SBN A.L. Rookie of the Year

by Rev Halofan on Nov 10, 2009 11:59 AM PST

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Elvis Andrus	Texas Rangers	6	9	6	63
2	Andrew Bailey	Oakland Athletics	11	1	3	61
3	Jeff Niemann	Tampa Bay Rays	3	5	3	33
4	Rick Porcello	Detroit Tigers	2	7	2	33
5	Brett Anderson	Oakland Athletics	5	1	3	31
6	Gordon Beckham	Chicago White Sox	1	2	8	19
7	Nolan Reimold	Baltimore Orioles	1	-	1	6
8	Matt Wieters	Baltimore Orioles	-	1	3	6
9	Brad Bergesen	Baltimore Orioles	-	1	-	3
10	Ricky Romero	Toronto Blue Jays	-	1	-	3
11	Travis Snider	Toronto Blue Jays	-	1	-	3

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I would have voted for Rick Porcello

With Bailey second and Reimold third.

by ryanfea on Nov 10, 2009 12:32 PM PST reply actions

Palmer was absolutely robbed.

But its hard to argue against Andrus.

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by Slasher52 on Nov 10, 2009 1:04 PM PST reply actions

Is Palmer considered a rookie?

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by red floyd on Nov 10, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions

His first full season to be exact

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by blast21dave on Nov 10, 2009 3:07 PM PST up reply actions

I thought he had some number of innings with SF last year, and was over the ROY threshold.

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by red floyd on Nov 10, 2009 6:02 PM PST up reply actions

This is true

According to here a pitcher would need less than 45 innings or have been with the club for 45 days or longer before the waiver deadline.

According to B-R Palmer pitched only 12.2 innings with the Giants, so it seems reasonable that he would qualify for ROY honors but why he didn’t get a single vote amazes me.

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by blast21dave on Nov 10, 2009 6:21 PM PST up reply actions

Yessir.

I’m not saying he should have won, but to not get a single vote? WTF, mate?

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by Slasher52 on Nov 10, 2009 3:15 PM PST up reply actions

I wasn’t expecting him to make rookie of the year, but to not get a single vote?? An 11-2 record with 3.93 ERA. I mean Brett Anderson was 11-11 with a 4.06 ERA and he was 5th in the voting. I know there are a lot of other factors besides one’s record that goes into the voting… but ZERO VOTES??

As usual Angel players seem to go unnoticed. Like at All Star time it’s rare to see a lot of votes for any of our players. And even if a couple get put on the roster who knows if they’ll even get put into the game (ahem, Joe Maddon). I mean, it’s not like the Angels were a first place team and not given playing time representation during the All Star game (ahem ahem, Joe Maddon).

by Hoppity Hooper on Nov 10, 2009 9:10 PM PST up reply actions

Everyone was against Matt palmer from the beginning and had formed a low opinion

of him from the start before he had the chance to prove himself. By then the other blogs had passed him off as some weird fluke they could not explain nor comprehend. I am not surprised he got excluded.

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by 44FAN on Nov 10, 2009 1:29 PM PST reply actions

Not just the other blogs. Some of our members don't like Palmer and think his record is a fluke.

THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!

by opiejeanne on Nov 11, 2009 12:04 AM PST up reply actions

Well, his record was a fluke.

I’ll eat my hat if he wins 11 games again, but that doesn’t discount the great effort he put forth this year when no one expected much of anything. He should be a solid middle to long reliever for a few years.

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by Slasher52 on Nov 11, 2009 7:11 AM PST up reply actions

Anti Pitching bias

1. Bailey
2. Bergersen
3. andrus ?

Bailey performed great and for only 14/29 to give him any vote, especially when he received the plurality of firsts, is disheartening. Andrus was much less distinguished.

Matt Palmer did a great job, but votes were only allowed three slots. Matt Wieters? did they vote preseason?

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by Angels95 on Nov 10, 2009 2:52 PM PST reply actions