Breaking Blue 2015 AL Rookie of the Year
Kris Bryant was our near unanimous choice for the NL Rookie of the Year and will win it when the awards are announced by MLB, but the American League Rookie awards didn’t really have see 1 single dominant rookie performance, but rather several really good ones. John Havok – Francisco Lindor I really wish Devon Travis didn’t get hurt or his name would very likely be in the conversation given the tremendous start to...
Breaking Blue 2015 NL Rookie of the Year
We’ve made our picks for the each league’s best pitcher and today we pick the National League Rookie of the Year. John Havok – Kris Bryant I’d love to try and make an argument for Matt Duffy or Noah Syndergaard, but as decent as those arguments might be, they just aren’t better than the argument for Kris Bryant. He led all NL rookies in pretty much every offensive stat that matters, was good defensively...
Breaking Blue 2015 AL Cy Young Award Ballots
(Featured image from Arturo Pardavila, https://www.flickr.com/photos/apardavila/) Sunday, we gave our hypothetical ballots for the NL Cy Young award. Today we shift to the American League. John Havok – Chris Sale. I can hear your heads exploding. Dallas Keuchel will get a lot of support from the camp that values 20 wins, a very low ERA and being on a team going to the playoffs. His ground ball numbers and weak contact rate are...
Breaking Blue 2015 NL Cy Young Award Ballots
No, none of us have award ballots and never will, but we all have an opinion and that’s what the internet is for! Over the next week we’ll deliver each of our writers’ picks for the top MLB awards; MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year for both the American League and National League. First, the NL Cy Young. John Havok – Clayton Kershaw Max Scherzer undoubtedly gained a few votes with his second no hitter of the...
Three Interesting Statistical Themes of the Blue Jays’ 2015 Season
(Title photo courtesy of Keith Allison, https://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/) With a loss at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays, the Blue Jays finished the season 93-69, well above pre-season and pre-August expectations, but also well short of their BaseRuns and Pythagorean records. It’s been a great season all around for the club that won the 2015 AL East. And with the season coming to a close and the postseason roster and...
Fantasy Keeper Pitching Sleepers For 2016
(Title photo courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III, https://www.flickr.com/photos/apardavila/) On Friday, Nik published an article that included some good sleeper position players to target going forward. Here is its pitching counterpart. These are some pitchers who for some reason or another, either statistically- or scouting-based, I like at a level that far exceeds what is perceived to be their value. Many sleeper lists are a mix of hot...
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