It's nice and all and Jay had a good season but I don't think he was even close to being one of the top-3 with the bat this past year. To me, the third spot should've been Holiday or perhaps even Dexter Fowler.
It's nice and all and Jay had a good season but I don't think he was even close to being one of the top-3 with the bat this past year. To me, the third spot should've been Holiday or perhaps even Dexter Fowler.
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Here's the NL Centrals top ten in OPS vs their league
Fielding Runs above average added for fodder
Code:OPS DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE EBH FRAA 1 Ryan Braun .268 .987 .718 80 2 2 Andrew McCutchen .234 .953 .718 66 0 3 Ryan Ludwick .158 .877 .718 55 -6 4 Matt Holliday .158 .877 .718 65 -13 5 Carlos Beltran .123 .842 .718 59 -5 6 Jay Bruce .123 .841 .718 74 9 7 Alfonso Soriano .103 .821 .718 67 8 8 Norichika Aoki .069 .787 .718 51 -6 9 Jon Jay .054 .773 .718 30 15 10 Carlos Gomez .049 .768 .718 42 4
One place where Leake has a clear advantage was in sacrifices- 7 to 2. This is one area actually important with pitchers and what they are often asked to do (whether or not it is right to ask them).
The league leader in sacrifices was Cincinnati's own Johnny Cueto with 17 (tied with Juan Pierre)
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting.../type/expanded
Last edited by klw; 11-15-2012 at 03:03 PM.
Maybe some of you don't think Jay deserved the award (I do). He was player of the week on several occasions as well as being clutch A LOT. Congrats, Jay.
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