Breaking Blue 2015 AL MVP
Oct29

Breaking Blue 2015 AL MVP

The final installment of our awards series, one that will surely resonate with Jays fans, the American League MVP. John Havok – Josh Donaldson Mike Trout made this very close by the end of the season. At the end of August, Donaldson had this award in the bag due to his hot stretch and Trout’s cold snap. Then September happened and Trout was on fire, leading his team on a near miraculous run to fall just 1 game short of the...

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Breaking Blue 2015 NL MVP
Oct24

Breaking Blue 2015 NL MVP

I’m not sure if we should apologize in advance for the lack of analysis that’s about to happen in this installment of our 2015 awards picks, but really there doesn’t need to be a lot. John Havok – Bryce Harper. You might wonder why there’s a period behind his name. It’s because that’s where the conversation for NL MVP starts and stops. I don’t care that his team didn’t make the...

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Breaking Blue 2015 AL Rookie of the Year
Oct20

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...

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Some ALCS Thoughts and Links Entering Game Three
Oct19

Some ALCS Thoughts and Links Entering Game Three

(Title photo courtesy of Arturo Pardavila, https://www.flickr.com/photos/apardavila/) The Blue Jays are in a familiar position in the American League Championship Series, having dropped the first two games. Luckily for them, this series is a best-of-seven, so they have more breathing room at this point than they did in the ALDS against Texas. Still, they’re in a hole and Fangraphs gives them only a 20% of advancing to the World...

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Breaking Blue 2015 NL Rookie of the Year
Oct17

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...

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Breaking Blue 2015 AL Cy Young Award Ballots
Oct13

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...

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