THE 2012 MLB RESENTMENT AWARDS:
Part 1 The AWARDS THAT PEOPLE DON'T
CARE ABOUT.
Part 1 The AWARDS THAT PEOPLE DON'T
CARE ABOUT.
The Resentee's is a clown award show... or something bro.
The AL Rookie of the Year : MIKE TROUT. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The 21 year old sensation just might be having the best rookie season baseball has ever seen. If dig deeper then just the offensive numbers and see he holds down CF with his sprinter like speed. With a WAR of 10.6 Trout would be considered the most valuable player according to the stat. The WAR stat stands for Wins Above Replacement. That means he gave the Angels 10 more wins then they would have if they used Peter Bourjos and that would be the highest total in MLB since the juicy Barry Bonds . In fact it would put this season inside the top 25 WAR seasons of all time. WAR is the number one stat most geeks are basing players value on these days.
The NL Rookie of the Year: BRYCE HARPER. Washington Nationals.
But how can you say that he doesn't even have the best rookie numbers? Wake up people there is more to baseball then batting average. Bryce Harper is playing a major role on a team that won the East in a runaway fashion. Harper's speed and arm make him a valuable asset in the field as he can play all the OF spots effectively. With great range and a cannon that has yielded 8 Assists his defense makes him a game changer. While only hitting .260 which isn't that bad he has run into 20 Home Runs while on pace to reach almost a 100 runs scored. His hype was off the charts. Has he lived up to it? I believe so, his season is being diminished by Trout jumping off the charts.
The AL Comeback Player of the Year: FERNANDO RODNEY. Tampa Bay Rays. Sorry Adam Dunn.
Coming off a horrible season for the Angels he lands with Tampa Bay and magically has turned it around in a way that would be cheesy if you saw it in a Disney movie.
He goes from a season in which he had a WHIP of 1.69 and a ERA of 4.50 with 3 Saves
to a season with a WHIP of 0.77 and a ERA of 0.64 and 44 Saves. He currently has a WAR of 3.4.
You realize when closer Eric Gagne won the NL Cy Young Award he had a WHIP of .69 and a ERA of 1.20 with a WAR of 3.6 Pretty close.
The NL Comeback Player of the Year: ADAM LaROCHE. Washington Nationals. This was my hardest category to crown a winner. Of course A.J. Burnett had a solid season along with Ryan Ludwick, Pedro Alvarez and Stephen Strasburg and you can be generous and throw Adam Wainright in there after his second half bounce back.
If you look at LaRoche's track record this season doesn't jump out at you like it's an outstanding season because really it's just another one of his solid under the radar seasons at the plate. He wins the award in my eyes because last season for him was simply a disaster. Playing in only 40 games he hit a weak .172 in 150 AB's. 3 of those 26 hits were bombs. This season he comes all the way back and not only manages a full season healthy he is hitting .269 with 32 HR with the same WAR value as Ferando Rodney.
The AL Manager of the Year: BUCK SHOWALTER.
Buck has already won 2 of these thing before and in my opinion he is the best manager in baseball.
The Orioles were picked by many to finish dead last in the brutally tough AL East and now Buck has the O's battling for the division as we enter the last week of the season. No manager has done more with less expectations than that crazy Joey Maddon down in Tampa took his boys to the Series. Somehow the Orioles seem to win every single close game, the only team in playoff contention with a negative run differential means the O's are actually getting outscored this season. How are they winning these games? Obviously the players are coming through in the late innings but Showalter is using the matchup's to his advantage to the point it's schooling other coaches. As CP3 would put it "Buck is 'son-ing' them"
Showalter has always been a master mind as a manager as he built the foundations for 2 dynasties before departing to reap the rewards. He manged and basically architected the Yankees before Torre walked into that cushy gig. Then again he was out in Arizona before The Unit and Schilling took over. It's nice to see Buck back in the spotlight if the Orioles make it in watch it.
The NL Manager of the Year:MIKE MATHENY. St. Louis Cardinals.
Not much of surprise to me seeing I had the Cardinals making the playoff's but it is still pretty remarkable what Matheny accomplished this season. All Mike had to do was find a way to replace all that offense left behind when the Albert Pujols bailed to Anaheim and having to do that while following one of the best managers in the history of the game. Seem manageable?
Well then try losing your Ace Chris Carpenter for the season all while your other ace Adam Wainright is trying to find it again coming off Tommy John having very little effectiveness the first half. Okay then imagine losing Lance Berkman the majority of the season. Matheny has dealt with some serious setbacks his first season at the top and has the Cardinals in position to hold off the rest of the contenders for the second Wild Card. Turns out they also just happen to have playoff tested Chris Carpenter lined up to start the play in game.
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