Comments on: BDD: AL and NL MVP http://crashburnalley.com/2009/10/24/bdd-al-and-nl-mvp/ Philadelphia Phillies baseball analysis that everyone can enjoy. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: eh http://crashburnalley.com/2009/10/24/bdd-al-and-nl-mvp/comment-page-1/#comment-12811 eh Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:29:34 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=564#comment-12811 My top 5: AL Mauer Greinke Zobrist Jeter Lind NL Pujols Hanley Fielder Tulo Utley My top 5:

AL

Mauer
Greinke
Zobrist
Jeter
Lind

NL

Pujols
Hanley
Fielder
Tulo
Utley

]]> By: Bill Baer http://crashburnalley.com/2009/10/24/bdd-al-and-nl-mvp/comment-page-1/#comment-12770 Bill Baer Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:43:26 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=564#comment-12770 Here's Zobrist's positional breakdown: <br> <img src="http://i34.tinypic.com/2mnhp8x.jpg"> <br> <img src="http://i38.tinypic.com/2rfsh1y.jpg"> <br> As for Mauer, he did have about a 3% increase in strikeouts from '08 to '09. Presumably, the reason why his average stayed high was because his BABIP was .377, a career high. He also had an uncanny 20% HR/FB rate, which is in the area of Adam Dunn, Russell Branyan, and Carlos Pena. Here’s Zobrist’s positional breakdown:





As for Mauer, he did have about a 3% increase in strikeouts from ‘08 to ‘09. Presumably, the reason why his average stayed high was because his BABIP was .377, a career high. He also had an uncanny 20% HR/FB rate, which is in the area of Adam Dunn, Russell Branyan, and Carlos Pena.

]]> By: Ernie http://crashburnalley.com/2009/10/24/bdd-al-and-nl-mvp/comment-page-1/#comment-12768 Ernie Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:54:42 +0000 http://crashburnalley.com/?p=564#comment-12768 That is definately an outside the box vote. I completely forgot about Zobrist and the monster year he put up, not to mention, if I'm not mistaken, didnt he also play alot of time at the middle infield posistions? I think I would still give it to Mauer because he constantly seems to get no respect from the voters in the past. I do wonder where all this power seems to have come from for Mauer. Normally when a high average hitter starts hitting for power, it affects the average but that wasnt the case for Joe. Kind of weird. Maybe he had some kind of "other help". (I'm joking, although I'm surprised that type of article wasnt written.) That is definately an outside the box vote. I completely forgot about Zobrist and the monster year he put up, not to mention, if I’m not mistaken, didnt he also play alot of time at the middle infield posistions? I think I would still give it to Mauer because he constantly seems to get no respect from the voters in the past. I do wonder where all this power seems to have come from for Mauer. Normally when a high average hitter starts hitting for power, it affects the average but that wasnt the case for Joe. Kind of weird. Maybe he had some kind of “other help”. (I’m joking, although I’m surprised that type of article wasnt written.)

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