November 13, 2006
Rookie Winners
The Baseball Writers picked Justin Verlander and Hanley Ramirez as Rookies of the Year. The AL Voting is here, and Verlander was the clear choice among the writers, although it was nice to see Liriano get one first place vote. Ramirez and Uggla didn't split the vote; Hanely received the most first place tallies as he takes home the Jackie Robinson award. Three Marlins finished in the top four, and six Flordia rookies received votes. I don't have much to argue here, a good job by the writers.
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I have it on good authority that Trevor Hoffman will win the NL Cy Young.
Wow...6 different Marlins got votes. Not a bad young team, eh?
I would also like to know who left Papelbon off of the ballot?
Russell Martin only got one measly 3rd-place vote? WTF?
I would not have had a beef with Papelbon, Liriano either. I was pulling for Verlander, because I live in MI and got to watch him all season. 17 wins and a 3.63 is a no-brainer most years. Any of the three of the would run away with it in another year...
Even with the injury, Papelbon was a better pitcher than Verlander. I know it's hard to compare starters with closers, but Papelbon led ALL closers in baseball with 18 Win Shares last year (Verlander had 17 Win Shares). Despite far fewer IP, Papelbon had 98 Pitchers Runs Created to 93 PRC for Verlander.
It's a close call, but it's bothersome that when Papelbon went down with an injury everyone automatically jumped on the Verlander bandwagon.
Iowadave, Why is that bothersome? Verlander pitched all year, Papelbon couldn't stay healthy, and neither could Liriano.
