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Marty Noble at MLB.com discusses David Wright and National League MVP voting.
“A 30-30 season; career highs in batting average, runs, home runs and stolen bases; and team-best finishes in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and total bases were factors in Wright receiving the most points among Mets players, 182, in the voting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.”
Also, Dayn Perry at Fox Sports joins Rob Neyer at ESPN in thinking Wright should have won the NL MVP.
“On the year, Wright authored a batting line of .325 AVG/.416 OBP/.546 SLG with 74 extra-base hits, all while playing his home games in a park that’s quite tough on right-handed batters. Throw in his Gold Glove defense and his 34 steals in 39 attempts, and you’ve got an MVP season. It’s also worth noting that Wright hit like a house afire down the stretch (.394 AVG/.516 OBP/.657 SLG in August and .352 AVG/.432 OBP/.602 SLG in September/October), even as the rest of the team fell apart.”
…you can certainly make a valid argument for wright, no doubt about it, but as brandon eddy mentioned earlier, the images of the mets falling apart down the stretch had to be looming in the writer’s minds when filling out their ballots. meaningless award in the whole scheme of things anyway. everyone associated with the mets knows how important wright is to this team…
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IT’S ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING CAST PEOPLE!!! AFTER ALL, THIS IS THE MOST VALUABLE (TO HIS TEAM) AWARD!!!
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This is unbelievable crap. I took a look at the MVP candidates that finished in the top four (Rollins, Holliday, Fielder, and Wright) and their supporting casts (the top four players on each team in RBIs. This is astounding.
Rollins had Utley and Howard, Rowand and Burrell.
Utley: .322 | 22 | 103
Howard: .268 | 40 | 136
Rowand: .256 | 30 | 97
Burrell: .309 | 27 | 89
Rollins: .296 | 30 | 94
Matt Holliday’s supporting cast? Same thing. Everyone hit from Tulowitzki and Hawpe, to Adkins and Helton:
Tulowitzki: .291 | 24 | 99
Hawpe: .291 | 29 | 116
Adkins: .301 | 25 | 111
Helton: .320 | 17 | 91
Holliday: .340 | 36 | 137
So, what about Prince Fielder? Not so good here, he definitely carried his team. But, it finished out of the playoffs by a decent margin and was only 4 games over .500.
Braun: .324 | 34 | 97
Hardy: .277 | 26 | 80
Hart: .295 | 24 | 81
Jenkins: .255 | 21 | 64
Fielder: .288 | 50 | 119
Finally, David Wright, who with the exception of Beltran was basically on his own all year on a team that finished 14 games over .500.
Beltran: .276 | 33 | 112
Delgado: .258 | 24 | 87
Reyes: .280 | 12 | 57
Lo Duca: .272 | 9 | 54
Wright: .325 | 30 | 107
I mean, this is a complete travesty. How in the world can the voters justify Rollins? Based on the supporting cast of the top four finishers, Rollins should have finished fourth, Holliday third, Fielder second, and Wright first.
The numbers don’t lie – only the voters do.
Sure, Wright had some good numbers. But like I said before, if you’re going to win on an also ran team you have to have gaudy stats in the triple crown category, probably lead the league in at least 2 of them.
Wright was second ON HIS OWN TEAM in HRs and RBIs.
You don’t usually win the MVP for finishing second and being second on your own squad in those numbers.
As DWright once said, “talk is very, very cheap”.
he hit nearly 50 pts higher than beltran, had more runs, total bases, number of times on base and won the gold glove.
if you are going to hang your hat on the HR/RBI argument, Rollins should DEFINITELY not have won.
Triple crown numbers and team standings matter to the MVP voters. Don’t have either=no MVP.
what are you talking about? have you seen rollins’ stats. NO triple crown threat there.
Again, to win on a non-title team you have to have better numbers.
JRoll was on a division champion-the rules are different for that. Sorry, that’s life and it isn’t fair.
JRoll wins for being the ‘team to beat’.
DWright finishes out of the running for finishing out of the running.
And both have gold gloves, so are equally valuable on D.
Play catch up for 99% of the season, and you’re the team to beat?
Rollins had 1 more win than Wright and was not first in any major category in Phillies.
2007 NL East Division Champs.
Doesn’t matter what order the wins come in, now, does it?
Mets can brag about their April record all they want.
I’ll repeat it again:
TO WIN THE MVP ON A NON-TITLE TEAM YOU HAVE TO HAVE BETTER NUMBERS THAN DAVID WRIGHT IN THE CATEGORIES THAT IMPRESS MVP VOTERS!
I’m not saying it’s fair, just the way it is.
Rollins put together one of the best offensive seasons by a shortstop in NL history, while playing a more demanding position than Holliday at a Gold Glove level.
Rollins did his part, batting .296 while setting new career highs in home runs (30) and runs batted in (94). He also swiped 41 stolen bases, ripped 38 doubles, and his triple on the final day of the season gave him 20, making him the fourth player in major league history to finish a season with 20 doubles, triples, homers and stolen bases. He joined Wildrire Schulte (1911), Willie Mays (1957) and Curtis Granderson (2007) in that exclusive club.
What did Wright do that was so historic? Play on a second place team and finish second on the team in HRs and RBIs?
If the Mets were able to win a game in September, then, sure, Wright might have won.
bandbox.
Good one!
too bad the triple crown categories mean jack sh1t.
He should have won.
mvp voters are stupid. or at least think stuidly because they write for the MSM which often ust pander to the lowest common denominator. neyer is intelligent and writes for intelligent. no suprises in the outcomes and opinions. the mvp is a fun side show but who cares. i want championships.