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2013 MLB Awards Thread (1 Viewer)

Eephus

Eephus

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October 29
Winners of Rawlings Gold Glove Awards announced (ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET)

November 4
Players Choice Awards (MLB Network)

November 5
BBWAA Awards finalists announcement (MLB Network)

November 6
Silver Slugger Awards (MLB Network)

November 11
Sporting News Executive of the Year named

November 11
BBWAA Jackie Robinson Rookies of the Year (MLB Network)

November 12
BBWAA Managers of the Year (MLB Network)

November 13
BBWAA Cy Young Awards (MLB Network)

November 14
BBWAA Most Valuable Player Awards (MLB Network)

 
Gold Glove Finalists

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Pitcher

Mark Buehrle, Blue Jays

R.A. Dickey, Blue Jays

Doug Fister, Tigers

Catcher

Joe Mauer, Twins

Salvador Perez, Royals

Matt Wieters, Orioles

First base

Chris Davis, Orioles

Eric Hosmer, Royals

James Loney, Rays

Second base

Robinson Cano, Yankees

Dustin Pedroia, Red Sox

Ben Zobrist, Rays

Third base

Adrian Beltre, Rangers

Evan Longoria, Rays

Manny Machado, Orioles

Shortstop

Alcides Escobar, Royals

Yunel Escobar, Rays

J.J. Hardy, Orioles

Left field

Yoenis Cespedes, A's

Andy Dirks, Tigers

Alex Gordon, Royals

Center field

Lorenzo Cain, Royals

Jacoby Ellsbury, Red Sox

Adam Jones, Orioles

Right field

Nick Markakis, Orioles

Shane Victorino, Red Sox

Josh Reddick, A's

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pitcher

Patrick Corbin, D-backs

Zack Greinke, Dodgers

Adam Wainwright, Cardinals

Catcher

A.J. Ellis, Dodgers

Russell Martin, Pirates

Yadier Molina, Cardinals

First base

Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs

Adrian Gonzalez, Dodgers

Anthony Rizzo, Cubs

Second base

Darwin Barney, Cubs

Brandon Phillips, Reds

Mark Ellis, Dodgers

Third base

Nolan Arenado, Rockies

Juan Uribe, Dodgers

David Wright, Mets

Shortstop

Ian Desmond, Nationals

Andrelton Simmons, Braves

Troy Tulowitzki, Rockies

Left field

Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies

Starling Marte, Pirates

Eric Young Jr., Mets

Center field

Carlos Gomez, Brewers

Andrew McCutchen, Pirates

Denard Span, Nationals

Right field

Jay Bruce, Reds

Jason Heyward, Braves

Gerardo Parra, D-backs

 
Annyong said:
Why the hell do they wait so long to announce them? I want my Darwin Barney gold glove now.
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:lmao:

Because when you're jonesing for some baseball on a cold November afternoon, that Gold Glove will appear like an oasis in the desert.

 
Can't really argue with any of the GG award winners. Adam Jones had negative advanced fielding stats again this year but makes enough spectacular plays to sway the voters.

Nolan Arenado won as a rookie with just over 1100 innings played at third. 3B is a pretty weak position in the NL at the moment. Arenado is very good defensively from what I've seen and UZR loves him.

 
Awards season has officially commenced. On Monday night, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was named AL Comeback Player of the Year for 2013. In the National League, Pirates lefty Francisco Liriano won the award for the second time in his career (he also won as a member of the Twins in 2010).Rivera missed almost all of the 2012 season after tearing his ACL while shagging flies early in the year. In his retirement season of 2013, however, Rivera bounced back to a author a 2.11 ERA (192 ERA+) and converted 44 of 51 save opportunities in 64 innings of work.

As for Liriano, he posted ERAs higher than 5.00 in 2011 and 2012, but improved in 2013 -- his first season in Pittsburgh -- to the tune of a 3.02 ERA (117 ERA+) in 161 innings.

Other finalists in the AL included Eric Hosmer of the Royals, Scott Kazmir of the Indians and Victor Martinez of the Tigers. In the NL, Jorge De La Rosa of the Rockies, Chase Utley of the Phillies and Jayson Werth of the Nationals also vied for the award.
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I haven't heard much about this Rivera guy but Scott Kazmir ought to get some credit for his first decent year since the Bush administration. He had a 5+ ERA in an independent league last year.

 
Eephus said:
Awards season has officially commenced. On Monday night, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was named AL Comeback Player of the Year for 2013. In the National League, Pirates lefty Francisco Liriano won the award for the second time in his career (he also won as a member of the Twins in 2010).Rivera missed almost all of the 2012 season after tearing his ACL while shagging flies early in the year. In his retirement season of 2013, however, Rivera bounced back to a author a 2.11 ERA (192 ERA+) and converted 44 of 51 save opportunities in 64 innings of work.

As for Liriano, he posted ERAs higher than 5.00 in 2011 and 2012, but improved in 2013 -- his first season in Pittsburgh -- to the tune of a 3.02 ERA (117 ERA+) in 161 innings.

Other finalists in the AL included Eric Hosmer of the Royals, Scott Kazmir of the Indians and Victor Martinez of the Tigers. In the NL, Jorge De La Rosa of the Rockies, Chase Utley of the Phillies and Jayson Werth of the Nationals also vied for the award.
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I haven't heard much about this Rivera guy but Scott Kazmir ought to get some credit for his first decent year since the Bush administration. He had a 5+ ERA in an independent league last year.
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What did Eric Hosmer come back from, exactly?

 
RnR said:
Eephus said:
Awards season has officially commenced. On Monday night, Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was named AL Comeback Player of the Year for 2013. In the National League, Pirates lefty Francisco Liriano won the award for the second time in his career (he also won as a member of the Twins in 2010).Rivera missed almost all of the 2012 season after tearing his ACL while shagging flies early in the year. In his retirement season of 2013, however, Rivera bounced back to a author a 2.11 ERA (192 ERA+) and converted 44 of 51 save opportunities in 64 innings of work.

As for Liriano, he posted ERAs higher than 5.00 in 2011 and 2012, but improved in 2013 -- his first season in Pittsburgh -- to the tune of a 3.02 ERA (117 ERA+) in 161 innings.

Other finalists in the AL included Eric Hosmer of the Royals, Scott Kazmir of the Indians and Victor Martinez of the Tigers. In the NL, Jorge De La Rosa of the Rockies, Chase Utley of the Phillies and Jayson Werth of the Nationals also vied for the award.
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I haven't heard much about this Rivera guy but Scott Kazmir ought to get some credit for his first decent year since the Bush administration. He had a 5+ ERA in an independent league last year.
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What did Eric Hosmer come back from, exactly?
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A .255 BABIP? :shrug:

 
the moops said:
Has anyone besides Liriano won this award more than once?
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The MLB award only started in 2005. The Sporting News' award dates back 40 years beyond that. Liriano is the first repeat winner of the MLB award but he didn't win the TSN award in 2010, Vladimir Guerrero did. The other award has several repeat winners.

The only players to be named twice in the American League are Norm Cash, Boog Powell and Bret Saberhagen.

The only players to be named twice in the National League are Andrés Galarraga and Chris Carpenter.

The only player to be named in both leagues is Rick Sutcliffe.
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Finalists for AL Cy Young (alphabetically): Yu Darvish, Rangers; Hisashi Iwakuma, Mariners; Max Scherzer, Tigers.

Finalists for NL Cy Young (alphabetically): Jose Fernandez, Marlins; Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers; Adam Wainwright, Cardinals.

Finalists for NL MVP (alphabetically): Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks; Andrew McCutchen, Pirates; Yadier Molina, Cardinals.

Finalists for AL MVP (alphabetically): Miguel Cabrera, Tigers; Chris Davis, Orioles; Mike Trout, Angels.

 
RnR said:
Limp Ditka said:
Anarchy99 said:
Farrell was robbed.
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This.
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I don't know if I would term it that way. He certainly would have been a worthy recipient, but I think you could argue that what Francona did in his first year with the Indians was equally impressive.

Obviously, looking at it through the scope of a WS title changes things, but voters didn't have that luxury.
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Francona was not a terrible choice and would have been even more deserving in most seasons. But ignoring the outcome of the WS consider . . .

Boston improved by 28 wins (going from 69 to 97) in the regular season, improving from 5th to 1st overall in their division and securing the #1 seed in the AL heading into the post season.

Cleveland improved by 24 wins (going from 68 to 92) in the regular season, improving from 4th to 2nd in their division and finishing the season tied for the 4th best record in the AL.

By my math, the Red Sox improved by more games, earned a higher seed, and overall had a better regular season than Cleveland did.

Obviously things worked out in the end, but Farrell had to remake his bullpen after losing two closers. Multiple guys missed a fair amount of time or went on the DL (Ellsbury, Ortiz, Napoli, Drew) and the first half Cy Young candidate missed half the season (Buchholz). They could have had problems with all of that but didn't. Sure, it was not the same level of injuries as the Yankees went though, but there were other years where the Sox had a ton of injuries and the Yanks had very few.

The only real argument that Francona was more deserving was based almost entirely on salary. Cleveland spent half as much as the Red Sox, so therefore being in a low budget, smaller market apparently gets managers more credit somehow. The Tribe feasted on the bottom feeders of the AL Central, going 30-8 against CWS and MIN. That means they went .500 against everyone else. Against teams with winning records, CLE only had a32-46 record. Bottom line, the Indians benefitted from beating up against some easy teams and were not that great against the top teams int he league.

But hey, hats off to Tito. He never even got a first place vote in the manager of the year balloting while he was in Boston (as crazy as that sounds).

 
I think it is easy to get caught up in Boston's win total from 2012 when making this comparison, but it was hardly a talent-poor Red Sox team that Farrell took the keys for this season.

The Red Sox averaged 93.2 over the previous 10 seasons and have consistently been a top five payroll team over that time period.

Farrell basically came in and brought them back to that level after one blip on the radar caused by an ill-advised managerial hire in 2012.

He deserves major credit for this, but I don't know that we are comparing apples to apples with the Indians even when the divisional disparity is in consideration.

The Boston machine still works.

 
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