Carlos Gonzalez wins the NL Outstanding Player Award

by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2010 4:01 PM MDT in Purple Row Awards

As voted on by his peers, Carlos Gonzalez has been voted the most outstanding player in the National League over such contemporaries as Troy Tulowitzki, Albert Pujols, Joey Votto, and other excellent players in the NL.

Over the course of the season, Gonzalez batted .336/.376/.598, with 34 homers, 117 RBI, the NL batting crown, and a serious threat to the Triple Crown during August and September.

Gonzalez could also be up for the Players' Choice award, along with World Series attendee Josh Hamilton and potential MVP winner Joey Votto.

Gonzalez led the NL in Hits (197), 3rd in runs scored (111), 4th in HR (34), tied for 6th in 3B (9), 2nd in RBI (117), tied for 10th in SB (26), 3rd in wOBA (.416), 3rd in wRAA (48.4), 9th in WAR (6.0).

An overall exciting breakout year for Carlos Gonzalez, and definitely a player to keep everyone's eyes on Colorado in the next few seasons.

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by hotdoglady on Oct 27, 2010 4:05 PM MDT reply actions

Batting crown wasn't as close as I thought it was

;)

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by dsmba on Oct 27, 2010 4:18 PM MDT reply actions

good points

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 27, 2010 4:19 PM MDT up reply actions

Is it bad that i recognized the typo by thinking

“no way was his IsoP that poor”

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 27, 2010 8:37 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

If by bad you mean awesome

then yes, it is bad.

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by dsmba on Oct 28, 2010 8:21 AM MDT up reply actions

Guh

Meant IsoD

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 28, 2010 11:20 AM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I'm calling it now, CarGo in a huge upset will win the MVP

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by SDcat09 on Oct 27, 2010 5:14 PM MDT reply actions

CarGo - Rah!

An amazing player. CarGo deserves any recognition that comes his way. That trade that brought him to Colorodo initially seemed like a bust. But it looks like CarGo will be a better player for many years to come that Holliday. Who would’a thought?!

by Real Perspective on Oct 27, 2010 5:42 PM MDT reply actions

i assume by "initially the trade seemed like a bust"

You are referring to the couple weeks musummer 09 where Cargo looked lost at the plate?

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 27, 2010 8:38 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

I would say the offseason where we contemplated our trading of one of the top 10 players

in the NL for a 6th starter, an injury prone closer and a guy who had just posted a 674 OPS as a corner OF rightfully led many to believe that the trade could have been better. Little Pony has since proved how wrong we were, and Street’s occasional excellence and overall solidity has being icing on the cake.

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by TomCat009 on Oct 28, 2010 2:10 AM MDT up reply actions

I honestly didn't know who CarGo was when the trade went down

That trade led me to Purple Row for the first time and an article by David Oh No breaking down the trade. I did like Street and felt he’d bounce back, and once I heard Cargo was a #1 prospect, I was willing to wait it out.

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by Andrew T. Fisher on Oct 28, 2010 2:13 AM MDT up reply actions