Archive for November, 2005
Jeff J. Snider
Sports
Dang it, I meant to get my predictions and preferences down in writing before the official announcement. Oh well. Anyway, Bartolo Colon won the American League Cy Young Award. If I had gotten my picks in early enough, I would have predicted that, although I also would have strongly disagreed with it. My vote would have gone to Johan Santana, and I doubt that Colon would have even gotten my second- or third-place vote (Mariano Rivera and Mark Beurhle probably would have finished ahead of him). I will be posting my picks for the NL in the next day or so, including my formula and what I think is important. In summary, though, this vote for Colon was clearly based on the win/loss record, which I think is absurd. On the other hand, the only reason the award is named after Cy Young is because he had 511 career wins, so maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.
November 8th, 2005 at 01:14pm
Jeff J. Snider
Sports
The Rookie of the Year awards are announced today. If I was voting, my votes would go to Ryan Howard in the NL and Huston Street in the AL. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Tadahito Iguchi win in the AL, and I wouldn’t have a major gripe if he did, but I still lean towards Street. In the NL, I think Willy Taveras has about a 60% chance of winning, but I will be pretty upset if he does. Howard was great, and while Taveras played a whole season and Howard didn’t, Taveras was nothing more than solid, and he has several large offensive weaknesses (like having absolutely NO power, striking out way too often, and lacking the ability to get on base consistently). It says a lot that Taveras might be the fastest guy in baseball but couldn’t bat leadoff on his own team.
UPDATE: Well, it’s official, and I was actually right. I wish I had as much confidence in the voters’ abilities when it comes to the other awards that will be coming in the next week or so.
November 7th, 2005 at 01:17pm
Jeff J. Snider
Sports
I heard a rumor that the Yankees are going to pursue Rafael Furcal, have him play second base, and move Robinson Cano to center field. Imagine that: Derek Jeter would be the third-best shortstop in his own infield!
November 4th, 2005 at 09:45am
Jeff J. Snider
Sports
Looks like the Devil Rays are going to hire Gerry Hunsicker to be their new non-GM. There had been some doubt that the D-Rays would be able to land a big name like Hunsicker, simply because he will not be given the title of General Manager, but is being brought in to serve as a consultant/mentor to two young bucks the D-Rays are grooming for the future. Here’s a bit from this ESPN.com article:
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November 3rd, 2005 at 12:37pm
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