MVP: Ready to lead?

by 0157H7 on Sep 5, 2008 12:17 PM EDT

[Camera pans over a crowd of adoring Chicago White Sox fans.]

Crowd, chanting: MVP! MVP! MVP! MVP!

Voiceover: He's the biggest celebrity in baseball.

Voiceover: But, is he ready to lead? With the economy in crisis, Carlos Quentin wants to raise your ticket prices.

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Voiceover: And with energy more expensive than ever, Quentin continues to oppose drilling singles to the opposite-fielding. Instead, he flagrantly wastes his power on hitting homeruns, increasing our dependence on foreign (out of the field) runs.

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Voiceover: Higher Ticket Prices, More Foreign Runs. That's the real Carlos Quentin.

[This message paid for by the Million Voters for Pedroia.]

Poll

Who will get your MVP vote?

Dustin Pedroia. Ready to lead.

74 votes

Dustin Pedroia. Experience, when we need it most.

16 votes

Carlos Quentin. [This Diebold Voting Machine will subtract your vote from his total.]

21 votes

111 votes | Poll has closed

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I love me some Destroyah

But Carlos Quentin has to get my vote right now. He’s hit .287/.394/.571, good for a .965 OPS compared to Pedroia’s .883 OPS. Quentin has notched 96 runs, 37 HR, and 100 RBI to go with 7 SB and 66 BB. Surprisingly, though, Pedroia has more Total Bases (290 v 274).

If Pedroia keeps tearing things up that may swing me ultimately in his favor. Josh Hamilton is also a candidate for the award.

Berkman deserves to run away with the award for Senior Circuit MVP.

"You know you're having a bad day when the fifth inning rolls around and they drag the warning track." - Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles pitcher, 1992.

by SoxDevil on Sep 5, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

Although … Quentin could be out for a week plus. That hurts.

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by Randy Booth on Sep 5, 2008 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Pedroia will need over 20 home runs, a maintained .330 BA + batting title, and 20+ stolen bases to compete with Quentin.

by Charger567 on Sep 5, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions

Quentin may have a serious injury that could take him out of the lineup for several weeks. This is only further proof that he is not ready for the position of MVP.

by 0157H7 on Sep 5, 2008 2:42 PM EDT reply actions

i just read that hes having surgery and its pretty much a 0% chance hes coming back before the end of the season. Pedroia’s mvp chances just got alot of bigger.

by spinz on Sep 5, 2008 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

wow and just read the article you posted and it speculates he broke his wrist punching a locker in boston?? wow

by spinz on Sep 5, 2008 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

He took the more violent approach than Obama.

Where is the Paris Hilton/Britney Spears reference?

Don't question my choice of teams, or I will have to go all troll on you./Education is the best defense against the media./The Lord's Prayer=66 words, the Gettysburg Address=286words, the Declaration of Independence=1,322 words, government regulations on the sale of cabbage=26,911 words

by bdalebs on Sep 5, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions

he broke it

hitting his hand against his bat. Read that at ESPN.com.

by RickD on Sep 6, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

In fairness to Quentin,

Hamilton, Sizemore, Youk, etc., a large part of Pedroia’s platform consists of a noun, a verb and 5’6".

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Sep 5, 2008 9:00 PM EDT reply actions

huh, i'm thinking defense matters, too, no?

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 6, 2008 3:36 PM EDT reply actions

Who are you responding to?

I certainly haven’t mentioned defense.

Going by observation, Pedroia plays good defense. At a glance, some of his numbers (fielding win shares, OOZ) are pretty good too.

by 0157H7 on Sep 6, 2008 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

i'm responding to the thread in general, in which nobody has mentioned defense

Yes, I agree Pedroia has been good this year.
Youk has been quite good again.
Quentin rates quite poorly, although scouting report puts him above average.
Hamilton has been about average.
Kinsler is bad.
Grady Sizemore is very good.
Morneau is a bit above average.
Joe Mauer is good.

But POSITION matters in addition to fielding your position. The center fielders and catchers listed deserve a huge bonus, while the corner outfielders, first basemen and DHs deserve a penalty. Think of it this way — would you put Quentin or Morneau in center field or behind the plate? No way. But if they COULD play those positions, wouldn’t they be a lot more valuable? Yup — and that’s why Sizemore and Mauer are such studs — they have very good bats AND play tough positions very well.

by Sky Kalkman on Sep 7, 2008 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions

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