Jered Weaver, ROY?

by ClutchHomer on Aug 19, 2006 2:02 PM PDT

With Jered Weaver reaching the 9-0 mark with some 40 games to go he is now in great position to receive the Rookie of the year award. Liriano is out for awhile and Verlander has strugged in his last two starts while complaining of fatigue (see Joe Saunders). That pitching trio seems like the front-runners for the award. Was Tim Salmon our last ROY?

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Salmon was our ONLY R.O.Y.

Verlander and Liriano still have the inside track, although if Weaver stays as god as he has been withut fading to fatigue, breaks Whitey Ford's record and the Angels make the playoffs, Jered will get it.

by Rev Halofan on Aug 19, 2006 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

freudian slip?

"although if Weaver stays as god as he has been"

pitching is next to godliness??

Be nice to Nurses... we keep doctors from accidentally killing you!

by ladybug on Aug 19, 2006 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Unfortunately...

..I think Jonathan Papelcrap is gonna win it.

by NPCody on Aug 19, 2006 2:05 PM PDT reply actions

Oh yeah

The Boston Hype Sox's closer. Forgot about him, he is probably the front runner if both Verlander and Liriano fall out of the running.

by ClutchHomer on Aug 19, 2006 2:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Pap Smear

will fade if Team Chowder doesn't make it...

by Rev Halofan on Aug 19, 2006 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Pipillon may already be fading...

He had good outings against Baltimore and Detroit, but that gives him only 4 over the past month.

"I have not yet begun to fight." ~ John Paul Jones

by Stirrups on Aug 19, 2006 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Actually

that would be cool that a teammate of Salmon - our only R.O.Y. - wins the award in his final season.

by Rev Halofan on Aug 19, 2006 2:06 PM PDT reply actions

If Weaver...

loses one game somebody over on the east coast will win it simple as that.

by CaLiKrAzY on Aug 19, 2006 3:45 PM PDT reply actions

East Coast bias

Either Papelbon wins it, or Verlander what with the Tigers having the best record in MLB and coming out of nowhere to do it
Liriano missing pretty much the rest of the season rules him out I think.
If Jered hadn't gone down for that month then he'd be right up there I think

by Matt UK on Aug 19, 2006 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

hmm

At this point...

It looks like Verlander since the Tigers did come from nowhere this year I mean c'mon.

by CaLiKrAzY on Aug 22, 2006 7:37 AM PDT up reply actions

Unbreakable!

Of course we're getting ahead of ourselves, but if he goes like 14-0, then he gets it.

I think 8 starts left. It's possible, but not likely he can go undefeated.

by elricsi on Aug 19, 2006 5:11 PM PDT reply actions

Weaver could go undefeated

And the East Coast Mafia will say he didn't have enough innings due to his late May call up and subsequent 3 start demotion. The only way Papel-bon-bon doesn't get it is if he gives up 8 or 9 runs over a 5 outing span and blows 4-5 more save opportunities. Even then he probably gets it just for being a fucking chowderhead.

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Aug 19, 2006 6:41 PM PDT reply actions

Papelbon

blew another save yesterday in The Series to End All Series - his ERA is now 1.00

by Matt UK on Aug 21, 2006 6:34 AM PDT up reply actions

this is just an incredible year for AL Rookies

maybe the all time best. in addition to the 5 or 6 worthy pitchers mentioned, there's our own Mike Napoli and Kenji Johjima too.

in a normal year, any of them could be a ROY.

as for Salmon being the only Halo to win it, GA should have too but he was robbed. Marty Cordova of the Twins won in 1995. Wally Joyner had a decent case too in 1986 but Canseco won, which i think was fair.

Also fyi Alfredo Griffin won ROY in 1979

by rbrianc on Aug 20, 2006 6:41 PM PDT reply actions

G.A. didn't get called up until June...

...so his aggregate numbers were less than Cordova's, therefore Cordova won.

DarkAngel hath spoken....

by darkangel01 on Aug 21, 2006 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Napoli is going to have to learn

how to make consistent contact. This was a problem for him in the minors, and obviously continues to be an issue for him. No Jackie Robinson Award for Napoli.

Fire Mickey Hatcher. An entire generation of Angels offense depends upon it.

by scareduck on Aug 22, 2006 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions