Post season prediction challenge and Awards Voting
I must have a whole shitload to do for tomorrow because I can't think about anything but our postseason prediction challenge and who I plan on voting for in the 2nd Annual BCS postseason awards. For the postseason, we'll do 1 point for the DS, 2 for the CS, and 4 for the WS. Winner receives a 40 of PBR. As for Post-season awards, you'll be voting for Most Outstanding Player, Least Outstanding Player, Walt Johnson (Cy Young), Jose Lima (Jose Lima), GM of the year, Not-GM of the year, and ROY for both leagues. Each first place vote gets 5 pts, 2nd gets 3 and third gets 1. Take your time on the awards, but get the playoff predictions in by Tuesday.
posted by Brew City Bub @ 8:48 PM
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AL MOP
1. Hafner
2. Jeter
3. Ortiz
NL MOP
1. Pujols
2. Howard
3. Miggy
AL Walt Johnson
1. Santana
2. Halladay
3. Liriano
NL Walt Johnson
1. Webb
2. Oswalt
3. Carpenter
AL GM of the Year
1. Terry Ryan
2. Dave Dombrowski
3. Brian Cashman (Abreu Trade)
NL GM of the Year
1. Larry Beinfest
2. Omar Minaya
3. Kevin Towers
AL ROY
1. Liriano
2. Verlander
3. Weaver
NL ROY
1. Ramirez
2. Uggla
3. Zimmerman
AL LOP
1. Neifi Perez
2. Kevin Mench
3. Joey Gathright
NL LOP
1. Neifi Perez
2. Kevin Mench
3. Ronny Cedeno
AL Jose Lima
1. Carlos Silva
2. Runelvys Hernandez
3. Russ Ortiz
NL Jose Lima
1. Jose Lima
2. Derrick Turnbow
3. Ben Hendrickson
AL Not-GM of the year
1. Allard Baird
2. Mike Flanagan
3. Jon Daniels, for giving us that asshole Kevin Mench
NL Not-GM of the year
1. John Hendry
2. Jim Bowden
3. Wayne Krivsky
Minnesota over Oakland
Detroit over New York
San Diego over St. Louis
New York over Los Angeles
Minnesota over Detroit
New York over San Diego
Minnesota over New York
Tie Breaker: WS MVP Joe Mauer
New York over Detroit
Minnesota over Oakland
San Diego over St. Louis
New York over L.A.
New York over Minnesota
San Diego over New York
New York Yankees over San Diego Padres.
Yes, Jeff, I realize its a roll of the dice. we're doing it anyway.
You also didn't name a world series mvp.
AL MOP
1. Mauer
2. Santana
3. Jeter
Note: I really like to compare players to the others at their respective positions. Mauer is ridiculously better than other catchers. And his stats are better than Jeter's. And he's a damn good defensive catcher. Similar to Mauer, Santana is far better than any other pitcher in baseball. Jeter had a great season, but wasn't all that much better than Tejada and Guillen. Though he is the best hitter in the league, Hafner missed a month, plays DH, and is not that much better than Ortiz and other top-notch DH's.
NL MOP
1. Pujols
2. Howard
3. Cabrera
AL Walter Johnson
1. Santana
2. Halladay
3. Liriano
NL Walter Johnson
1. Arroyo
2. Webb
3. Oswalt
Note: In that ballpark with that defense, Arroyo deserves remarkable credit for a low-3's ERA. I almost put Harang in the top-3 in this, one of the weakest Walter Johnson races ever. There are no dominating strikeout pitchers in the NL.
AL GM of the Year
1. Dave Dombrowski
2. Billy Bean
3. Brian Cashman
NL GM of the Year
1. Larry Beinfest
2. Kevin Towers
3. Josh Byrnes
AL ROY
1. Liriano
2. Papelbon
3. Weaver
Note: Verlander's late season fatigue cost him. He'd have been better off shutting it down in August. He's a very close fourth in the best ROY race of all time.
NL ROY
1. Hanley R.
2. Josh Johnson
3. Zimmerman
Note: Zimmerman prevents the Marlin sweep because of his gold glove defense. Uggla had a bad second half.
AL LOP
1. Angel Berroa
2. Rondell White
3. Edgardo Alfanzo
Note: The top two were a lock. I just don't like Alfanzo.
NL LOP
1. Clint Barmes
2. Brad Ausmus
3. Kevin Mench
AL Jose Lima
1. Russ Ortiz
2. Joel Pineiro
3. Runelvys Hernandez
Note: Ortiz continues to make an overwhelmingly strong claim for making The Big Three the Big Four.
NL Jose Lima
1. Ben Hendrickson
2. Dewon Brazelton
3. Jose Lima
Note: as long as The Big Three each throw a pitch in the league, they will dominate the top three.
If I had to vote for someone else, I'd add Russ Ortiz and Mark Mulder.
AL Not-GM of the year
1. Allard Baird
2. Mike Flanigan
3. J.P. Riccardi
Note: I love Riccardi but it just wasn't the season to go for broke. He's a tough addition because the AL GMs really did well this year.
NL Not-GM of the year
1. John Hendry
2. Wayne Krivsky
3. Brian Sabean
Note: Krivsky's late-season moves cost the team, which he so wisely built up, the playoffs. He simply cannot be forgiven for the Kearns/Lopez trade. Sabean is an idiot. Unlike the AL, this was a hotly contested crown.
First off all, this is not Jeff. Second, it is impossible for dice to predict a MVP winner. Nevertheless, I, The Dice, will use a number-generator to come up with the MVP.
Presumably, the MVP will come from the Yankees. Using the number generator, Jorge Posada will win the MVP.
I, The Dice, am the control group for the Crapshot Theory of playoff baseball. Everyone try to beat me.
Thanks man, I get it now.
First, let me edit a typo in my earlier post. I meant Billy Beane, certainly not Billy Bean. That is one of those mistakes you can't make.
I would also like to amend my AL MOP vote to include Travis Hafner and not Derek Jeter as the third place finisher. This isn't personal, it's just that Hafner's OPS is .200 points higher. Hafner was a shoe-in to win the MVP had he not gotten hurt. I generally put more emphasis on rate categories instead of cumulative ones. He dominated rate categories. I don't mind much that he missed about 100 AB. Those AB went to Ryan Garko, who kicked some ass. I also don't give much consideration to Jeter's stolen bases. They were nice and all, but I just don't care that much about SB. Hafner takes third. He's just so much better at the plate than Jeter, and shortstop is no longer a defensive position.
Thank you. I don't hate you any more. I do, however, hate marketing.
Playoffs:
Yankees win
Twins win
Padres win
Mets win
CS
Twins win in 7
Mets win in 6
WS
Twins win in 6-7
WSMVP: Cy Santana
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AL GM of the Year: Roy Gardenhire
NL GM of the Year: Bruce Bochy
AL Awful GMs: Joe Maddon, Mike Hargrove, Buddy Bell
NL Awful GMs: Dusty Baker, Ned Yost, Jim Tracy
AL CY
1. Santana
2. Halladay
3. Bonderman
NL CY
1. Oswalt
2. Carpenter
3. Peavy
AL MOP
1. Ortiz
2. Jeter
3. Mauer
NL MOP
1. Howard
2. Pujols
3. Cabrera
Still have to look at ROY...and I refuse to participate in least offensive player
hey pops, GM's are general managers.
I'm changing everything you see as 'Oakland' to 'Minnesota'. Jimmy, I realize that gives us strikingly similar picks, so I'll take the Cards over the Padres, too.
Minnesota over Oakland
New York over Detroit
New York over LA
St. Louis over San Diego
Minnesota over New York
New York over St. Louis
Minnesota over New York
Justin Morneau
AL MOP:
1) Hafner
2) Morneau
3) C. Guillen
NL MOP:
1) Pujols
2) Howard
3) Jose Reyes
AL Walt Johnson:
1) Santana
2) Sabathia
3) Halladay
NL Walt Johnson:
1) Carpenter
2) Webb
3) Oswalt
AL GM:
1) Beane
2) Jon Daniels
3) Brian Cashman
NL GM:
1) Beinfest
2) Towers
3) Minaya
AL ROY:
1) Verlander
2) Liriano
3) Papelbon
NL ROY:
1) Zimmerman
2) Hanley Ramirez
3) Josh Johnson
AL LOP:
1) Neifi Perez
2) Rondell White
3) Carl Everett
NL LOP:
1) Clint Barmes
2) Ronny Cedeno
3) Kevin Mench
AL Lima:
1) Joel Piniero
2) Russ Ortiz
3) Joe Mays?
NL Lima:
1) Lima
2) Hendrickson
3) Turnbow
AL Not-GM:
1) Dombrowski - see N. Perez
2) Baird
3) J.P. Ricciardi
NL Not-GM:
1) Bowden
2) Krivsky
3) Dougie Melvin
Postseason:
AL - Tigers and A's (A's in 6)
NL - Mets and Padres (Mets in 5)
World Series - A's in 5
Playoff predictions:
New York over Detroit
Minnesota over Oakland
New York over LA
Saint Louis over Saint Diego
New York over Minnesota
New York over SD
New York over New York, bitches.
I think Skip unknowingly makes a good point about Dombrowski. For as great as the Tigers' turnaround has been this year, the club has made three inexcusable errors this season that cost them the division.
(1) Neifi Perez. Enough said.
(2) Sean Casey. Enough said.
(3) Todd Jones. He was a terrible signing, and he kept his closer role the entire year despite a clear and utter inability to record outs.
I amend my GM vote to be Beane, Chasman, Daniels. Unlike Skip, I will not put Dombrowski in the worst GM category. He's been good otherwise. I think he's a lot like Doug Melvin. He can rebuild a team, but he struggles to make the moves that put the team over the edge. He makes mistakes when he is forced to find "the missing piece."
WS: Yankees over Mets.
WS MVP: Alex Rodriguez
Gay-rod? That'll never happen. He can't produce in the postseason. Way to throw that one away, $la$h.
You're right. I hear he's not much of a clubhouse guy either. My mistake.
I'll be honest, I didn't even know who was in the playoffs until I read these comments. You guys put me to shame. I guess the only thing I can do is go masturbate and think about what I've done. Shit, did I just type that?
AL MOP
1. Ortiz
2. Hafner
3. Mauer
NL MOP
1. Pujols
2. Howard
3. Berkman
AL Walt Johnson
1. Santana
2. Mussina
3. Halladay
NL Walt Johnson
1. Webb
2. Smoltz
3. Oswalt
AL GM of the Year
1. Brian Cashman
2. Bill Beane
3. Terry Ryan
NL GM of the Year
1. Larry Beinfest
2. Kevin Towers
3. Omar Minaya
AL ROY
1. Verlander
2. Liriano
3. Papelbon
NL ROY
1. Ramirez
2. Uggla
3. Josh Johnson
AL LOP
1. Angel Berroa
2. Jorge Cantu
3. Brian Anderson
NL LOP
1. Preston Wilson
2. Clint Barmes
3. Ronny Cedeno
AL Jose Lima
1. Carlos Silva
2. Joel Piniero
3. Mark Redman
NL Jose Lima
1. Jose Lima
2. Jeff Weaver
3. Jason Marquis
NL Not-GM of the year
1. Doug Melvin (Turnbow/Kolb signings)
2. “Dick” Hendry
3. Brian Sabean
AL Not-GM of the year
1. Allard Baird
2. J.P. Riccardi
3. Mike Flanagan
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