Comments on The Tao of Stieb: Our AL Rookie of the Year Ballot

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Pat Listach anyone? Terrible vote, and not only b...

2009-10-16T08:41:35.190-04:00

Pat Listach anyone?

Terrible vote, and not only because Listach was out of baseball four years later. How do you (Lofton) lead the league in steals and finish second in ROY voting, when the winner's main strength is also stealing bases?

Brett Anderson? I always thought Suede was one of ...

2009-10-16T01:20:38.155-04:00

Brett Anderson?
I always thought Suede was one of the most overrated bands of the 90s.

In Rookie of the Year voting I often think there's the split between "who had the best year" and "who you'd rather want on your team in a couple of years".
Pat Listach anyone?

Thanks for including Brett Anderson on your ballot...

2009-10-16T00:08:12.829-04:00

Thanks for including Brett Anderson on your ballot. I thought he deserved the award pretty easily, but no one else even voted for him (from the AL). It's now so much that the saves are overrated as that Bailey just didn't pitch enough innings (though it's not his job).

Actually, I had forgotten about that. If I'd remem...

2009-10-15T19:02:46.337-04:00

Actually, I had forgotten about that. If I'd remembered, I would have bumped Porky up to third on my ballot, just for that one judo throw.

Porcello fought off a charging/frothing Kevin Youk...

2009-10-15T19:00:51.667-04:00

Porcello fought off a charging/frothing Kevin Youkilis and somehow ended up on top. The kid is alright.

Balloonboy is safe!

2009-10-15T18:12:25.807-04:00

Balloonboy is safe!

JET!!

2009-10-15T14:39:20.002-04:00

JET!!

Yet another player Billy Beane will let go before ...

2009-10-15T14:08:59.511-04:00

Yet another player Billy Beane will let go before his first payday. Of course, Beane thinks pretty much any pitcher can be the closer and won't pay them. Ricciardi missed that memo, apparently.

Actually, didn't I just hear that Porcello dropped...

2009-10-15T12:23:57.160-04:00

Actually, didn't I just hear that Porcello dropped Boras in favour of the Hendricks?

By the way, fuck Porcello and Boras.

2009-10-15T12:11:40.983-04:00

By the way, fuck Porcello and Boras.

Yea I'm with you. Porcello had the highest GB rate...

2009-10-15T12:07:23.469-04:00

Yea I'm with you. Porcello had the highest GB rate in the AL so I'm fine with the low K rate. But I still go with Niemann for now because he's in the AL East and he had a better FIP. Porcello may force GBs but he also gave up a bunch of HRs. Also important: Niemann had a 3.2 WAR, Porcello had 1.9.

Going forwards, I probably like Porcello more...bu...

2009-10-15T11:58:56.404-04:00

Going forwards, I probably like Porcello more...but 89 Ks versus 52 walks just doesn't strike us as a good ratio for this season.

And for the sake of comparison, Doc had 204 Ks versus 32 walks in his Cy Young season. So there's a pretty substantial difference there.

Here's the problem I have with the K-rate argument...

2009-10-15T11:28:12.680-04:00

Here's the problem I have with the K-rate argument: none of us were using that as a strike against Doc in '06 and '07 when his rate dipped into the 5.X/9 range, but still produced Cy worthy numbers.

I think K-rate is a solid predictor of future success....but if you achieve success without a great K-per-nine.....is it not still success nonetheless?

Porcello has been successful throughout his minor league career without a great K/9, so perhaps he's still harnessing his stuff, and hittes can't do much with it as is.

But that's just me.