One of the very few positives of this global pandemic is that I have plenty of time to kill, which means that I have plenty of time for things like this blog…which is not something I’ve been able to say for awhile. I am going to jump back into the saddle with a look at the Season 50 ballots for end-of-season awards. If/when I have the time, my next few projects are going to be moving the blog from WordPress to Google Sites and updating Career WAR totals. That’s no knock on WordPress, but I have most of my other information on the Google platform so it makes sense to consolidate a little…as for the career WAR topic: I’ve figured out a quick and dirty method for calculating career WAR for retired hitters, so it has become much easier to figure out the career leaders.
Short term, however, I will use the Wins Above Replacement metric to evaluate the task at hand-end of year voting. Here’s how each of the ballots break down:
AL MVP
- Suk-min Hayashi (DH-Jackson), 9.13 WAR
- Heinie Stoffel (CF-Fargo), 7.65 WAR
- Derek Muratore (1B-Minnesota), 7.72 WAR
- Edgardo Fuentes (LF-Augusta), 6.03 WAR
- Timothy Roenicke (DH-Las Vegas), 6.64 WAR
NL MVP
- Harley Mays (1B-Santa Fe), 7.76 WAR
- Sarma Smith (1B-Montreal), 7.35 WAR
- Benny Darr (3B-Seattle), 7.59 WAR
- Timothy Watson (1B-Seattle), 9.81 WAR
- Dom Sabourin (LF-Austin), 7.85 WAR
AL Cy Young
- Alfredo James (SP-Augusta), 4.44 WAR
- Donn Cunningham (SP-Augusta), 5.09 WAR
- Albert Castilla (RP-Las Vegas), 0.28 WAR
- Gonzalez Lopez (RP-Jackson), -0.34 WAR
- Yunel Lopez (RP-Las Vegas), 0.24 WAR
NL Cy Young
- Bailey Cuddyer (SP-Albuquerque), 8.26 WAR
- Esteban Balentin (SP-Anaheim), 3.86 WAR
- Leonys Piedra (SP-Santa Fe), 8.36 WAR
- Pablo Julio (RP-Anaheim), 3.64 WAR
- Wayne Bruguera (SP-Milwaukee), 1.47 WAR
AL Rookie of the Year
- Gonzalez Lopez (RP-Jackson), -0.34 WAR
- Luis Cisnero (LF-Jackson), 5.98 WAR
- Walt Cole (1B-Texas), 3.93 WAR
- Hal Barry (1B-Wichita), 4.54 WAR
- Alex Ramirez (SP-Tacoma), 2.34 WAR
NL Rookie of the Year
- Bill Kennedy (2B-Santa Fe), 2.68 WAR
- Del Parr (LF-Seattle), 2.74 WAR
- Stolmy Padilla (1B-Austin), 4.53 WAR
- Toby Power (2B-Montreal), 1.75 WAR
- AJ King (RF-Austin), 3.95 WAR
The FYC 