AL MVP - Jose Bautista, with Gonzalez is a clear number 2 above the rest of the pack.
AL CY - Justin Verlander, although Shields or Weaver I wouldn't argue with.
NL MVP - Jose Reyes, with pardons to Berkman, Fielder, and the rest of them.
NL CY - Pick one from Halladay, Hamels, or Lee. Hanson is better than Jurrjens by a bit, and Kershaw is close behind the Philly Three.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Did CC get snubbed?
Here's the AL pitcher's on the All Star game roster
P Josh Beckett, BOS
P Aaron Crow, KC
P Gio Gonzalez, OAK
P Felix Hernandez, SEA
P Brandon League, SEA
P Chris Perez, CLE
P David Price, TB
P Mariano Rivera, NYY
P James Shields, TB
P Jose Valverde, DET
P Justin Verlander, DET
P Jered Weaver, LAA
P C.J. Wilson, TEX
We can eliminate Crow and Gonzalez since they are their teams only representative. The starting pitchers are
P Josh Beckett, BOS
P Felix Hernandez, SEA
P David Price, TB
P James Shields, TB
P Justin Verlander, DET
P Jered Weaver, LAA
P C.J. Wilson, TEX
Beckett, Price, Shields, Verlander, and Weaver clearly deserve appearances over CC, leaving Wilson and Hernandez as possible problems. But looking at Wilson, CC, and Hernandez without their names attached I have a hard time picking one over the others. So clearly he wasn't snubbed here.
The relievers are
P Brandon League, SEA
P Chris Perez, CLE
P Mariano Rivera, NYY
P Jose Valverde, DET
Rivera and League are excellent closers this year and deserve to be in the game. Perez and Valverde are question marks. The love of the closer is overshadowing some excellent relief pitching elsewhere in the AL. Koji Uehara (38IP,50K/8BB,WHIP 0.79) and Daniel Bard (41IP,40K/11BB,WHIP 0.83) have been great, and Kyle Farnsworth is a better closer than Perez and Valverde. Who thought that we'd ever say anything close to that about Kyle Farnsworth? Perez isn't even the best relief pitcher on his team, with Vinnie Pestano and Tony Sipp being more deserving of the all star game in my opinion.
CC certainly belongs over Perez and Valverde if you think only the best relievers should make the team, but does he deserve to get in over Uehara and Bard? That question I don't really have an answer to, but CC is certainly not as big a snub as everyone keeps saying. The question is "Is CC more deserving than the best setup men in the AL?". The answer is probably, but anyone blowing this out of proportion needs to understand good players get snubbed every year, looks like it's CC's turn.
P Josh Beckett, BOS
P Aaron Crow, KC
P Gio Gonzalez, OAK
P Felix Hernandez, SEA
P Brandon League, SEA
P Chris Perez, CLE
P David Price, TB
P Mariano Rivera, NYY
P James Shields, TB
P Jose Valverde, DET
P Justin Verlander, DET
P Jered Weaver, LAA
P C.J. Wilson, TEX
We can eliminate Crow and Gonzalez since they are their teams only representative. The starting pitchers are
P Josh Beckett, BOS
P Felix Hernandez, SEA
P David Price, TB
P James Shields, TB
P Justin Verlander, DET
P Jered Weaver, LAA
P C.J. Wilson, TEX
Beckett, Price, Shields, Verlander, and Weaver clearly deserve appearances over CC, leaving Wilson and Hernandez as possible problems. But looking at Wilson, CC, and Hernandez without their names attached I have a hard time picking one over the others. So clearly he wasn't snubbed here.
The relievers are
P Brandon League, SEA
P Chris Perez, CLE
P Mariano Rivera, NYY
P Jose Valverde, DET
Rivera and League are excellent closers this year and deserve to be in the game. Perez and Valverde are question marks. The love of the closer is overshadowing some excellent relief pitching elsewhere in the AL. Koji Uehara (38IP,50K/8BB,WHIP 0.79) and Daniel Bard (41IP,40K/11BB,WHIP 0.83) have been great, and Kyle Farnsworth is a better closer than Perez and Valverde. Who thought that we'd ever say anything close to that about Kyle Farnsworth? Perez isn't even the best relief pitcher on his team, with Vinnie Pestano and Tony Sipp being more deserving of the all star game in my opinion.
CC certainly belongs over Perez and Valverde if you think only the best relievers should make the team, but does he deserve to get in over Uehara and Bard? That question I don't really have an answer to, but CC is certainly not as big a snub as everyone keeps saying. The question is "Is CC more deserving than the best setup men in the AL?". The answer is probably, but anyone blowing this out of proportion needs to understand good players get snubbed every year, looks like it's CC's turn.
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