2009 Awards thread

[rocket]

AL Gold Gloves came out today:

 

C: Joe Mauer

1B: Mark Teixiera

2B: Placido Polanco

SS: Derek Jeter

3B: Evan Longoria

OF: Torii Hunter

OF: Ichiro

OF: Adam Jones

P: Mark Buehrle

[CubbieBum]

AL Gold Gloves came out today:

 

C: Joe Mauer

1B: Mark Teixiera

2B: Placido Polanco

SS: Derek Jeter

3B: Evan Longoria

OF: Torii Hunter

OF: Ichiro

OF: Adam Jones

P: Mark Buehrle

 

Didn't realize Teixiera was that good of a defender. Or is this the Yankees were great during the season so let's give Jeter a GG and one other prominent Yankee.

[SouthSideRyan]

Tex is a great defender.

[DuCross Brothers]

they did a pretty good job this yr on selecting the gold glove winners.

[RedFlash]

I still can't believe people still think Jeter is a good defender. It was very obvious that Tex clearly helped Jeter big time.

[TruffleShuffle]

torii hunter is definitely not a gold glove outfielder any more.

 

and as usual these went to good offensive players when the good-glove, no-hit guys get ignored.

[sneakypower]

halo effect

 

Franklin Gutierrez is just a terrible omission by the voters, though

[shnsajax]

Is the Gold Glove even a relavant award anymore? I do look forward every year to see how comical the selections are.

[RedFlash]

I feel that Rafael Palmeiro was truly robbed of a Gold Glove this year.

[CubbieBum]

I feel that Rafael Palmeiro was truly robbed of a Gold Glove this year.

 

That joke is what three years too late.

[The Logan]

Rob Neyer made a blog about why the awards are mssed up... said he thought Pedroia should've gotten 2B, Youkilis should've gotten 1B, and Andrus should've gotten SS.

 

1) Youkilis only played 70 something games at 1B so that's dumb, although his defense at 1B was far superior to Tex so he was half justified in thinking he should get it. According to UZR, if you put faith in it, Kendry Morales led the AL with a 5.0 UZR compared to Tex's -4.1 UZR

2) Pedroia vs. Polanco is sort of a wash

3) Andrus was far better than Jeter, though Jeter actually wasn't that bad this year, surprisingly (probably because of Tex at 1b).

 

But none of that matters, what matters are the comments from mongoloid Yankee homers in his blog...

 

wow read the writer's bio... just another red sox crying tht the yankees easily dominate them... nobody could compare to teixera so shut up and if you are going to start bitching about jeter winning it then please give a better example then elvis andrus, im pretty sure the only reason i know who he is is because i live in texas

 

youkilis didnt even play 1st base all yr u dumb ####..pedroia doesnt deserve #### either.

 

andrus made 22 errors, voting for him is a joke and pedroia too, cano has better range and arm than that midget, neyer sucks!

 

Are you blind and stupid ... Jeter had the best fielding percentage out of all shortstops in the AL. Andrus is 18th.

[DuCross Brothers]

Carl Crawford was another notable snub in the OF and agreed I don't believe Hunter should have won his 9th straight Gold Glove.

[CubbieBum]

Carl Crawford was another notable snub in the OF and agreed I don't believe Hunter should have won his 9th straight Gold Glove.

 

That reminds me does anyone know of a place that does a stat for balls caught that a player with an estimated average speed would not get to? I highly doubt it as its a very hard stat to do and is going to subjective to a degree but I've always wanted to see how many more outs are recorded by a guy with Crawford's speed.

 

Or maybe a place that creates a graph for the estimated feet traveled for each catch made. That would have the same affect.

[17 Seconds]

lol @ adam jones

 

it's pathetic how much of a joke award this has become.

[UMFan83]

P: Mark Buehrle

 

Who?

[Wsmith]

The award is voted on by the players and they can't vote for their own team. Maybe they know something we don't?

[David]

I have a minor scoop on the NL outfielder GG voting.

 

 

Kemp got 72 votes, Victorino got 70, and Bourn got 31. 4th-6th place were Francoeur, Cameron, and Morgan respectively.

[SouthSideRyan]

Carl Crawford was another notable snub in the OF and agreed I don't believe Hunter should have won his 9th straight Gold Glove.

 

That reminds me does anyone know of a place that does a stat for balls caught that a player with an estimated average speed would not get to? I highly doubt it as its a very hard stat to do and is going to subjective to a degree but I've always wanted to see how many more outs are recorded by a guy with Crawford's speed.

 

Or maybe a place that creates a graph for the estimated feet traveled for each catch made. That would have the same affect.

 

Speed isn't the only thing that decides how far you travel to make a catch.

[SouthSideRyan]

I have a minor scoop on the NL outfielder GG voting.

 

 

Kemp got 72 votes, Victorino got 70, and Bourn got 31. 4th-6th place were Francoeur, Cameron, and Morgan respectively.

 

lol Francouer

[TarzanJoeWallis]

The award is voted on by the players and they can't vote for their own team. Maybe they know something we don't?

 

Actually, it is voted on my the managers.

[rocket]

NL Gold Gloves:

 

C: Yadier Molina

1B: Adrian Gonzalez

2B: Orlando Hudson

SS: Jimmy Rollins

3B: Ryan Zimmerman

OF: Michael Bourn

OF: Matt Kemp

OF: Shane Victorino

P: Adam Wainwright

[RedFlash]

I feel that Rafael Palmeiro was truly robbed of a Gold Glove this year.

 

That joke is what three years too late.

 

As long as the Gold Gloves are given to players on reputation only, instead on legit merit that joke won't go out of style.

[CubbieBum]

Carl Crawford was another notable snub in the OF and agreed I don't believe Hunter should have won his 9th straight Gold Glove.

 

That reminds me does anyone know of a place that does a stat for balls caught that a player with an estimated average speed would not get to? I highly doubt it as its a very hard stat to do and is going to subjective to a degree but I've always wanted to see how many more outs are recorded by a guy with Crawford's speed.

 

Or maybe a place that creates a graph for the estimated feet traveled for each catch made. That would have the same affect.

 

Speed isn't the only thing that decides how far you travel to make a catch.

 

Yes I realize that. It would still be interesting to see who has the highest amount of ball caught having to go a long distance to get. A distance that most players couldn't get to consistently.

[Wsmith]

The award is voted on by the players and they can't vote for their own team. Maybe they know something we don't?

 

Actually, it is voted on my the managers.

 

My bad. I must of been thinking about when I was playing in 1964. :wink:

[OleMissCub]

NL Gold Gloves:

SS: Jimmy Rollins

 

Tulo is/was better