Comments on: Age Matters … Sometimes

By: B

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:48:17 +0000

I think age is, and should be, very relevant. Not directly in terms of what we expect out of them in the future, but rather because it’s much more rare/difficult to accomplish a great season as a 20 year old than as a 26 year old. There are plenty of good 26 year old pitchers/hitters in baseball, it’s really not that impressive, all it really means is you’re on a different schedule than your peers and they aren’t rookies while you are. A younger guy, on the other hand, is putting up those stats while his peers are in college, or in the low minors and has no peers who are capable of what he accomplished, and that’s impressive. Of course, indirectly this has a lot to do with how a players future projects, but the logic behind it doesn’t really have anything to do with that aspect.

By: B

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:42:01 +0000

Well as long as we’re on the A’s theme – Ben Grieve anyone?

By: The Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:10:58 +0000

Well, since it’s Rookie of the Year, not Prospect of the Year, I think age is irrelevant; it’s which rookie had the best season, nothing more, imho.

And put me down for Anderson, too.

By: Pinball1973

Pinball1973 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:00:29 +0000

So Jackie Robinson would’ve needed to have “no rookie close to him” when he won the first ROY award at, what? 27? 28? He was an “established” Negro League player with its top team, after all….

Yep! That’s me showing you no respect for your heard-it-a-thousand-times-but-it-never-gets-any-smarter post by p-ssing on your Crocs! and that silly little Chihuahua you call an opinion.

By: Nick Smith

Nick Smith — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:45:18 +0000

I never thought of it, but this article is right, voters probably do take the brightness of a player’s future into account in ROY balloting, at least a little bit. No one wants to get Listached.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:54:36 +0000

gordon beckham has to be considered…in some way or another. fast tracked to the majors and performed almost immediately. had a rather low .294 babip, as well.

even if he doesn’t come within the top four in voting, i’d bet beckham & anderson have the best careers of the bunch.

By: vivaelpujols

vivaelpujols — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:53:58 +0000

Holy crap 3.68 tRA.

By: scatterbrian

scatterbrian — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:57:12 +0000

Player C is Brett Anderson

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:25:58 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if Anderson won it. I don’t think Porcello really is in the hunt. It’ll either be Anderson, Andrus, or Bailey in my opinion (at the very least, that’s my top 3, probably in that order).

By: BX

BX — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:49:28 +0000

Bobby Crosby has to be in the mix for that.