I've never seen a reflection of Rookie of the Year, maybe call it Senior of the Year. Players over a certain age who should be on a downswing, but keep performing into their twilight years, like 2016 David Ortiz.
If contract was factored in, it's Baez without question. Drury was even worse than Baez though, I didn't think that was even possible in the league today. Billionaire owners are forever slaves to money.
I’m not sure how you make the argument of Elly for MVP over Bobby Witt Jr. or Francisco Lindor, both of whom played excellent (and more consistent) defense, ran the bases extremely well, and each posted stellar numbers with the bat. Elly definitely has superstar potential, but I don’t think he quite reached those marks this year.
NL ROTY should be either Skenes or Merrill. I'd choose Merrill. I find more value in an everyday player over a pitcher, even one as dominant as Skenes.
He didn't get enough time ot stand out as much as some other guys. Plus, he plays about average defense at shortstop which counteracts a little bit for his awful hitting
If we take into account how much he's getting paid and will be paid for the next 3 more years he definitely should be the worst player of the year. It's not like his defensive metrics are getting any better to cover his lack of offensive production now that he's getting old. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets outright dfa'd and released next year and I would rather see Sweeny playing shortstop for the tigers next year than him.
For unluckiest pitcher Im going Nick Mears. I know hes a reliever, but this ones truly insane. His xERA was 3.29, every statcast stat in 65th percentile or better except BB% and GB%, with really high K% and really good hard hit rate. His actual ERA? 5.93. In 54 IP. Why? His BABIP was .360, 3rd highest in the league, his BA-xBA was 2nd highest, and SLG-xSLG was 10th. Truly bad luck
i think the brewers were far and away the best baserunning and defensive team in mlb. one of them deserved to be at least a finalist. turang specifically.
I’m not an Angels fan but even I was amazed at how awfully Brandon Drury collapsed this year. He wasn’t amazing last year but he still had his moments. This year though I just felt bad because they kept trotting him out there cause they had no one else
Why do you say miller relies more on the defense behind him than Clause if he has almost double the strikeout percentage wouldn’t that mean he relies on strikeouts more than defense even if he has a low exit velocity
I think he will improve as he gets more time in the Majors. He has the tools to be a great hitter, he needs to improve on his swing decisions (as most young players do). I would dial back the expectations a bit though just based on this past season.
@@Wilytics I get what you're saying. The majors is all about adjusting anyway, so now that he won't be a surprise to anyone anymore he'll have to work on things like everyone else. I watched him work through some good at bats in the playoffs and I think he has the potential to grow even more as a player.
i don't count framing as being a legal part of the game it should be banned. frameing is just cheating. just like claiming fan interference. neither one should be allowed in the rules. so the catcher shouldn't win the DPOY. moreover you didn't introduce the award.
Elly, the human strikeout for MVP No Gimenez for DPOY? Yikes. That all i gotta say Exit Velo is pretty meaningless honestly, considering one of the leagues best hitters Steven Kwan, ranks among the bottom of the league.
Base running stats should have included OBP imo because that shows the number of attempts someone has on base more times on base could lead to lesser base running expected stats in the sense of having more opportunities and a larger sample size Carroll struggled to get on base but was efficient on them once there Elly was on base far more often and still super productive and arguably more productive imo
I’m done watching this page, used to love it but after calling Mark Vientos the luckiest hitter while hitting more than 30 home runs means you just looked at statcast and Fangraphs without watching any of the games he played. You don’t know anything about his tools he’s been known for in his prospect profile which is his power and his contact, you are flat out oblivious.
My fellow Mets fans need to see this video. I’ve been arguing for months that Mark Vientos has been incredibly lucky, and that he’s a MAJOR regression candidate for next year. He has poor plate discipline, and his zone contact is truly terrible. His K rate was lower than it’s likely to be given his high swinging strike rate. He does hit the ball hard, but he’s going to have to run very high BABIPs to keep his overall numbers up because he fails to make contact so often. He did do that in the minors, but the minors aren’t the majors. Moreover, he’s going to get pitched a lot tougher going forward. I think he’s going to regress massively next year.
His swing decisions are definitely his biggest weakness. That is a problem with the a lot of young players though and we have seen a lot of them improve in that area. It definitely isn’t impossible for Vientos to become great, but yeah as you said I think the expectations are probably too high after this year
