Season Awards.....So Far

by BrettGardnerLF on Jul 23, 2011 3:36 PM EDT

I am doing a Yankees edition Awards.

MVP Award- Curtis Granderson. He has been great this year. Great batting and defense. As of today he leads the Yankees in RBI's, Runs Scored, and HR's (tied with Teixera). He is having a MVP caliber year. He is in the running for AL MVP. I think the runner-up for MVP would have to be Mark Teixera. Probabily the best fielding FirstBaseman in the MLB. One of the Best Hitters in the league also.

Cy Young Award- CC Sabathia. He has the most wins in the MLB as of now with 14, which is only 1 more than Verlander and Weaver. He has a sparkling 2.62 ERA and a .235 opponett Batting Adverage. He is also 2nd in the MLB in Innings Pitch with 161.2. The runner up would have to be David Robertson. He is having a break-out year that no one expected.

Rookie Of the Year Award- Ivan Nova. He was sent down to AAA sadly but he had a great time in New York. He had a record of 8-4 and an ERA of 4.12. It is a shame that he was sent down. He is betetr than Hughes and maybe Garcia. Sometimes I dont understand Joe Girardi.

Gold Glove Awards- Brett Gardner and Mark Teixera- They are both excellent fielders. Gardner is my favorite Yankee because of his hard work and determation. He still plays like he has to prove that he should be at the MLB level. Teix is overlooked as a fielder because of his Batting Stats. The runner-up would have to be Russell Martin. His best feature is his defense. Lately he has been strugling at the plate.

Silver Slugger Award- Robinson Cano. He is the Defending Home Run Derby Champion. Great Hitter and the prettiest swing in the MLB. This post-season should be his 2nd straight Silver Slugger Award. Runner-Up is: Curtis Granderson/Mark Teixeria.

Delivery of the Year- David Roberston. I think no one expected him to be this dominant this year. Her has 61 K's in only 38.1 Innings Pitched. That's about 1.6 K's per Inning. His Era is 1.17. He is 5th in ERA with players over 10 innings pitched. The Runner up is: Mariano Rivera, he is 10th in the league with 24 saves. He has 583 Career saves and is only 18 saves away from Trever Hoffman, for most career saves in ML History. He may not do it this year but he should return next year to try to break the record.

Comeback Player of the Year- Bartolo Colon. His first time pitching since 2005. Great Job Bench Coach Tony Pena on convincing Bartolo to come to the Yankees this off-season. He is 6-6 with a 3.34 ERA.

Player of the Month- Brett Gardner. In the last 30 days he is batting .294 and has 16 SB's. He is currently riding a 10 Game Hitting Streak. In the last 7 days he is 5th in the MLB in batting adverage. He is currently 2nd in the MLB in Stolen Bases with 30 and he is only 7 away from league leader Michael Bourn.

Please Leave comments on what you think. Go Yankees

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I like your username

You get a Rec for that. Nice post. I can’t really disagree with any of your choices.

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by nyyrocks29 on Jul 23, 2011 5:54 PM EDT reply actions

LOL Thanks. Yeah I love gardy

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by BrettGardnerLF on Jul 23, 2011 8:05 PM EDT reply actions

just make sure you use the reply button

makes things a LOT easier. Trust me on that one.

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by nyyrocks29 on Jul 23, 2011 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions

As you should!

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by I'mGivingYouARaise on Jul 24, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I like what you did, but I’d disagree with some of your choices.

If Granderson is your MVP, how is he not your Silver Slugger? He’s been a better hitter than Cano. More power, better OBP, not much to argue with by taking Granderson there.

Martin can block pitches in the dirt, but by no means do I think he should be in consideration for a Gold Glove.

Also Tex has not been one of the best hitters in the league, especially lately. On the season, he’s 13th among qualifying 1B in wRC+ and tied for twelth in wOBA. For some reason, he’s forgotten what line drives and doubles look like.

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by Frank Campagnola on Jul 23, 2011 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

He is betetr than Hughes and maybe Garcia.

Umm no Hughes used to be too good

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by i says on Jul 24, 2011 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

Nova

Had the bad fortune to be the guy with options left out of the the Nova, Colon, Garcia trio.

by Iggy Poptart on Jul 24, 2011 12:33 AM EDT reply actions

CC=MVP

I bet it's good to be playing again, huh?

by david d on Jul 24, 2011 4:44 AM EDT reply actions

garcia has been slightly better this year than nova

by jadedeed2327 on Jul 24, 2011 6:19 PM EDT reply actions

The only thing that makes zero sense whatsoever is when you say Teixeira is the runner-up most valuable player. He’s hardly the runner-up MVP of first basemen.

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 25, 2011 9:54 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

You make No sense!!!

This is MVP for the Yankees, ROY of the Yankees, Gold Glove for the Yankees, etc…Beofre you critize someone else’s posts’ read the enitre post. In the Beggining I said

I am doing a Yankees edition Awards.

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by BrettGardnerLF on Jul 25, 2011 10:17 AM EDT up reply actions

he's definitely not the runner up MVP for the Yankees

so what are you talking about.

I’d put CC, Cano, A-Rod, Gardner and probably even David Robertson above Teixeria right now as far as being more valuable. And Swisher’s pretty much moved past him given his excellent hitting the past 2 months.

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 25, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Yup

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 25, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Gardner as MVP of the Yankees???

I love Gardy but his 19 RBI’s isnt “MVP calibar”

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by BrettGardnerLF on Jul 25, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

RBI's are not a good way to judge a player

if he was batting in Tex’s spot in the lineup, he’d have more like 60RBis. THo the point of this is that he’s more valuable to the Yankees then Tex, hence the “above Teixeria” point.

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 25, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

But he isnt at Teix's spot. If anything Curtis is our MVP. Most runs scored. He leads the league by 13 and i think he has like 90 or something. Not everyone is gonna agree about my choices. Live with it.

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by BrettGardnerLF on Jul 25, 2011 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I said Curtis is the MVP

and again, runs scored is not something a player can control so its not a reason to say someone is an MVP.

Tex bats third. Why, no one really knows but he does. That’s why he gets RBIs, not cuz he’s valuable to the team. Live with it.

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 25, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

What he’s saying is that Gardner doesn’t hit in a spot that screams RBI opportunities. Mark Teixeira gets to hit behind Jeter/Gardner and Granderson, which screams RBI opportunities.

Granderson has 90 runs because he’s hit in front of Tex, Arod and Cano all year, and he gets on base.

These stats are not individually based. They require other players to do something in return, which is why it is not a good evaluative tool for one individual player.

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by Frank Campagnola on Jul 25, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 25, 2011 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

We have to teach you better.

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by Jeterian 2 on Jul 25, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd also put Garcia and Colon ahead of Tex.

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 25, 2011 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions

He is having a MVP caliber year. He is in the running for AL MVP. I think the runner-up for MVP would have to be Mark Teixera

When you say Granderson is in the running for American League MVP and then follow that up by saying that Mark Teixeira is the runner-up MVP, that has no indication of a “Yankees edition award”. So excuse me for being confused by how you organize your thoughts.

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 25, 2011 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions

If it walks like a duplicate account, talks like a duplicate account, probably is a duplicate account.

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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 25, 2011 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

real acount or it didn't happen

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 25, 2011 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

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by Jedi Master A-Rod on Jul 25, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

You’re correct.

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by Frank Campagnola on Jul 25, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Is this Real LT?

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by Jeterian 2 on Jul 25, 2011 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions

you wish

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 25, 2011 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Nope

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You go through The Sporting News for the last 100 years, and you will find two things are always true. You never have enough pitching, and nobody ever made money.
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by Frank Campagnola on Jul 25, 2011 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions

grammar is too good.

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by Jeterian 2 on Jul 25, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions

You clearly do not have the gift of picking these people out.

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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 25, 2011 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Yea that was a horrible guess.

But with him arguing with me lately at P&T I wouldn’t be surprised.

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by Jeterian 2 on Jul 25, 2011 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions

I do.

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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 25, 2011 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Who?

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by Jeterian 2 on Jul 25, 2011 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t even.

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by Brandon C. on Jul 25, 2011 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes?

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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 25, 2011 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I really don’t know!

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by Brandon C. on Jul 26, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Look at Jedi's picture.

"Now I've had everything except the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play."

by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 26, 2011 4:25 PM EDT up reply actions

What are you guys talking bout?

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by BrettGardnerLF on Jul 26, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Derek Jeter is an elite defensive shortstop!

Montero should play 3rd!

Rec if you agree!

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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 26, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh LOL

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 26, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, internet.

Just a normal soccer-loving, cricket blog-writing American.

by MattF15 on Jul 26, 2011 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Now I see.

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by Brandon C. on Jul 26, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

it?

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by Rorschach44 on Jul 27, 2011 7:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Oh, but you do.

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 25, 2011 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

When one makes a lot of duplicate accounts, it seems reasonable they'd continue to do so.

When they post the same way, it becomes even more obvious. Really not that hard to guess.

"Now I've had everything except the thrill of watching Babe Ruth play."

by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 26, 2011 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions

He created the new one under a new IP address so I wasn’t sure at first. But I eventually figured it out not only from his posting style, but another thing he foolishly did.

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 26, 2011 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Posting style and being a little too familiar with things are big giveaways.

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by WhatwouldJeterdo on Jul 26, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

No sir!

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by Brandon C. on Jul 26, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

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by Chris McKeown on Jul 25, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I wasn't surprised by Robertson's 'breakout' year. So there.

I liked him since he was a rookie in 2009, when i pissed that he hardly got into the World Series.

The only difference between this year and last year is that this year Robertson was given a chance in high leverage situations.

If you have to be on the team to be Rookie of the Year (an annoyingly petty requirement, otherwise I would vote for Montero), then you have to go with Nunez.

Player of the month is Nick Swisher.

by designatedquitter on Jul 25, 2011 11:08 AM EDT reply actions