2006 ILB NL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD

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― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

#5 - Miguel Cabrera, 3B, Florida Marlins (46 points)

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/sports/brew/img/oct03/miguel1022.jpg

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:37 (nineteen years ago)

#4 - Carlos Beltran, OF, New York Mets (60 points)

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/2005/05/13/freeagent.booms/Beltran.jpg

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

#3 - Lance Berkman, 1B/OF, Houston Astros (72 points)

http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Lance-Berkman---2004-Fielding-Action-Photofile-Photograph-C10123942.jpeg

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:40 (nineteen years ago)

#2 - Ryan Howard, 1B, Philadelphia Phillies (94 points, 2 first place votes)

http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/images/fan_forum/wallpaper/howard_1024x768.jpg

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

That photo is so awesome, it almost makes me want to change my vote.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

#1 - Albert Pujols, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals (130 points, 2 first place votes)

http://cache.boston.com/images/bostondirtdogs//Headline_Archives/10_17_pujols_apmembers.jpg

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

8 first place votes, rather : (

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

Berkman over Cabrera and Beltran is crazy.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

overall voting:

Albert Pujols - 130 (8)
Ryan Howard - 94 (2)
Lance Berkman - 72
Beltran - 60
Cabrera - 46
Jose Reyes - 27
Chase Utley - 24
Soriano - 18
David Wright - 16
McCann - 12
Holliday - 8
Bonds - 8
Bay - 8
Delgado - 3
Oswalt - 3
Johnson - 2
Hanle y - 2
Webb - 2
Durham - 2
Christ Carpenter - 1
Bill Mueller - 1

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 October 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

Mueller yay!

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Monday, 9 October 2006 23:19 (nineteen years ago)

Berkman over Cabrera and Beltran is crazy.

Oh, it is on like Donkey Kong:

Player:OBP/SLG/OPS/VORP/HR/RBI/SB
Berkman:.420/.621/1.041/71.2/45/136/3
Beltran:.388/.594/.982/67.6/41/116/18
Cabrera:.430/.568/.998/79.1/26/114/9

You can make arguments all day on which order they should be, but it's perfectly reasonable to think that Berkman might have been more valuable than the other two. Especially when you factor in Berkman's 48" vertical leap (see photo above).

― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 01:31 (nineteen years ago)

Those numbers look pretty close actually (other than Cabrera's VORP) EXCEPT that Beltran is a plus centerfielder and Cabrera is a very reasonable thirdbaseman most of the time (at least according to BP) whereas Berkman plays the least challenging defensive position in baseball (pretty well, I guess) most of the time and is a mediocre outfielder the rest of the time.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 03:17 (nineteen years ago)

Bill James' win shares (which incorporates defense) has Beltran in #2 and Cabrera and Berkman tied at #3.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

FWIW: Ryan Howard is 6th, behind David Wright.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 03:28 (nineteen years ago)

By comparison, VORP measures offense only.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 03:31 (nineteen years ago)

berkman has hella BLORP

― fergie-ferg meluvulongtime~~~ (Adrian Langston), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 04:42 (nineteen years ago)

what Alex said abt Fat Elvis

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 12:10 (nineteen years ago)

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