2007 SBN Baseball Awards: NL MVP

by Eric Simon on Nov 8, 2007 2:44 PM EST

Every year, SBN conducts an internal vote among our baseball bloggers to determine the results of MLB's annual awards. Our votes don't really count, but it's a neat exercise to see if we can do a better job of picking the winners than the real voters whose actual votes we deride for being shoddy and misinformed.

I was only given a vote for the National League awards, but I will include the results of both leagues here over the coming days.

Rookies of the Year
Managers of the Year
Cy Youngs

My Ballot

Hanley Ramirez
David Wright
Chipper Jones
Matt Holliday
Albert Pujols
Miguel Cabrera
Prince Fielder
Chase Utley
Jimmy Rollins
Barry Bonds

Clearly, I watched a different baseball season than my SBN compatriots. I don't really have anything new to say about this, and everyone's reasons for voting as they did were hashed out on the SBN internal mailing list. Suffice it to say there are differences of opinion as to how to judge the "value" of a player, and a lot of people still insist on marrying the overall performance of a team to the individual accomplishments of a single player.

Your thoughts?

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Matt Holliday	12	4	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	235
Prince Fielder	-	4	9	2	1	2	1	2	-	-	148
Jimmy Rollins	4	2	3	2	2	1	-	1	2	1	137
David Wright	1	2	1	3	5	1	2	4	-	1	117
Chipper Jones	-	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	95
Hanley Ramirez	2	-	-	3	2	1	2	2	5	-	90
Chase Utley	-	2	-	2	3	1	4	3	4	-	88
Albert Pujols	-	1	1	3	2	4	-	2	1	2	80
Ryan Howard	1	2	1	1	-	1	3	-	2	2	70
Jake Peavy	1	2	2	-	1	2	-	-	1	2	68
Miguel Cabrera	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	1	4	35
Brandon Webb	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	16
Aramis Ramirez	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	13
Eric Byrnes	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	13
Derrek Lee	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Ryan Braun	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	8
Brad Penny	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	6
Jose Reyes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
John Smoltz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Troy Tulowitzki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Adam Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Roy Oswalt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Carlos Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Todd Helton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Barry Bonds	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

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My personal opinion is that

The MVP is for the best player in the league. Not the best player among the teams that did good.I do believe that Fielder belongs up there. Holliday not so much... his numbers are from a hitters ball park. And from What ive heard from others, he can't field. That should nullify his stats. Almost the same could be said for rollins, though I admit bias could come in conciously or unconciously in that decision. Fielder first, Wright second. Though I wouldnt mind david winning MVP

"As for 1966--oy. Chilcott was a catcher who never reached the majors. The number two pick was held by the Kansas City A's. They picked Reggie Jackson"

by NewMet5 on Nov 8, 2007 3:06 PM EST reply actions

MVP

Means "Most Valuable Player", not "Most Valuable Player from a contender". That being said, the guy I think deserves the NL MVP was on a contender.

David Wright
Hanley Ramirez
Chipper Jones
Prince Fielder
Chase Utley
Albert Pujols
Miguel Cabrera
Matt Holliday
Jimmy Rollins
Barry Bonds

That's not Mets bias (OK, maybe a little). I genuinely believe David was the best player in the league in 2007.

Keep A-Rod in New York! Bring him to Queens!!!

by Greenpoint Ian on Nov 8, 2007 4:13 PM EST reply actions

Yeah...

...not Holliday. My MVP is Wright, but he's not going to win. With writers who think that Derek Jeter is the best player in baseball, it'll be no surprise to see Holliday or Rollins win. Great players to be sure, but the MVP for me is either Wright or Fielder.

by kmdarcy @ Amazin' Avenue on Nov 8, 2007 11:31 PM EST up reply actions

holliday's splits

Home OPS: 1.157
Away: .860

not to mention a 75 point drop in batting average. 75 points.

wright's OPS was over 1.000 at home and a little over .900 on the road. he HAS to be the mvp. best hitter on the team; pretty good defense; was 34/39 (87%!) stealing bases

fielder's OPS+ was only 6 points higher and the only thing he does better than wright is hit home runs.

by gogomets on Nov 9, 2007 11:14 AM EST up reply actions

Hanley's D

Even without the contender argument, I don't think Hanley Ramirez should really be an MVP candidate. He was probably the worst defensive SS in baseball this year, and it's not really even close. SS is just too important a position to have a black hole at, I can't imagine he didn't severely hurt his team defensively. Just for one metric, John Dewan put him at a -37 for the year (37 less plays made then the average SS). The 3rd worst SS was at -19.

by yellomellojello on Nov 8, 2007 9:03 PM EST reply actions