MVP Poll

by Matt Bishoff on May 8, 2008 11:17 PM EDT

Poll

MVP

Dioner Navarro: 3-6, Grand Slam in 13th

83 votes

Edwin Jackson: 8 innings of shutout ball, 1 BB

126 votes

Dan Wheeler: Work out of jam in 10th with runner on 3rd and no outs

47 votes

JP Howell: 3 innings of Shutout ball for the Win

21 votes

277 votes | Poll has closed

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is there an "all of the above" option

All of them deserve it tonight

Hello Kitty, #1 in your fantasy league. =p

by Boricua on May 8, 2008 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

I agree

I’m abstaining simply because I thought they were all worthy and I couldn’t pick.

by usfraysfan on May 8, 2008 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

toughest vote evah

Jackson should get it, but Wheeler’s 10th was legendary.

by Jason Collette on May 9, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply actions

What they said!!!

by ttnorm on May 9, 2008 12:18 AM EDT reply actions

Our understanding of the MVP vote are too far apart for an intelligent conversation. Have a nice day.

Longlorious.

by RATW on May 9, 2008 1:24 AM EDT up reply actions

No argument there ;-)

by ttnorm on May 9, 2008 6:47 AM EDT up reply actions

I bow to the superior wit and stopwatch

..but my abacus is still bigger than yours.

Longlorious.

by RATW on May 9, 2008 10:08 AM EDT up reply actions

WHEEEEEEEELLLLEEEEEERRRRRRRR!

Bogg’s 3,000th hit will not only be the best moment in Rays’ history, Wheeler’s 10th Inning heroics on May 8, 2008 should also be included.

by Cooperstown Kid on May 9, 2008 1:11 AM EDT reply actions

It has to be Ed.

by websterjtc on May 9, 2008 8:59 AM EDT reply actions

I would say JP over Navy

That man pitched three solid innings in high pressure situations. Navy just added the cream.

by LeftRight on May 9, 2008 11:57 AM EDT reply actions

None of these

Navarro is still fat. Edwin only pitched 8 shut-out innings, not 13. Wheeler worked himself out of a jam that he himself created, and Howell is paid to go out and pitch three innings.

My MVP? Shawn Camp.

Actually, I voted for Howell. No way we make it far enough in for the Rays to start a rally if we have to use as many relievers as the Jays did. He’s like having another starter in the bullpen, and having a guy who can step in and give you 60 pitches out of the bully when needed gives your team a huge advantage in situations just like this.

by kericr on May 9, 2008 1:00 PM EDT reply actions

While Wheeler gave up that triple

Just about anybody in LF other than Gomes and that is an out

"I'd hate to leave right when the getting is good." -CC

by Matt Bishoff on May 9, 2008 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Actually, the whole idea behind the reasoning in the first paragraph was to discount everybody and set up the joke in the 2nd. I know that normally that ball is an out, so much so that I think that if Gomes was in right and that ball was hit to right field in the same fashion, it’s probably even an out there since Gomes normally plays right field; but I still think that Howell was the MVP because he made Toronto eat up their bullpen while preserving ours. I have no doubt in my mind that the escape act Wheeler put on to get out of that jam would be something even Houdini would envy, I just think Howell’s contribution was more substancial. Howell gave us a chance to win after Wheeler made sure we didn’t lose.

by kericr on May 9, 2008 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Colter Bean threw three scoreless innings last night for da bulls.

by websterjtc on May 9, 2008 2:31 PM EDT reply actions

This was the hardest MVP vote this year.

I chose Jackson. 8 innings of shut out ball is amazing. If he gives up just 1 run the game is over in the 9th, beyond that nothing else would have happened.

by floridaroar on May 9, 2008 6:48 PM EDT reply actions