2009 SBN Baseball Awards: Rookies of the Year

by Russ Oates on Nov 10, 2009 9:00 AM MST in Miscellaneous Comment 17 comments

I won SBN's AL Rookie of the Year. Who am I and what do I receive along with the title? (Sadly, the answer is that SBN awards don't come with anything.)

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In the next installment for SBN Baseball's end of the year awards, I present to you the AL and NL ballots. First, let me recap who Purple Row chose for its award winners. In the AL, our voting gave first place to two Oakland A's pitchers, Brett Anderson and Andrew Bailey. Gordon Beckham finished third. In the NL, Marlins OF Chris Coghlan took first place in a close competition with Andrew McCutchen. Tommy Hanson finished third.

SBN Baseball voting did not follow suit. The AL winner appeared on only one ballot, and the NL appeared above but was not PR's winner. Join me after the jump.

The AL results:

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

Elvis Andrus appeared on Jabberwocky's ballot, and 21 SBN AL bloggers put him on their ballots. It was a close vote, as Andrew Bailey received as many first place votes as the first-, third-, and fourth-place finishers did combined. Brett Anderson had one less first-place vote than Andrus did, and he finished in fifth place!

Here are the NL results:

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Tommy Hanson	Atlanta Braves	9	9	6	78
2	J.A. Happ	Philadelphia Phillies	6	9	7	64
3	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	3	5	54
4	Chris Coghlan	Florida Marlins	7	5	4	54
5	Dexter Fowler	Colorado Rockies	-	3	1	10
6	Randy Wells	Chicago Cubs	-	-	6	6
7	Garrett Jones	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	-	-	5
8	Casey McGehee	Milwaukee Brewers	-	1	2	5
9	Seth Smith	Colorado Rockies	-	1	-	3

Purple Row's NL Rookie of the Year tied for third with Purple Row's second-place rookie in the SBN NL voting. Yet it was Purple Row's third-place winner who took home the SBN NL Rookie of the Year hardware (we don't actually have hardware to give away--yet).

I account for that Fowler third-place vote as I submitted the same ballot during SBN voting. Did one of the Pirates' bloggers give his first-place vote to Garrett Jones? I'm still trying to find out what a Casey McGehee is, and who gave that vote to Mr. Late Night?

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I'm pretty sure I account for one of Dex's second place votes,

I think I gave first place to Hanson, and I can’t remember if I gave McCutchen or Coghlan third.

by Rox Girl on Nov 10, 2009 9:16 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

How the hell does Andrew Bailey get 11 first place votes and not finish first?

Points and whaddamadunk, but seriously.

I am the Knight Silverblood, chivalrously protecting right-minded people from the dangers of delusioned Yankees fans everywhere.

by Silverblood on Nov 10, 2009 10:45 AM MST reply actions 0 recs

only 15 votes as compared to Andrus' 21

Andrus is the wrong answer.

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 10, 2009 10:47 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

Those who didn’t vote for Bailey should be fired.

NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!

by Russ Oates on Nov 10, 2009 11:11 AM MST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

precisely, and furth-

heyyyyyyy wait a minute

Hope got in my eyes

by Andrew Martin on Nov 10, 2009 11:11 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

So it's just gonna be you and Silver then?

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 10, 2009 2:26 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Heh.

Bailey might have been seventh on my ballot. Maybe.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Nov 10, 2009 3:40 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

It seems like those who voted Bailey first voted Andrus second

while most of the people who voted Andrus first didn’t even have Bailey in the top three.

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 10, 2009 2:18 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

It amazes me that 21 out of 30 sites voted Bailey in the top three and only one out of the six writers here did.

(Even that was a third place vote so I don’t have much of a problem with it)

Really though, how does a guy with .702 OPS win this award. Nobody’s glove is that good.

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 10, 2009 2:29 PM MST reply actions 0 recs

21 out of 30 sites voted Andrus

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 10, 2009 2:29 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Andrus' glove is pretty darn good. Like Vizquel good.

Which is why I voted him third.

Eschew Obfuscation!

by Jeff Aberle on Nov 10, 2009 3:41 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't have a problem ranking him third

I wouldn’t have voted that way but I think you can make a case for him. It’s him winning the whole thing that boggles my mind. I mean lets face it, if defense mattered that much Tulo would have been ROTY in 2007.

Did he win the SBN award 2007?

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 10, 2009 4:38 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Ryan Braun

NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

Purple Row - Covering all your Rockies needs!

by Russ Oates on Nov 11, 2009 7:47 AM MST up reply actions 0 recs

Not quite.

NL voted for the NL awards, AL voted for the AL awards. The four non-team-specific blogs received four ballots, two for each league, while each blog received two ballots. So as long as everyone voted, the maximum number of ballots a player could appear in is 36.

NEVER SURRENDER DREAMS

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by Russ Oates on Nov 10, 2009 7:22 PM MST up reply actions 0 recs