DY Snubbed
Dustin Pedroia was named the American ROY over Delmon Young.
Pedroia 139 G 8 HR 86 R 50 RBI 7 SB
Young 162 G 13 HR 65 R 93 RBI 10 SB
Young played everyday, through his minor injuries and seemed to be getting better as the season went on. Young also made outstanding plays in the field that prevented a lot of runs. Pedroia plays for the Red Sox and they made it to the playoffs so he gets the award.
While I don't doubt that Pedroia was worthy of the nomination and I knew it was between the two of them, I believe this has more to do with who the two play for and not their performance on the field. It seems that Rays are snubbed because they play on the Rays and not the Sox or Yanks.
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Re: DY Snubbed
Re: DP was better
While Delmon played every game and led all rookies in a good majority of categories, Delmon's OBP and SLG %ages were horrendous.
The thing about DP is that he's got very little ceiling left from what he did in his rookie campaign. If he's going to be any better, it won't be much.
Delmon, on the other hand, has shown only a fraction of what he can do. Think if he would've hit singles or gotten sneaky doubles out of his GIDPs, he would've been a 200-hit rookie with a .350ish OBP(which is saying alot for a guy who still doesn't walk enough).
by Jacob Larsen on Oct 16, 2007 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
DY
To be fair,
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Oct 16, 2007 8:58 PM EDT reply actions
Re: DY Snubbed
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_splits.jsp?playerID=456030&statType=1
Look at the home/away split...
Now take Delmon...
http://tampabay.devilrays.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_splits.jsp?playerID=430321&statType=1
Do you guys honestly think that if Pedroia was a Ray he would have such a strong champagne?
by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 16, 2007 9:48 PM EDT reply actions
I'm not sure about his champagne
by R.J. Anderson on Oct 16, 2007 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Re: I'm not sure about his champagne
by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 17, 2007 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions
You bring up a valid point
And games played shouldn't be held against him unless it is a far lower total. Just like Delmon shouldn't automatically win because he played in a lot of games and had higher quantitative totals while his rate production sucked.
by Patrick L. Kennedy on Oct 19, 2007 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
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by thebaddancingraysfan on Oct 17, 2007 1:02 AM EDT reply actions

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