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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 3, 2011 6:00 AM EDT
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PrintRobinson Cano, Curtis Granderson Win Silver Slugger Awards - Yankees.com
When Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson return home from Taiwan, they'll be picking up some new hardware. The two men were announced as winners of American League Silver Slugger Awards at their respective positions.
The two put up fantastic numbers this season, and even going down to the final day of the season to settle the RBI crown, which Granderson won by 1 RBI.
For Cano, this is his third Silver Slugger and his second consecutive Award. Cano hit .302/.349/.533 with 104 runs scored, 46 doubles, 28 homers, and 118 RBI's while playing in 159 games. He also ranked second in MLB with 81 extra base hits and first in MLB with 91 RBI's with runners in scoring position.
Granderson won his first Silver Slugger while hitting .262/.364/.552 with 136 runs scored, 26 doubles, 41 homers, 119 RBI's and 85 walks in 156 games. He also had 81 extra base hits and became the only player in Major League history to hit 40 homers, 10 triples, and steal 25 bags in a season.
Gold Glove Voters Miss on Brett Gardner - ESPN
Brett Gardner got robbed, plain and simple. Basically, here's why.
There are two metrics available publicly that measure defense: Defensive Runs Saved and Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR). Gardner had the highest UZR in the major leagues by a considerable margin and tied with Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson and Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval for the most Defensive Runs Saved.
It's a disgrace. The guy was clearly one of the best, if not the best defensive player in baseball, and he got no credit for it in the mainstream media. Alex Gordon simply was not a better defensive player than Brett Gardner was, and it wasn't particularly close.
They got it right with Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia, Adrian Beltre, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Matt Wieters. But Nick Markakis? Erick Aybar? There were better options, including Nick Swisher in right field and multiple shortstops such as Alexei Ramirez, J.J. Hardy, and Elvis Andrus.
Links:
- From River Ave Blues, why the Yankees are unlikely to trade Jesus Montero.
- Yankees and Russell Martin are a great fit.
- The Yanks are flush with pieces to execute a major trade.
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Gardner
did not hit well enough to win the gold glove.
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The sad thing is that you’re probably right.
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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 3, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions
As I've said before, GGBG needs to work on name recognition
That’s the biggest factor in winning, it seems. Maybe the Yankees should dedicate a PR campaign to him.
by waw on Nov 3, 2011 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Quick, everyone start twitting that GGBG was robbed!
maybe if we turn #GGBG into a trending hashtag, they will reconsider!
No one knows who Alex Gordon is
Gardner has more name recognition than Gordon. He plays for the Yankees, for Chrisakes.
Romine!
I disagree
Baseball writers know who Alex Gordon is. He was such a highly touted prospect, after all, unlike Gardner.
Regular fans may not know who he is, but they don’t vote for the Golden Gloves.
In fairness, the writers don’t vote for the GG either. The managers and coaches do.
That said, I agree with the premise that they’re more likely to know and pay attention to a former elite prospect than an unspectacular (in the traditional sense) player.
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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Nov 4, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah yes, the fabled 40/10/25 club.
I have very little patience for this type of use of statistics, where you look at what a player has done, and work backwards using multiple categories to show how great he is. This particular triple slash means nothing. It didn’t exist as a category or as a threshold of excellence before he did it, so why pretend post hoc that it has some meaning? Remember when Canseco did the 40/40 thing? Didn’t make him a great baserunner, just a great curiosity.
Around the time that George Brett was retiring, and then again when Robin Yount was retiring, sportswriters from around their areas floated curious combinations of accomplishments that proved that each was in a class that included Willie Mays and no one else. Both were great players, but neither was Willie Mays. Grandy had a great year, a year that Mays could’ve boasted of. He’s got great power / speed numbers. Let’s leave it at that.
You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone.
that the freaking point
No one in the history of the game has ever hit 40 home runs, 10 triples and 25 stolen bases in the same season. The point of this is to show that he has speed and power, two abilities that usually don’t go together. How many players in the game can you say that are genuine home run threats and genuine base stealing threats?
That means that of the 26 players that stole more bases than him, only 4 of them hit more than 30 home runs.
That means he was 6th in the league in triples and only 2 of those players had more steals than him
that means he was second in the league in home runs and Jose Bautista only had 9 SBs and 2 triples.
That means that Curtis Granderson had an unbelievable season for both power and a very good season for speed. It doesn’t make him a Hall of Famer but it does draw attention to how rare a performance this was and how unlikely it is to happen again (or any time soon).
I rather agree
If 40/10/25 means anything, it’s that Grandy has power and speed, since you need power to hit home runs and speed to steal bases, and both (along with some luck) to hit triples. Beyond that, it’s not really some “mystical number” that suddenly makes Grandy into the second coming of Babe Ruth.
the thing I felt then
how was 600 the crowning achievement of Mariano Rivera’s career? one other person has passed that mark and no one is even close in a stat that is relatively new for a role that is just now being defined, I feel that we won’t know how amazing it is until much much later.
40/10/25
Whenever you can say that a certain player has done something that nobody has ever done before, it’s supposed to pique interest.
Of course, it has to be a meaningful accomplishment. Granderson had a great season in it’s own right, but to try turning into something historically unprecedented is just silly.
It reminds me of the Guiness World Records TV show that was on about 10-12 years ago. It’s one thing to be the biggest, smallest, heaviest, etc. of something, but they documented one guy as he tried to set the “world record” for balancing the most glass cups on his chin.
Jesus Montero has to be a full-time catcher, or the Yankees have to trade him. One or the other. Based on the age and contracts of the other players on this team, that's the only place he fits long-term on the Yankees roster.
TOTALLY agree about Gardner, REALLY like Markakis in RF,
and YOU ALL KNOW how I feel about Elvis Andrus
WE KNOW
even tho you have no idea he’s not a free agent. You need to step that stan level up.
Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows
Markakis was not good this year, not defensively, not offensively. In fact, he hasn’t been that good in a few years. Swisher is better. And we know you have a hard-on for Andrus. That doesn’t magically make him a free agent, though.
The Savior has come, and he is glorious. #63
I explained to him the Andrus situation. He hasn’t mentioned him as a free agent since then. I don’t udnerstand why it took him until I said it for him to stop, when he’s been told that so many times, but whatever.
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by Frank Campagnola on Nov 4, 2011 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Something I thought was funny
Was someone over at RR asking “What does Gardner have to do to get some love?”
And someone replying to that says “play everyday”
And then looking at the stats and seeing Gardner at 159 games and Gordon at 151.
The difference in innings (Gordon has the edge by 58) makes up 6 games. Alex Gordon won the gold glove because he played in 6 more games? That’s incredibly silly.
Even adding 6 games based on innings, GGBG is still at 159 with Gordon at 157
GGBG played practically every day; Gordon, not as much
I'm pissed.
GGBG deserved a GG. I know GGs have been a joke for a long time, and this is the best example of why. Total bullshit.
I guess he just didn’t slide or dive enough. Not enough Web Gems. /sarcasm
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by Ella Grace on Nov 3, 2011 1:42 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I need a hug
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Nov 3, 2011 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
GGBG
SHOULD stand for “golden glover brett gardner”… damn that jeter karma…
by sing_or_die_1818 on Nov 3, 2011 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
Why does anybody take these awards seriously? They're somewhere between the Golden Globes and the The People's Choice awards for baseball.
I actually expected to see PSAers foaming at the mouth over the Russell Martin link. There was a tremendous amount of disdain for his abilties expressed during the season. Has everyone come around to fully appreciate him, or has he just been forgotten? I always thought that certain positions are defense- first, and that catcher is one of them. Martin is a very good defensive catcher.
On another note, the Yankees have done better with trades than free agents. Think ARod, Granderson, and Swisher. The reason is that they give you more years of prime performance than the typical free agent signing, in which the last two or three years are wasted money and roster space. Cashman may pull off a deal for someone that nobody even had on their ‘available’ list.
by designatedquitter on Nov 4, 2011 9:33 AM EDT reply actions
The biggest reason for the Martin hate here is because people feel he’s the reason Montero isn’t already behind the plate or going to be sooner rather than later. I find it funny, and stale.
Romine!
It's hard to say that Martin's defense justifies his poor production
when lack of hitting is what knocked the Yankees out of the playoffs, while a great bat sat ignored on the bench. They either need to use Montero, or trade him. Otherwise his value will deteriorate for nothing.
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