AL Rookie of the Year

[revo]

Who's the AL Rookie of the Year? Close race:

Eric Hosmer - .292, 63 R, 17 HR, 72 RBI, 11 SB, .799 OPS
Mark Trumbo - .256, 63 R, 28 HR, 83 RBI, 9 SB, .773 OPS
JP Arencibia - .221, 45 R, 23 HR, 76 RBI, 1 SB, .734 OPS
Ben Revere - .257, 52 R, 0 HR, 25 RBI, 32 SB, .598 OPS
Jeremy Hellickson - 13-10, 2.91 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 176 IP, 63 BB, 114 K
Michael Pineda - 9-10, 3.72 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 167 IP, 53 BB, 171 K
Ivan Nova - 15-4, 3.81 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 151 IP, 54 BB, 91 K
Jorden Walden - 5-3, 31 Sv, 2.41 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 56 IP, 23 BB, 63 K

[Moonlight J]

Hellickson....considering the level of competition he's had to do it against

[swampdragon]

If Lawrie got the call earlier - wow

Brett Lawrie - .297, 26R, 9 HR, 24 RBI, 7 SB, .967 OPS - in 145 ABs

[revo]

If Lawrie got the call earlier - wow

Brett Lawrie - .297, 26R, 9 HR, 24 RBI, 7 SB, .967 OPS - in 145 ABs

Agreed -- had he been up in June, when he broke his hand, this might be a runaway....

[Moonlight J]

If Jennings had not broken his finger in June....guy has nearly 20 steals already

[Lucky]

Jennings hasn't been bad in his 207 or so ABs. With a full season of plate appearances, what does he steal next year?

I want to take my vote back. I was taken by Nova with that 15-4 record, but I was looking at a different lines for inside numbers. I would probably go with Walden or Hosmer. Hosmer is getting better every week and showing more power as he goes.

[revo]

Jennings hasn't been bad in his 207 or so ABs. With a full season of plate appearances, what does he steal next year?

I want to take my vote back. I was taken by Nova with that 15-4 record, but I was looking at a different lines for inside numbers. I would probably go with Walden or Hosmer. Hosmer is getting better every week and showing more power as he goes.

Nova has been fine, but getting 6.6 Runs/Game is a pretty big reason why he's 15-4.

[Lucky]

So why the love for Trumbo over Hosmer? Just the dingers? Hosmer has about a 30 point lead in OBP.

[revo]

So why the love for Trumbo over Hosmer? Just the dingers? Hosmer has about a 30 point lead in OBP.

Rookie of the Year isn't normally determined by importance to their team, but in this case, I think Trumbo has been integral to the Angels success in staying in the hunt. No way would they be just 4.5 games back without him.

[Grinch]

So why the love for Trumbo over Hosmer? Just the dingers? Hosmer has about a 30 point lead in OBP.

Full season of more meaningful AB's. Kept his team in the playoff hunt. Had less lineup protection as well.

For me--- Trumbo, Hosmer, Hellickson Walden. 1,2,3,4. Without much separation. Pineda would have been right up there about a month ago.

[onejayhawk]

Ugh.

Hellboy, almost by default.

J

[joncarlos]

Hellboy and I don't think it's that close. An ERA under 3 in the AL East?

[Big Tymer]

5 for 5 for Hosmer tonight getting the BA to .300. Likely not enough but a very nice year for sure.

[revo]

Hellickson takes the award.