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SB Nation NL Rookie of the Year: Tommy Hanson

Atlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson works in the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 31, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Atlanta Braves starter Tommy Hanson works in the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Friday, July 31, 2009, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Here are the results (after the jump because the charts don't quite work on the front page):

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Rk Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts
1 Tommy Hanson Atlanta Braves 9 9 6 78
2 J.A. Happ Philadelphia Phillies 6 9 7 64
3 Andrew McCutchen Pittsburgh Pirates 8 3 5 54
4 Chris Coghlan Florida Marlins 7 5 4 54
5 Dexter Fowler Colorado Rockies - 3 1 10
6 Randy Wells Chicago Cubs - - 6 6
7 Garrett Jones Pittsburgh Pirates 1 - - 5
8 Casey McGehee Milwaukee Brewers - 1 2 5
9 Seth Smith Colorado Rockies - 1 - 3

 

I voted Hanson, McCutchen, Happ. Long-term, I'm a bigger fan of McCutchen than any of them--actually, I'm not a big long-term believer in Hanson because I think he leaves the ball up too much--but his performance this year really was excellent in every way you'd hope for. Hanson also gets the edge over Happ because of better peripherals. Happ actually had a huge edge over Hanson in VORP (who had a very small edge over McCutchen) but I have to make a judgment call here and vote for the guy who was, in my view, really beating the opposition instead of the guy who pitched well but depended more on his defense.

Here are the AL results:

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

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I would have voted McCutchen, Smith, Hanson in the NL. Happ is probably near the bottom of the Top 10. Zimmerman would have been towards the top if he would have had a 2nd half like the first instead of wrecking his arm.

It would be Anderson, Andrus, Romero in the AL. From here, Anderson and McCutchen separated themselves from the pack. But they won’t come close to winning the baseball writer’s awards not to mention the SB Nation. That’s the consequence for playing in Pittsburgh and Oakland instead of a large media market.

by Adam Reynolds on Nov 10, 2009 5:52 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

My ballot:

McCutchen – Smith – Wells, in that order. Hanson had a good season, but I don’t consider “ceiling” in ROY voting, and IMO Wells’s edge in PT was too much to overcome.

by Vlad on Nov 10, 2009 9:34 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Blast

I thought Cutch might be able to weasel the award, and he did get the first-place votes, but I kind of assumed he wouldn’t get enough of a following to win it because he really wasn’t mentioned much publicly for the award by the major media types.

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


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