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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 28, 2010 10:48:01 GMT -5
That we could be watching the AL MVP, CY Young, Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, and 3 Gold Glove winners (Ja Hamilton, Ja Cruz, and Ja Andrus) on the same frikken team?!
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Post by The River Assassin on Jul 28, 2010 11:33:45 GMT -5
Who are you thinking could win the Cy Young?
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 28, 2010 11:54:42 GMT -5
Criff Ree.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 28, 2010 11:55:20 GMT -5
Oh...the Rolaids Relief Man too.
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Post by P. Marf on Jul 28, 2010 12:09:12 GMT -5
Cruz as a gold glover? Not sure about that. Lee is gonna need some run supports every now and then to get his win total up.
Question: is it possible for Big Game to be in the Cy young talk even though he missed a lot ofr the season? At what point does he qualify for such talk. I would think that if he keeps winning and keeps Ls off his record that at some point it would have to be talked about.
Right now as crazy as it sounds I think Cabrerra has the overall better numbers by a hair, but the fact that the Rangers are where they are give the edge back to Josh. (Imho)
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jul 28, 2010 14:24:41 GMT -5
Dude, have you seen Cruz lately? He's incredibly fast for his size. He tracks down fly balls that typical right fielders don't get to. He's got a cannon of an arm that's regarded as one of the best in baseball. He's a complete stud in right.
Ws don't mean a thing when you're leading the league in ERA, have a WHIP of 0.89, a K/BB ration of 16/1 and your nearest competition is 7/1, have 7 (that's SEVEN) walks, have thrown at least 8 inning 8 starts in a row, 6 complete games, 14 quality starts, and you've done this while being traded mid-season. The voters are smart enough to look past the Ws. If that were the case Rick Helling would have won it in '96 with a 4+ ERA.
Cabrera has better numbers but his team isn't in first place and could very well be a 3rd place team. Plus, he doesn't help his team on the field NEARLY as much as Josh does. Josh saves runs just by being Josh. People don't run on him. It's awesome that two of the top 5 OF arms in the AL are our corner outfielders. It's the MVP...not best hitter. IMO, the player most valuable to his team in the first half was Vlad and for the entire year it's Josh.
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Post by P. Marf on Jul 28, 2010 16:20:05 GMT -5
I understand what your saying and don't disagree but I just think stock is put in wins more than you think. I agree that when you put up a ridiculous era and whip and you don't have many wins, then its obviously not the pitchers fault. I do think that they hold the W category high.
Granted Cruz has made some good plays, he still makes dumb ones too and I just don't see him anywhere close to a goldglover. I will tell you someone who for sure won't win it: Bobby Abreu.
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Post by P. Marf on Jul 28, 2010 16:21:28 GMT -5
Something you forgot originally: GM of the year.
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Post by sully on Aug 2, 2010 11:21:22 GMT -5
Can't wait to watch an ALCS in the temple.
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Post by The River Assassin on Aug 2, 2010 16:11:23 GMT -5
Sounds like Sully doesn't think too much of the Rays or Yanks...interesting.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Aug 2, 2010 16:45:03 GMT -5
I'm still on the ledge...not sure if this thing has the legs to get out of the ALDS and I think they'll stumble into winning the west.
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Post by P. Marf on Aug 2, 2010 21:25:18 GMT -5
I don't care I just want to see some playoff baseball around these parts. September and October will be even better than they normally always are when FB is gearin up.
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