Check out my latest column over at Mets Geek for my top 10 individual offensive seasons in Mets history. Darryl Strawberry's 1987 was the best in my opinion. Feel free to disagree.
In other news, thank goodness Albert Pujols won the MVP yesterday. The voters are 5 for 5 so far - AL MVP is announced today. I'm pulling for Joe Mauer, but if Dustin Pedroia or Kevin Youkilis wins I'm OK with it.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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I know you will probably post about Pedroia's MVP victory later but I just wanted to bring this up. This is what is currently on MLB.com REL Pedroier:
Dustin Pedroia staged quite an encore to his Rookie of the Year season, earning MVP honors as an elite table setter with power, speed and a Gold Glove. Justin Morneau was second.
I can't stand how people just assume Pedroia has speed. Just because he's "tiny" and "gritty" doesn't mean he's fast. The dude is slow as hell. Anyone who saw a Red Sox game this year knows that. Anyway congrats Dustin...I guess
If Pedroia was 6'3" 210 lbs. and put up exactly the same production at the same position, he wouldn't have garnered as much support. Writers (and people in general) love a good "underdog" or "undersized" story.
I remember toward the end of the season, fans at Fenway started making "PEDROIA FOR MVP" signs and chanting M-V-P during his plate appearances - I honestly think crap like that makes voters vote the way they do. It's ridiculous. At the same time, I'm OK with him winning. Not my choice, but atleast Morneau didn't win.
One last parting shot:
Pedroia: .326/.376/.493, 17 HR, 83 RBI, 122 OPS+, 3.29 WPA
Mauer: .328/.413/.451, 9 HR, 85 RBI, 137 OPS+, 4.88 WPA
Couple that with the fact that Mauer plays catcher and hits in a much shittier lineup than Pedroia, and I just think Mauer is more deserving. Exeunt.
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