Jimmy Rollins MVP round up
Jimmy Rollins is your 2007 NL MVP. We’ve already told you who we think should have won. Here’s what all the other blogs are saying about J-Ro.
- The 700 Level is predictably giddy.
- Today was “Jimmy Rollins Day” at Bugs and Cranks. Seriously.
- Vegas Watch is incredulous.
“Four of the voters didn’t have Wright on their ballot. Four people, whose job it is to write about baseball, did not think that David Wright was one of the ten most valuable players in the National League.”
- Joe Sheehan blogged on both Baseball Prospectus and SI that the MVP Award has morphed into the Most Valuable Copy Award. He thinks David Wright should have won.
- The ESPN writers mostly picked Rollins.
- Mets Blog thinks the baseball writers were correct and that the Mets’ collapse should cost Wright. I didn’t expect that.
November 20th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Metsblog\’s opinions? Honestly, no one should listen to them.
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November 21st, 2007 at 8:39 am
So last year, you wanted Pujols to win, and this year you pick Holliday? Have you learned nothing from the Godfather? Never takes sides against the family, Ward. We’re revoking your fanhood.
We can only hope you’re rooting for Troy Tulowitzki next year so Chase Utley can pick up the trifecta.
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November 21st, 2007 at 10:30 am
Most in the Sabermetrics crowd picked David Wright as the NL MVP, and it’s not surprising why. Wright is just slightly less of a speed weapon and plays pristine defense (like Rollins).
The separating factor between the two, though, is offense. It’s not even close. Wright does the two things a hitter is paid to do — get on base and slug — better than Rollins.
In fact, even as a Phillies fan, Rollins barely makes it onto my top-ten list for the NL MVP.
That said, I’m elated another Phillie has won the award and couldn’t be happier for Jimmy. All of us in Philly are awaiting the trifecta when Chase Utley wins the award next season.
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November 21st, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Bill, I’m having trouble getting excited about Rollins winning an award he shouldn’t have won. It’s a decision I can’t agree with and it’s a group of voters I have lost all faith in.
Jimmy’s my favorite player. I think it’s great he’s being honored. But he’d have remained my favorite player had someone else won MVP, and the net result of the award going to Rollins — after it went to the wrong guy last year — is that I’m convinced that the award is arbitrary and therefore somewhat meaningless. We’ve taken the “most” out of most valuable player.
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November 21st, 2007 at 6:50 pm
As Bill said, I’m a Phils fan who thought Wright should’ve won, but I’m still selfishly happy about hte Rollins vote.
Still, I wrote my opinion here: http://hugetinymistake.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/jimmy-rollins-wins-the-nl-mvpdid-he-deserve-it/#comment-17999
It’s mostly numbers-oriented, so beware if you hate OPS or EQA or Win shares
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December 25th, 2007 at 11:26 pm
In all seriosness you mets fans in disguise have gone too far. Even if the Mets haddent got thier asses beat at the end of the season and they made the playoffs David wright didn’t even come close. If the Mets made the playoffs it wouldn’t have been Rollins but he still would have been way closer than Wright.
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