MLB All-Star Break Awards

Jimmy103 · Post #1 » by **Jimmy103** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:49 am

NL MVP:
1) Prince Fielder, Mil-1B (61 runs, 28 HR, 67 RBI, 0 SB, .283 BA, .989 OPS)

Prince Fielder is the king of Milwaukee right now. This Brewers team, along with the Detroit Tigers, have laid a solid plan for teams looking to emerge from the basement of their division. They both have a nice mixture of home grown talent and they complimented their own with a few veteran free agents. Suddenly they're winning and they have a comfortable lead over their division heading into the All-Star break. Who would have thought that you didn't need to break the bank (a la New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox) just to put a good squad on the field? As of right now, Prince would probably be the most feared hitter in the post-season (David Ortiz has been playing on a bad wheel all season, and I can't imagine it's going to get better without some off-season rest.)

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backer55 · Post #2 » by **backer55** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:30 am

MOST INSPIRATIONAL/ IMPROVED PLAYER [ new award intended to honer my favorite player]

BARRY BONDS

Shows us all how not to let the bass-turds get you down. He's leading all baseball in OB%, OPS%, and BB's not to mention 17 dingers and that he is shortly going to be 43 years old... Oh yea, and he's soon to be breaking some kind of record.

I never have been much of a quitter but, if i had achieved what Barry has done, had his money, and been put through what he has been put through these last few years...I'm thinking that i would have bent my behind over and told the world to kiss my fanny. Barry has held his head high, his nose clean, and gone about doing what takes to be a pro's pro, in the "Game" of Baseball.

stro4swift · Post #3 » by **stro4swift** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:00 pm

lmao @ his top 5 NL rookies...no Braun???

High 5 · Post #4 » by **High 5** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:23 pm

Prince has great power numbers, but he has to improve in other areas for me to consider him an MVP caliber player. Of course, there aren't really any clear MVP players that I can think of. I see Jose Reyes picking it up in the 2nd half and making a great case for it.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #5 » by **Buck You** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:02 pm

High 5 wrote:Prince has great power numbers, but he has to improve in other areas for me to consider him an MVP caliber player. Of course, there aren't really any clear MVP players that I can think of. I see Jose Reyes picking it up in the 2nd half and making a great case for it.

Prince just isn't a power hitter. He is a very good hitter overall. But, I don't blame you for not knowing that, since you barely get to watch him.

bigboy1234 · Post #6 » by **bigboy1234** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:15 pm

Fun fact of the day:

Chase Utley has been the best player in the NL so far this year.

blueNorange · Post #7 » by **blueNorange** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:31 pm

LAWL @ John Maine not being a top 5 for the Cy Young. :laugh:

High 5 · Post #8 » by **High 5** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:27 am

ReddBogutCharlieV wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Prince just isn't a power hitter. He is a very good hitter overall. But, I don't blame you for not knowing that, since you barely get to watch him.

Compare him to the last two MVP.

Pujols: .330 average, .430 on base
Howard: .313 average, .425 on base
Fielder: .284 average, .376 on base

Those aren't terrible by any means, but I think he'll need to improve them to be considered the MVP. He's fortunate that there aren't any other stand outs to this point, though.

livestrong4ever · Post #9 » by **livestrong4ever** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:41 am

blueNorange wrote:LAWL @ John Maine not being a top 5 for the Cy Young.

Chris Young
Jake Peavey
Brad Penny
Cole Hamels
Brandon Webb ?

Jose7 · Post #10 » by **Jose7** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:45 am

Your serious, Cole Hamels and Brandon Webb have been better then John Maine this year?

Well, I guess everything is based on names nowadays.

Bay_Areas_Finest · Post #11 » by **Bay_Areas_Finest** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:19 am

Lol, wow! Whoever wrote that post provided in the early link is a moron. I dont have a problem with Fielder being his top MVP choice, but it baffles me how he doesn't have Jose Reyes in his top 5, even behind someone like Peavy? Christ.

Also, Alex Rodriguez is no way in hell the top choice for MVP. The Yankees suck.

AL MVP: Maglio Ordonez

NL MVP: Prince Fielder

AL CY Young: Dan Haren

NL CY Young: Brad Penny

34Celtic · Post #12 » by **34Celtic** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:45 pm

The homerism on this board is out of control.

mets87 · Post #13 » by **mets87** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:12 pm

where has there been homerism...?

34Celtic · Post #14 » by **34Celtic** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:08 pm

mets87 wrote:where has there been homerism...?

It just seems like on every thread, its only about the players on YOUR team. I don't mean YOUR as in you mets....but as in the poster. Whoever the poster is, his teams players are the best. There is no better shortstop in the majors than JJ Hardy in Milwaukee, but if your writing from ATL, there is no better shortstop than Renteria. I just wish people could have an open view on all this. And i'm only using Hardy and Renteria as examples, because yea they are great players, but there are 7 shortstops in the Majors that I would take over them

34Celtic · Post #15 » by **34Celtic** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:15 pm

Derek Jeter
Michael Young
Hanley Ramirez
Jose Reyes
Troy Tulowitzki
Carlos Guillen
Orlando Cabrera

stro4swift · Post #16 » by **stro4swift** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:19 pm

Orlando Cabrera is sooooo slept on!

bigboy1234 · Post #17 » by **bigboy1234** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:29 pm

34Celtic wrote:Derek Jeter
Michael Young
Hanley Ramirez
Jose Reyes
Troy Tulowitzki
Carlos Guillen
Orlando Cabrera

What the...Troy Tulowitzki isn't better than Edgar Renteria. And if we're talking strictly this year Edgar has also been better than Guillen and Young. Oh, and for future debate David Eckstein is better than them all!

34Celtic · Post #18 » by **34Celtic** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:44 pm

I think Tulowitzki is the best defensive shortstop in baseball, yea...better than Jack Wilson or Omar Vizquel. I know the Rockies get zero pub....zero. I just really think Renteria is overrated, maybe because living in New England I saw how awful he was with the Red Sox.

Good Eckstein joke...

bigboy1234 · Post #19 » by **bigboy1234** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:47 pm

joke?

34Celtic · Post #20 » by **34Celtic** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:53 pm

bigboy1234 wrote:joke?

Yeah, I was upset at the homerism on the board...and you bring up the fact that Eckstein is better than them all. You funny little devil you :clap: