PH4H Basebeall MVP
Well, there's just a bit over a month left in the season, so it's time to start thinking about the big awards, starting with PH4H MVP.
Of course, PH4H is all about the pitching, but for MVP, like in the actual game, batting and pitching should be judged independently.
Unless, something drastic happens in the next month, your PH4H MVP will be.... drumroll please.... Ronny Cedeno! The Cubs shortstop has 128.75 points in the league, which is over 30 above his closest competitor, Angel Berroa. Here's the top 5....
Ronny Cedeno (Cubs) 128.75
Angel Berroa (Royals) 95.25
Brad Ausmus (Astros) 89.50
Sal Fasano (Mets) 85.75
Royce Clayton (Reds) 71.50
I know, hard to believe that Jim Bowden traded away a PH4H MVP candidate in Clayton.
Now, for pitching.... this is much more interesting. First, I'm trying to come up with a name for this award.... what's the PH4H equivalent of the Cy Young award? Perhaps, it should be named at the end of the season after the winner.
If the season ended today, it would be the Ambiorix Burgos Award. It says alot about the state of Kansas City pitching that their CLOSER is currently in the lead.
But the pitching race is much closer than the batting race. Here's the top ten.
Ambiorix Burgos (Royals) 415.00
Solomon Torres (Pirates) 408.40
Carlos Silva (Twins) 407.60
Ramon Ortiz (Nationals) 389.20
Jason Marquis (Cardinals) 387.90
Joel Pineiro (Mariners) 383.60
Jeff Weaver (Cardinals) 376.20
Rodrigo Lopez (Orioles) 370.90
Jose Mesa (Rockies) 369.70
Mike Stanton (Giants) 364.60
5 comments:
Weaver and Marquis... I think you should be thanking all us Cardinals fan for your success!
I think the only real way to figure out who is actually the worst pitcher in the league is to divide the number of points by the number of innings pitched.
Cedeno is 0-2 so far today with a strike out, 2 LOB and a throwing error. He is my hero.
I don't think that's quite fair though. Some pitcher who was called up from the minors, gave up 12 runs in an inning, and was then sent back down would win. Burgos is much more deserving of the Ponson Award than someone like that.
Yeah, but the points as/is discriminates against the guys that pitch most often, not the guys who pitch worst. There's got to be a happy medium, kind of like figuring out a pitcher's ERA.
And, if he had pitched for the entire season, would Ponson be eligible for the Ponson award?
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