Saturday, December 9, 2017

A cool card of a guy who didn't deserve an MVP vote in 2000

I don't understand why Cy Young voters get up to five choices while MVP voters get then.  I know one award goes to a smaller population than the other, but I feel like the bottom of an MVP ballot rarely affects the winner.  Just one of those things I guess.

Anyways, today's player got one MVP vote in 2000 as a relief pitcher.  And NO votes for the Cy Young award.  Seems a bit backwards right?  So does giving an MVP vote to a guy with a 1.514 WHIP, 4.24 ERA, and an overall 0.5 WAR as a closer.

The player's name: Antonio Alfonseca

The card:
This is one of Alfonseca's first cards from when he joined the Marlins' system, and I like that he's hitting on it.

A random rookie more deserving of the award: Rick Ankiel.  He finished 2nd in rookie of the year voting with 0.8 WAR in a year where he went 11-7 with a 3.5 ERA and hit his first two homers
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4 comments:

  1. Jamie MeyersDecember 9, 2017 at 2:43 PM

    He might not have deserved it but he is an incredibly nice guy so I'd have given him a vote.

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    1. SpastikMoossDecember 16, 2017 at 12:38 PM

      Totally legit. I've heard good things about him as well.

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  2. FujiDecember 10, 2017 at 9:17 PM

    When I first started reading this post, I was thinking this guy got some random vote. Y'know the kind of vote that should get some people banned from voting. But then I checked out Mr. Alfonseca's 2000 numbers. The guy led the MLB in saves that season on a team that only won 74 games. Maybe not MVP worthy... but pretty cool. Kinda surprised he didn't get any Cy Young Award votes.

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    1. SpastikMoossDecember 16, 2017 at 12:39 PM

      That is pretty impressive on such a bad team. Certainly some convenient usage, and probably more worth Cy votes than MVP votes.

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