This week in baseball blogs…
- Rox Pile talks with Rockies lefty Kyle Freeland.
- Halos Heaven argues that Shohei Ohtani deserves AL Rookie of the Year honors.
- Mets Daddy has reactions from the team’s fans on the end of David Wright’s career.
- FSH Baseball analyzes Kevin Gausman’s season.
- PhilliesNation.com looks ahead to a pivotal offseason for the club.
- Notes from the Sally’s John Calvagno ranks the top 50 prospects he saw play this season.
- Everything Bluebirds stacks Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s campaign up against the minor league seasons Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, Adrian Beltre, Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout had at similar ages.
- Motor City Bengals lists five tasks the Tigers must accomplish in the offseason.
- Bronx to Bushville regards Lorenzo Cain as an NL MVP candidate.
- Know Hitter reflects on the Mariners’ disappointing August.
- Chin Music Baseball (links: 1, 2) breaks down five pitchers who have taken steps forward this year and five who have gone in the wrong direction.
- The K Zone interviews White Sox lefty Caleb Frare.
- NatsGM.com (podcast) chats with Chris Bitters, who’s the general manager of the the Orioles’ South Atlantic League affiliate.
- A’s Farm names its Organizational All-Star Team for 2018.
- Off The Bench opines that the Rays’ Kevin Cash should win AL Manager of the Year.
- Sox On 35th is pleased with Tim Anderson’s defensive progress.
- Pinstriped Prospects asks whether the Yankees are better off with Luke Voit or Tyler Austin.
- Reviewing The Brew believes the Brewers are peaking at the right time.
- The Baseball Rabbi (podcast) asks how important stolen bases really are.
- The Runner Sports explains that Alex Bregman has put himself in impressive company this season.
- Call to the Pen is optimistic about the Phillies’ direction, despite their late-season skid.
- The Giants Cove and Rotisserie Duck each share pieces focusing on statistics.
- Foul Territory takes a look at a pair of NL division races.
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Gleyber Torres … better baseball player than Andujar.
Not this season just look at they’re numbers
They both have great futures but this award is about production this year. I think Andujar has the edge. 40 doubles and 25 hrs is pretty good. Add to the fact that he’s been consistently good throughout each month including a scorching 2nd half where he has a ..332/.362/.574 line w/ 13 dbls and 12 hrs while both Judge and Sanchez were gone for most of the 2nd half of the season. He’s carried a major part of the offense in the 2nd half.
I rarely read more than 1 of these recommended blog posts, so I can’t speak as an authority in their general quality. But I’m 5% dumber after reading that Halos Heaven article – epically bad.
Everything they said was correct though, there’s not already an argument that has legs that proves that Ohtani shouldn’t have ROY
Correct? Sure. In that there are no falsehoods. But the article intentionally leaves out essential information. Great for being a loudmouth and winning an argument with yourself, terrible for leading a reader to an intended decision. It’s dumb.
Why is it epically bad? Because it tells the truth? People that think Andújar should win the award know very little about baseball. He’s not even the best rookie on his infield.
“…Andújar … He’s not even the best rookie on his infield…”
Thank you, Saavedra.
I’m gonna guess that it wasn’t sarcasm so… you’re welcome… I guess.
Project out an equal number of at bats and youll see that Torres is certainly a more productive hitter…
Fielding is obviously no contest.
Andujar v Gleyber Torres (see above)
Goeyber Torres is having a better season than Andújar, but neither deserves the ROY. Ohtani should win it.
How is he having a better season? His OBP isn’t signifigantly better. He strikes out at a higher rate. His defensive vs Andujar can best be described as poor vs bad.
On the other hand, Andujar has 63 extra base hits to Gleys 36. That’s a huge difference.
Ohtani has a legit argument for it tho. To me it’s him or Andujar.
I think most people ignore just how bad Andujar’s defense has been. As the article states, he’s the worst among 3b. -2.0 dWAR kind of bad. Meanwhile, Ohtani provided value with his pitching, 50+ innings of 3.31 ERA should not be understated., it’s quite valuable, even though his pitching season was cut short. Why should a 2 WAR player should win it over a 4 WAR player? simple as that.
Do you ever take your own advice before you dish it out? If you project Torres’ PA (434) to that of Andujar’s (552) and compare their numbers:
Andujar has 156 Hits, 40 dbls, 24 HRs, 24 BB and 92 KO
Torres would have 137 Hits, 17 dbls, 29 HRS, 49 BB and 137 KO
How would Torres certainly be a more productive hitter? Because of 5 extra hrs? He would have twice the number of walks but only a marginal advantage in OBP. I didn’t bother to factor in RBI or RUNS because that’s subjective but Andujar’s been a better hitter with less plate discipline but much better hard contact hitter.