2011 SB Nation AL MVP
by Freneau on Nov 10, 2011 1:00 PM EST
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PrintAll week we've been announcing the winners of the major awards as determined by the bloggers here at SB Nation. Like Hosmer in the ROY race, we actually have a dog in this fight. As we noted earlier this year, Alex Gordon turned in a season worthy of down-ballot votes for MVP.
Results after the jump. Can you handle the drama?
| Num | Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Bautista | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 211 | ||||||
| 2 | Jacoby Ellsbury | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 196 | ||||||
| 3 | Miguel Cabrera | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 164 | |||
| 4 | Curtis Granderson | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 143 | ||
| 5 | Justin Verlander | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 130 | ||
| 6 | Dustin Pedroia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 86 | |||
| 7 | Ian Kinsler | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 74 | ||
| 8 | Adrian Gonzalez | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 57 | ||||
| 9 | Evan Longoria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 51 | |||||
| 10 | Alex Gordon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | Robinson Cano | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||||
| 12 | Alex Avila | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 25 | |||||
| 13 | CC Sabathia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | ||||||
| 14 | Ben Zobrist | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||||||
| 15 | Adrian Beltre | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | |||||
| 16 | Michael Young | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| 17 | Mike Napoli | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| 18 | Paul Konerko | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 19 | Jered Weaver | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 20 | Elvis Andrus | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 21 | James Shields | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 | David Ortiz | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 | Victor Martinez | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 24 | Brett Gardner | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 | Dan Haren | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 26 | Mark Texeira | 1 | 1 |
Here was my ballot:
- Ellsbury (7.2 bWAR, 9.4 fWAR)
- Bautista (8.5 bWAR, 8.3 fWAR)
- Pedroia (6.8 bWAR, 8.0 fWAR)
- Kinsler (5.4 bWAR, 7.7 fWAR)
- Gordon (5.9 bWAR, 6.9 fWAR)
- Cabrera (7.1 bWAR, 7.3 fWAR)
- Sabathia (6.8 bWAR, 7.1 fWAR)
- Verlander (8.5 bWAR, 7.0 fWAR)
- Gonzalez (6.9 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR)
- Zobrist (5.1 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR)
The biggest flaw with my ballot is the absence of Curtis Granderson (7.0 fWAR), which honestly I can't explain. Just an oversight, as he definitely be in there somewhere. I don't feel like I even gave Gordon a homer boost, but my 5th place ballot was higher than any other ballot cast. When you look at the WAR numbers -- which frame but do not totally dictate my voting -- you see that Ellsbury and Bautista are really a notch above everyone else, with Verlander perhaps just below, depending on how you evaluate his huge bWAR number. Then there's a group of players, including Gordon, that can be placed in all manner of different orders.
It should be fascinating to see who wins the "real" voting.
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Brett Gardner?
wait what?
Chen for Cooperstown
by tiquanunderwear on Nov 10, 2011 1:08 PM EST reply actions
It was you...I know it
Chen for Cooperstown
by tiquanunderwear on Nov 10, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Somewhat surprised Ellsbury didn’t get it. Looks like he had one of the best seasons every by a scrappy little white guy.
"On the last day of your life, don't forget to die."
- David Berman
he gets a huge boost from UZR, but yea... actually an amazing season
.321 /.376 /.552 from a CF who is probably decent with the glove and has good speed?
yeesh
is anyone else a little bit PED suspicious when it comes to Ellsbury?
that was a brady anderson like jump in homers this year.
I just don't think that way...
so I’m really not the person to answer I guess
I was going to write, “well, he always hit a lot of doubles” but that’s not even true
my guess is its a combination of development+swing change maybe+ fenway+being healthy
That's racialist
He’s an indigenous person of North America. Navajo to be exact.
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by Old Man Duggan on Nov 10, 2011 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
on his mother's side
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by Old Man Duggan on Nov 10, 2011 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
I was curious if you would have voted for Verlander at all despite your stance on him.
You did – which shows that you have voters’ integrity (even though it was a meaningless ballot).
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!
by KeepItCopacetic on Nov 10, 2011 4:01 PM EST reply actions
Some real voters don't, FWIW.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!
by KeepItCopacetic on Nov 10, 2011 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
any plans to print/create awards from SB Nation?
Send em to the players? Send out a PR?
I really don't even know what to say about the Royals anymore.
by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Nov 11, 2011 5:12 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Yes.. it's called The Golden Pop Tart.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room!
by KeepItCopacetic on Nov 12, 2011 12:18 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
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