Comments on: Neftali Feliz beats Austin Jackson for AL Rookie of the Year

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[...] Jackson finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year balloting and would have gotten my vote over Neftali Feliz, but it’ll be interesting to see how he fares as a sophomore. Projecting [...]

By: fquaye149

fquaye149 — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:54:41 +0000

Austin Jackson put up 2.5 WAR according to B-R. Neftali Feliz had 2.4. So the idea that Jackson was more valuable to his team by any considerable margin is at least by one measure patently wrong. Also, the Carlos Santana analogy is flawed on basically ever level. Most people acknowledge that closers’ innings are much more leveraged than a regular inning (or at bat). And for whatever it’s worth, Feliz had a higher WAR than Santana, if not by a sizable margin (2.2)

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By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:21:38 +0000

I would actually consider the ULTIMATE failure to be hitting into a triple play, followed by a double play. A strikeout isn’t great, but it’s better than making multiple outs.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:30:16 +0000

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By: fordman84

fordman84 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:07:39 +0000

To put that strikeout number into a little more perspective, Jackson averaged over a strikeout per game. He had 20 more strikeouts than Texas’ Chris Davis in 2009, yet Davis put up 17 more HR’s and 18 more RBI’s. You know where Davis was this year because of his strikeouts? AAA. And Davis is a very, very solid first baseman. Jackson alone accounted for 15% of his teams total strikeouts for the year.

Fun with numbers.

By: fordman84

fordman84 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:01:19 +0000

Feliz deserves the award. Jackson suffered the ULTIMATE failure just about as many times as he succeeded (170 K’s to 181 hits). Feliz showed that he is dominant as a closer, and did so as a rookie. There is no way Jackson or Santana faced as much pressure every time he was called upon as Feliz did, yet he still did better than almost every other closer in the majors.