SB Nation Baseball Awards (MVP Edition)

by craig on Nov 12, 2009 2:00 PM EST in News Comment 4 comments

And the final SB Nation baseball awards was released, this one being the NL MVP.

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pts
1	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	434
2	Hanley Ramirez	Florida Marlins	-	6	8	11	2	1	2	-	-	-	220
3	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	-	7	11	2	3	1	-	1	-	1	192
4	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	-	5	4	4	7	7	1	-	-	-	186
5	Troy Tulowitzki	Colorado Rockies	-	4	1	5	2	3	3	4	1	2	134
6	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	-	4	1	-	1	2	2	3	1	-	79
7	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	-	4	-	1	4	1	-	-	3	1	79
8	Ryan Zimmerman	Washington Nationals	-	-	1	3	3	3	3	1	-	2	79
9	Adrian Gonzalez	San Diego Padres	-	-	1	-	3	3	2	4	3	4	71
10	Pablo Sandoval	San Francisco Giants	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	57
11	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	-	1	1	1	1	5	3	-	1	56
12	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	39
13	Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	2	25
14	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	3	2	25
15	Andre Ethier	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	24
16	Adam Wainwright	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	4	1	23
17	Javier Vazquez	Atlanta Braves	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	16
18	Matt Holliday	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	12
19	Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11
20	Mark Reynolds	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	10
21	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
22	Jayson Werth	Philadelphia Phillies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	6
23	Adam Dunn	Washington Nationals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5
24	Juan Pierre	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
25	Justin Upton	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
26	Raul Ibanez	Philadelphia Phillies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
27	Ubaldo Jimenez	Colorado Rockies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
28	Brian McCann	Atlanta Braves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
29	Dan Haren	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
30	Michael Bourn	Houston Astros	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
31	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
32	Nyjer Morgan	Washington Nationals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
33	Yunel Escobar	Atlanta Braves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

According the results, Hanley is the heir apparent to the Albert Pujols award. So when Pujols starts his decline around the age of 80, Hanley is the next in line.

GameFish and I both listed Pujols first and Hanley second. Neither one of us can remember who we voted for after that. Big surprise.

Next year we are going to invest in a pencil, a piece of paper and actually write our votes down, assuming we remember to do that. And judging from our memories, I wouldn't bet the farm on that happening.

Anyways that ends the offseason awards as voted on by the baseball bloggers of the SB Nation. So let the offseason blogging truly begin. Or to put it another way, get ready for a whole lot of Marlins Crap posts.

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May I ask, what exactly did Pujols do in the second half?

His numbers really dipped after the All-Star break. Am I the only one that noticed that? I know he had the best first maybe ever and his team made the playoffs and all that, but if anything Pujols should thank Matt Holliday for his trophy, the Cardinals didn’t make the push for postseason until he showed up.

In the second half, Pujols batting average dropped 45 points, his home runs decreased, less RBI. His walks did go up, but so did his strike-out rate. So I don’t get what’s all the fuss? I thought the MVP went to the best player for the ENTIRE season? The All-Star game is only about the 1st half….

by JP 23 on Nov 12, 2009 2:29 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

I don't see anythin wrong with him winning

He still led the league in WAR and wOBA, and that’s for the entire season. His team making the playoffs shouldn’t even matter at all, but even you do put that aside he still put up the best numbers for a position player by far. I think the list is right on, except maybe Zimmerman and Gonzalez should be a little higher up.

by tdp992 on Nov 12, 2009 6:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, his numbers were good at the end, but only because of what he did at the beginning of the year. That's the point I'm trying to make.

by JP 23 on Nov 12, 2009 7:17 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

All players look worse when you take away their hot streaks

The fact is that the MVP is for the most valuable player over 162 games, and Albert’s total production over that span was better than anyone else’s total production in that time. Even if he ended the season on a 0 for 250 slump, he still led the league with a .458 wOBA and 8 WAR.

by tdp992 on Nov 12, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs