Comments on: Rookies of the Year to be announced today http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 14:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Peter Earl http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12484 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:29:02 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12484 There is justice. Though he was the best candidate, I’m truly surprised that Coghlan actually won. Surprised Beckham didn’t win.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12483 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:55:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12483 Congratulations after all to Chris Coughlan. The kid earned it. Spread his numbers over an entire season and you’ve got some idea of what a lineup built around him and Hanley Ramirez could do….if you didn’t already know that our cheapskate ownership down here will turf them both out well before they reach their peaks, even with Loria’s long-coveted Scrooge McDuck Field ready by 2011.

]]> By: awineguy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12482 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:41 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12482 Or of course it could be that Berroa won because he had just as good, or possibly better, a year offensively as Matsui in 2003 while playing SS as opposed to OF.
Berroa ended up awful but he was a deserving ROY winner in 2003, his batting average was identical to Matsui, his slugging % was higher and his OPS marginally higher and Berroa was 21/5 in steals.

]]> By: awineguy http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12481 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:52:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12481 Sandoval had 145 at bats in 2008 so he used up his rookie status that year. Players lose their rookie status after they have compiled any of:
130 at bats
50 innings pitched
45 days on a major league roster.

]]> By: Joe McKinley http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12480 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:20:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12480 why is Pablo Sandoval not in the running? I thought he was a rookie and he was second in batting average in the league this year

]]> By: Church of the Perpetually Outraged http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12479 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:09:27 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12479

Bobby Crosby. Bob Hamelin. Jason Jennings. Kazuhiro Sasaki. Immortals all, each of whom got their start with the Rookie of the Year Award. Who will join their esteemed ranks today, as the major post season awards begin to be rolled out?

Don’t forget Angel Berroa, who “beat” Hideki Matsui because two writers felt he wasn’t a “true rookie”. Sigh
http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2003.shtml#ALroy

]]> By: Craig Calcaterra http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12478 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:00:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12478 Dumb oversight on my part. I updated the post. Aaron wrote more expansively about Bailey.

]]> By: wegl http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12477 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:30:29 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12477 Don’t forget the legendary Joe Charboneau.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12476 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:04 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12476 For that matter, why no mention of Keyser Soze?
But seriously folks, I watched Coughlin play (from the safety of my den, anyway, since I refuse to (a) pay for Marlins tickets when the team’s cheapskate owners keep trading our best players away and (b) I refuse to attend games of any kind in any buildings with silly names, like the former Joeprophins Stadium now renamed yet again, beaucoup idiotically, “Land Shark Stadium;” wake me up when they name it “Macondo Field” and maybe I’ll go down there for a couple of rallies.)
Anyway, Coughlin: you watched the kid learn focus and discipline from his callup to the end of the season and you can’t help but be impressed with the kind of hitter he has become. I don’t necessarily see him as a middle-of-the-order power hitter but you feed him to Jillian Michaels for a season and you could wind up with the next Wade Boggs.
Unlike what became of Wade, of course, Jillian can train him to keeps his hands off.

]]> By: Lionheart! http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/16/rookies-of-the-year-to-be-announced-today/comment-page-1/#comment-12475 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:53:47 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2132#comment-12475 Why no mention of Andrew Bailey?

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