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here . Thoughts? In the top 20 prospects list (subscriber content didnt know if I should just start posting it inline...mods help me out here?) they say that despite Braun's ineptitude on defense, the home and away splits of Tulo's OPS (.960 at home vs. .719 away) is what tipped it in Braun's favor. This indicates that it's more than likely that Braun will be voted as NL ROY in the real awards.
Here are the top 20 as rated by BA this season:
1). Braun
2).Tulowitzki
3).Pedroia
4).Chris Young
5).Hunter Pence
6). Dice-K
7). Tim Lincecum
8).Jeremy Guthrie
9).James Loney
10).Kevin Kouzmanoff
11).Yovani Gallardo
12).Brian Bannister
13).Delmon Young
14).Mark Reynolds
15).Joakim Soria
16).Kyle Kendrick
17).Alex Gordon
18).Micah Owings
19).Yunel Escobar
20).Josh Hamilton
One notable exception is Joba Chamberlain, who was lights out for the Yankees from when he got called up until when the Yanks got bounced. disclaimer:I don't like the Yankees and I don't like Chamberlain. I'm not familiar with the criteria, but will Joba still be considered a rookie next year, and does BA only take you into account after you've exhausted your rookie status?