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C Joe Mauer - MIN
1B Mark Texeria - NYY
2B Robinson Cano - NYY
3B Evan Longoria - TBR
SS Derek Jeter - NYY
OF Carl Crawford TBR
OF Franklin Gutierez - SEA
OF Ichiro Suzuki - SEA
P Mark Buehrle - CHW (clinched his on opening day (http://vimeo.com/10709160 - broken link))
Not the worst list ever. But...
Jeter certainly doesn't deserve it. Might as well have given Posado one as well. I would have voted for Elvis Andrus or Alexi Ramirez
How did 3 Yankee infielders win GG's?
The Yankees were 2nd to last in batting average against on ground balls with a .247. League average was .231
They were also 2nd to last in sOPS (which compares OPS to the league average) on groundballs given up with a 110.
What's that mean? Balls hit on the ground (balls the Yankees infield would be responsible for) ended up has hits more often against the Yankees than against any other team except the Chicago White Sox
So either, the voters were wowed by the Yankees' lack of errors (a small part of defense), or A-Rod was really terrible on defense while the other 3 guys were tearing it up.
It has long been evident that the GG voters don't view the responsibility as something which demands research or much effort. The major criteria seems to be:
A) Who won last year or has a string of consecutive wins going?
B) Who suddenly hit surprisingly well while playing an up the middle position?
C) Who generated buzz based on appearances on ESPN Top Ten Plays.
D) What is everyone else saying?
The NL Gold Glove awards come out later today. I hope David Wright gets the Gold Glove at third base since he made a strong turnaround from last season.
Lassus, commenter at Baseball Think Factory: “Maybe this this vote was a conspiracy by the managers and players to hamstring the Yankees with an even uglier Jeter contract.”
We should make our predictions for the MVP and Cy Young awards. I think that the winners are obvious other than the AL Cy Young, so the challenge is to predict the order of the top five finishers in the voting...This isn't who you think should win, it is who you think will win.
After an appropriate amount of oraculating, it has come to me that:
NL MVP
1) Joey Votto
2) Carlos Gonzalez
3) Albert Pujols
4) Troy Tulowitzki
5) Roy Halladay
AL MVP
1) Josh Hamilton
2) Jose Bautista
3) Miguel Cabrera
4) Robinson Cano
5) Paul Konerko
NL Cy Young
1) Roy Halladay
2) Adam Wainwright
3) Josh Johnson
4) Ubaldo Jimenez
5) Brian Wilson
AL Cy Young
1) Felix Hernandez..taking a chance that the voters have become enlightened
2) Clay Buchholz
3) David Price
4) C.C. Sabathia
5) Cliff Lee
It has long been evident that the GG voters don't view the responsibility as something which demands research or much effort. The major criteria seems to be:
A) Who won last year or has a string of consecutive wins going?
B) Who suddenly hit surprisingly well while playing an up the middle position?
C) Who generated buzz based on appearances on ESPN Top Ten Plays.
D) What is everyone else saying?
And offense
Splashing Pumpkins - a San Francisco Giants blog: Do Offensive Numbers have an Effect on Gold Glove Award Voting? (http://www.splashingpumpkins.com/2010/11/do-offensive-numbers-have-effect-on.html - broken link)
Quote:
I took the top Ultimate Zone Ratings at each position in each respective league. That’s seven players in each league, as there is no UZR for catchers and pitchers. I acknowledge the fact that UZR is not at all an ultimate indicator of defensive skills, but it does encompass many important factors - errors, range, arm. So I’m going to use it for this quick study.
But enough with that, let’s delve into their offense. I took the 2010 OPS+ of every player on these four lists. Then, I found the average OPS+ of each list. Like UZR, OPS+ is not an ultimate determination of offensive skill. But it does encompass a lot: namely, a hitter’s power, and their ability to get on base.
Here are the results:
AL UZR Team’s Average OPS+: 101.1
AL GG Team’s Average OPS+: 119
NL UZR Team’s Average OPS+: 104.1
NL GG Team’s Average OPS+: 125.7
So there you have it…as you can see from the data, there clearly appears to be a much higher OPS+ for Gold Glove winners than there is for actual UZR leaders (who are perceived by many to be the league’s best defenders)
So, from this study, it looks like offense is the more important factor when determining who will win a gold glove.
I'm happy Carl Crawford Got a GG. He definitely deserved it.
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