Rollins gets NL MVP

[javy knows my name]

I don't think anyone on the Rockies with the heavy home/road splits should be a slam dunk for MVP. I like Rollins' positional value better. I don't like the Coors advantage so I'm happy to see Holliday "screwed."

 

As if Citizen's Bank is Griffith Stadium or something? That place is more of a bandbox than Coors these days. Coors was 10th in baseball in home runs this year.

Thank you. I was scrolling down trying to find out if someone would post this, otherwise I was going to. The effect of Coors on Holliday's totals has been wildly overestimated when you consider that Rollins plays in a similarly hitter friendly park. Even more ridiculous is the fact that he wasn't even the best shortstop in his league, and this shortstop happened to play in Pro Player :shock:

Wonder what Rollins' number would look like in Pro Player...

:-&

 

rollins at citizens bank: 300/336/556

rollins at dolphins stadium: 341/404/659

 

 

Not trying to start an arguement, but how many games did Rollins play in PP, and who did he hit against. It's like saying Player X had a career line of .315/.408/.495 at Wrigley before being signed by the Cubs, problem is he played 8 games there and hit against Cubs pitching. With the Cubs he put up .265/.335/.406 at Wrigley. Now, that's a made up player, but I've heard things like that mentioned on enough Cubs broadcasts in my life to make me cringe.

 

oh, i know. i don't think rollins would be nearly as good with a full season in pro player stadium. but in rollins defense, his home/road numbers aren't that different. still not close to mvp-worthy, but i don't think playing in philly had a HUGE effect on him this season. i just thought rollins split at dolphins stadium was interesting.

It makes sense that a guy would hit for a better average at PP. But Rollins would have hit 12 hrs this year had he played there.