Hendricks has been very unlucky. And you know sabremetricians. They take luck, either way, personally.

I'd like to see Salvador Perez get MVP

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Further disproving the notion that a 20K game is better than a perfect game.

Ridiculous. Hendriks has had a nice season overall, but Cy Young? GTFO

_________________

AL MVP finalists
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Marcus Semien, Toronto Blue Jays

NL MVP finalists
Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
Juan Soto, Washington Nationals
Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres

AL Cy Young finalists
Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
Lance Lynn, Chicago White Sox
Robbie Ray, Toronto Blue Jays

NL Cy Young finalists
Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee Brewers
Max Scherzer, Los Angeles Dodgers
Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia Phillies

AL Rookie of the year finalists
Randy Arozarena, Tampa Bay Rays
Wander Franco, Tampa Bay Rays
Luis Garcia, Houston Astros

NL Rookie of the year finalists
Dylan Carlson, St. Louis Cardinals
Jonathan India, Cincinnati Reds
Trevor Rogers, Miami Marlins

AL Manager of the year finalists
Dusty Baker, Houston Astros
Kevin Cash, Tampa Bay Rays
Scott Servais, Seattle Mariners

NL Manager of the year finalists
Craig Counsell, Milwaukee Brewers
Gabe Kapler, San Francisco Giants
Mike Shildt, St. Louis Cardinals

_________________

I think it just shows there was no one really worthy of the CY in the AL.

_________________
"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I'm shocked they didn't make Ohtani a finalist.

Robbie Ray will win it. He was solid for a non-playoff team.

_________________

ridiculous that Larussa isn't a finalist. That team could have easily gone south

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I'm with Dan McNeil's long standing take on MVP....you couldn't have been that valuable if your team didn't make the playoffs.

_________________

Finalists? Aren't the votes already in?

Agreed. AJ Hinch would've got the votes.



Yes. I meant im surprised more people didn't vote for Ohtani.

_________________

Agreed.

On a shit team, Patrick Wisdom deserved some ROY love as well.

_________________

would be funny if schildt won after getting canned

_________________
'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

Yes lets make that happen!

_________________
"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Cash runaway winner for AL Manager of the Year.

Larussa was 6th, which is way too low for the job he did with all the injuries.

_________________

Rays are a system team whose coach is supposed to follow the book created by the front office. Writers complain about automaton managers and then vote for following the book.

_________________
O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Wanting to be book is not book.

_________________
'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

I can sort of understand TLR not winning. But given the Sox issues and injuries, how in the world can you say there were 5 guys in the AL who did a better job than he did? They won the division by 13 fucking games!

_________________

3 AL East managers were in the top 5.

Also AJ Hinch finished 7th.

_________________

The only way that can be explained is because of preconceived notions and the DUI. That's it. In a vacuum, TLR was no worse than the second best manager in all of MLB in 2021.

_________________

Robbie Ray AL Cy Young.

Lynn 3rd and Rodon 5th.

_________________

I think 6th is about right. Seriously.

_________________
Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.- JD Vance
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

4 White Sox pitchers in the top 10

_________________
Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.- JD Vance
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace turns into a circus. - Turkish Proverb

Yup!
(Rodon 5th) Lets see what he gets on the open market now.

_________________
https://www.backroadspubandgrill.com

Very cool for Burnes

_________________
2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

MLB Network is cruel. Usually they have an older player from the franchise of the winner of the award announce the award.

So they had Jack McDowell today and I thought for sure it's Lynn. But it wasn't.

I'm more of a "most valuable player in the league" vs "most valuable player for his team" type of guy, but it is strange that not one of the six finalists made the playoffs.

_________________

A .260 hitter with 100 RBI was chosen the unanimous MVP.

_________________

I'm not saying Mark Buehrle should be in the Hall of Fame, but he does have some interesting stats.





Probably the Sox's best draft pick ever, considering where he was taken.

_________________

He didn't quite phrase that right. Buehrle had two no-hitters, one of which was a perfect game, and then another outing where he gave up two singles that were both erased by double plays.

_________________

Well, Reinsdorf is never gonna die, so he'll get Buehrle in in 30 years.