve the ROY?

 

I forgot he hit 28 homers that year. Pretty impressive for five months in 1990.

Geez, there were some old-ass rookies in 1990:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_1990.shtml#NLroy

 

I think 1990 is the year Hamlin won at 28? I'm too lazy to look at the list.

And Justice only had a monster two-month stretch. He barely played his first month after the call-up, IIRC.

 

1994 is when Battlin' Bob Hamelin won it.

And you're correct about Justice. He was on fire from Aug. 1 on, when he hit 20 of his 28 home runs. At the end of July, he was hitting .250, 8 HR, 28 RBI in 220 AB.

 

For whatever reason, he uses WARP instead of WARP-3, which would give you a projection of their pace over a full 162 games. Still, Tulo wins the WARP-3 battle in a landslide, 11.1 - 4.8.

 

By all means, he should have used WARP-3. Winning the WARP-3 battle is always important.

 

Yeah, you don't like it, I know. I was just answering the question about whether his analysis took into account the game difference. It didn't. I showed what it would have been if it did, eg. he'd reach the same conclusion.

 

Over a scrub named Manny Ramirez.

 

Well, there is recent precedent. I give you Ryan Howard in 2005.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2005.shtml#NLroy

 

Right. And as BYH noted, there is historical precedent, too, with Justice.

Still don't think a guy who plays 120 games can be more deserving than a guy who plays 150 games, unless he's just above and beyond everyone else.

I ain't gonna lose sleep over Braun winning today -- he's got a strong, strong case. But so does Tulowitzki.

 

Still trying to wrap our head around this crazy thing called OBP, are we?

(Kidding. I'm usually in favor of splitting the difference between the grizzled old baseball men and the people who treat it like a cross between Mathletes and Dungeons and Dragons.)