S63 HOF Voting

Well, the HOF Committee came to the following consensus,  despite not hearing from our 7th member prior to this post.

Bruinsfan worked his magic again and came up with his "importance score" for the candidates:

1. Diego Trinidad, 13.5 Importance Score
2. Bridger Pressley, 11.2 Importance Score
3. Leonys Nieves, 10.0 Importance Score
4. Adam Lieber, 9.7 Importance Score
5. Luther MacDougal, 7.1 Importance Score
6. Phil Searle, 7.0 Importance Score
7. TIE BETWEEN: Max Kent/Julio Bennett/Ruben Nova, 6.0 Importance Score (AWARDS ONLY)
8. Renato Viriato, 5.8 Importance Score
9. Dwayne Pillette, 4.8 Importance Score
10. TIE BETWEEN: Jose Lee & Keith Tatum, 4.0 Importance Score (AWARDS ONLY)
11. Timothy Lewis, 2.9 Importance Score
12. Jesse Hammond, 2.1 Importance Score
13. TIE BETWEEN: Eric Brown, Geovany Diaz, Stephen Garcia, Sal Phelps, 2.0 Importance Score (AWARDS ONLY)
14. TIE BETWEEN: Brian Blair, Ryan Cloud, Abram Hall, Albert James, Al Montanez, Rafael Pimentel, Gustavo Tavarez, Stewart Dupra, 0.0 Importance Score (AWARDS ONLY)

In the end, after 6 members cast their votes, here were the results:

4 Votes:  Diego Trinidad, 13.5 Importance Score
0 Votes:  Bridger Pressley, 11.2 Importance Score
3 Votes:  Leonys Nieves, 10.0 Importance Score
0 Votes:  Adam Lieber, 9.7 Importance Score
4 Votes:  Luther MacDougal, 7.1 Importance Score

So, with that said, it looks like our two locks are Trinidad and MacDougal, with Nieves being our top sorta-kinda-maybe pick.  

-Stick

Season 62 Awards Snubs

 I didn't get a post up in time to make suggestions for Awards Voting last year, so this time around I will return to my roots and do a voting retrospective: Which guys should have won awards and got snubbed and whose hardware was deserved? 

AL MVP: Banks won w/18 votes

Charles Banks 9.42 

Alex Calvo 8.50 (2nd)

Emilio Jose 5.08 (3rd) 

Stormy De Paula 4.92 (4th)

Leonel Gomez 4.87 (5th)

Banks deserved his hardware so he does not make the shortlist of "snub" candidates. 

NL MVP: Fernandez won with 18 votes

Alex Fernandez 5.43

Francisco Chavez 7.11 (2nd)

Ronald Lewis 7.80 (3rd with 3 votes) 

Steve Lowe 6.30 (t-4th)

Miguel Fernandez 6.78 (t-4th)

Lewis had about 2.4 more wins than the actual winner, so he could definitely be in the running for largest snub.

AL Cy Young: Campos won w/14 votes

Wladimir Campos 5.04

Brad Jensen 3.09 (2nd)

Jerome McClain 4.47 (3rd) 

Magglio Garza 1.69 (t-4th)

Gregory Brush 5.12 (t-4th with 2 votes) 

Campos deserved his hardware so he doesn't make the list of snubs.

NL Cy Young: Moreno won with 25 votes

AJ Moreno 6.19 

Peter Donald 3.67 (2nd)

Jimmie Urbina 1.47 (3rd)

Shane Ashby 3.10 (t-4th)

Angel Camacho 2.78 (t-4th)

Moreno deserved his hardware, so he doesn't make the list of snubs. 

AL Rookie of the Year: Alcantara won with 18 votes

Moises Alcantara 0.95

Brandon Smith 2.63 (2nd)

Dallas Thompson -0.95 (3rd)

Jamie Yoshida 3.04 (4th w/2 votes)

Brian Thielbar 1.09 (5th)

Yoshida had about 2.1 more wins than the actual winner, which is pretty significant but not quite as much as the NL MVP snub. 

NL Rookie of the Year: Morton won with 23 votes

Niko Morton 6.58

Flip Kennedy 3.96 (t-2nd)

Irving DeRojas -1.09 (t-2nd)

Alvin White 1.65 (4th)

Wesley Wooster 4.01 (5th)

Morton deserved his hardware, so it looks like the biggest snub of the season is Ronald Lewis.