Upon the MVP- 2007 Version- Part 1
AVG .315 HR 27 RBI 93 OBP .410 SLG .539 HITS 165 RUNS 97
AVG .336 HR 19 RBI 84 OBP .421 SLG .549 HITS 152 RUNS 78
AVG .292 HR 23 RBI 91 OBP .365 SLG .492 HITS 143 RUNS 92
AVG .288 HR 43 RBI 104 OBP .387 SLG .613 HITS 147 RUNS 95
AVG .318 HR 52 RBI 140 OBP .424 SLG .672 HITS 165 RUNS 132
AVG .331 HR 26 RBI 111 OBP .391 SLG .568 Hits 186 Runs 96
So if I were to tell you that the above numbers were from 6 potential candidates for league MVP, whose numbers look the best? One person is fairly obvious, but deserves to be there as a reflection of what MVP numbers should look like. However, what about the rest? The best average is the second guy. The second most HR are in the middle. RBI belong to the bottom guy. OBP is the second guy again. Slugging is in the middle as well. Hits are the bottom guy, and runs are the first guy.
So who would be your MVP with these offensive numbers? Be honest.
Now, venture a guess as to who each player is. I have more on the topic after some comments.
posted by Charlie at 3:03 PM
5 Comments:
Number one (DW) leads his league in win shares by a wide margin. Number five (arod) leads his league in win shares by a large margin. They both play on playoff-bound teams and have carried their teams this year. They are your MVP's. Arod has it wrapped up. DW only loses if he slumps down the stretch and number 4 gets hot and leads his team past the Cubs. Have you seen DW's stats since the break? Did you know that he had no homers and only 6 ribbies in April? And how about those 30 stolen bases (in 34 tries) and some nice D at third base. Forget about Holliday (who I thought was Hanley Ramirez at first). Only competition for DW is Fielder and Pujols, and Fielder is an awful first baseman who has fewer win shares than Reyes, let alone DW, and Pujols has a personal trainer/best friend who has been identified (by an Ex-Yankee/juicer)as an HGH supplier. By the way, you forgot Magglio -- he should come in second in the AL. If Wright keeps raking, he'll end up at .315, 110 runs, 30 Homers, 110 ribbies, 35 steals and a .950 OPS. They look like MVP numbers to me. What was Jeter's OPS last year? You thought he should have been MVP, although his numbers didn't look like a "real" MVP's.
Here's a link for most recent win shares. Fielder has passed Reyes since I last looked, but DW remains the man in the NL (with Byrnes closing in). Interesting that you omitted the stat where DW leads the others -- stolen bases. And I looked up Jeter's OPS for least year .899, which is significantly lower than DW's this year.
By the way, I recognized Posada b/c of the BA, but not Matsui. But please don't try to compare Crapsui to DW. His OPS is not even close, he has no speed, plays a crappy left field and bats lefty at Yankee stadium.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/thtstats/main/?view=winshares
If Miguel Cabrera is having the same statistical season as DW, and has 24 WS to 30 on a vastly inferior team, why would Wright be the MVP? Is it playoffs?
It's "most valuable player", not best offensive player. Since Florida could have come in last place without Cabrera, what "value" was he to his team? Also, Cabrera is about as fat as me, can't run and can't field his position. He is literally eating his way to the American League. DW is a much better all around player.
And Happy Birthday.
If you add DW's 27 net stolen bases (31/35) to his total bases, his slugging percentage goes up to .595.
Post a Comment
<< Home