SB Nation Awards: 2009 American League Rookie of the Year

by Jesse on Nov 10, 2009 3:16 PM EST in News Comment 23 comments

Next round of the year's awards!

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Elvis Andrus	Texas Rangers	6	9	6	63
2	Andrew Bailey	Oakland Athletics	11	1	3	61
3	Jeff Niemann	Tampa Bay Rays	3	5	3	33
4	Rick Porcello	Detroit Tigers	2	7	2	33
5	Brett Anderson	Oakland Athletics	5	1	3	31
6	Gordon Beckham	Chicago White Sox	1	2	8	19
7	Nolan Reimold	Baltimore Orioles	1	-	1	6
8	Matt Wieters	Baltimore Orioles	-	1	3	6
9	Brad Bergesen	Baltimore Orioles	-	1	-	3
10	Ricky Romero	Toronto Blue Jays	-	1	-	3
11	Travis Snider	Toronto Blue Jays	-	1	-	3

I feel pretty good about these results too because, if I remember correctly, I voted pretty closely here too. I want to say I went Andrus-Bailey-Porcello. Beckham's year was underwhelming, Wieters was disappointing considering the hype and, as the tally shows, there were really only two choices for top pick.

My only question: RICK PORCELLO IS JUST 20 YEARS OLD!

Okay, so it's not a question...

Poll

Of the top five, who would get your vote for AL Rookie of the Year?

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Well, look at that.

Elvis Andrus is also 20 years old. Pressure’s on now, Boy Wonder. You have competition.

by fischean on Nov 10, 2009 3:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Mauer won gold glove

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091110&content_id=7645222&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Vikings 4 the superbowl

by RaysOfHope on Nov 10, 2009 3:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Jeter?

what a joke.

by montanatwinsfan on Nov 10, 2009 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He beat out Mauer for the Hank Aaron award, too.

by fischean on Nov 10, 2009 3:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I wanted to do a really snarky post about that,

but ended up not doing it for some odd reason.

by Jesse on Nov 10, 2009 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That is so wrong,

it almost makes me dislike Hank Aaron.

by montanatwinsfan on Nov 10, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sure

Jeter deserves it

"Is it normal to wake up in the morning in a sweat because you can't wait to beat another human's guts out?" -Joe Kapp

by less cowbell, more 'neau on Nov 10, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, he hit a major milestone

He’s now, like, 50th all time in hits!

"You're thinking too much. Just have fun." -- Bennie "The Jet" Rodriguez in Sandlot

by cmathewson on Nov 10, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Still not as many as Harold Baines!

by DavidRF on Nov 10, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

[Harold Baines]

by Jesse on Nov 10, 2009 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Eh

Whatever, who cares about an voted awards. Even less meaningful than writer-voted awards…

"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane

by AdamOnFirst on Nov 10, 2009 3:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He's

got his eyes on the Heisman next.

by Milt on Tilt on Nov 10, 2009 3:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

you forget the real qualifications for awards

1. Is the player a Yankee?
2. Did the player break the Yankee record for hits?
3. Is the player a leader, on and off the field?

Based upon this, Jeter deserved to win MVP, gold glove, and Nobel Peace Prize.

by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Nov 10, 2009 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I just can't believe he beat Mauer for the HA award!

I know it’s pretty meaningless in the long run, but wtf. Lame.

by fischean on Nov 10, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting...

Baily got almost twice as many first-place votes as anyone else but was left off almost half the ballots. Blogosphere anti-closer bias?

By the way, I only counted 29 votes – is there a team that doesn’t have an SBNation blog, or was there one lazy blog proprietor who didn’t bother to send in his ballot?

"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein

by BeefMaster on Nov 10, 2009 4:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I'd go Niemann

I’d go Niemann. Andrus’s hitting was only above average, and though his great glove made up much of the gap, he’s still a little below the others in terms of total contribution. Niemann and Bailey are virtually tied (Baily actually a run or tow ahead) but I’ll give Niemann the tiebreaker for being a starter. Porcello did well with a very poor defense behind him though.

by AdamOnFirst on Nov 10, 2009 4:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs