Ryan Braun named Baseball America ROY

[MuresanForMVP]

Article found 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?

[MikeyPatriot]

If Joba wasn't on the list at all, I would assume he didn't meat the minimum requirements for rookie status (I'm too lazy to look it up).

[dlk9s]

Braun also named NL ROY by Sporting News:

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn...c.php?t=290147

A-Rod POY
Wedge AL Manager
Pedroia AL ROY
Carlos Pena AL Comeback
Melvin NL Manager
Dmitri Young NL Comeback

[DesertCat]

Chris Young and Tulowitzki would like to point out that they also play in the field, unlike a glorified DH like Braun.

[dlk9s]

By the way, this seems to be one of the better rookie crops in quite some time.

[James282]

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Chris Young and Tulowitzki would like to point out that they also play in the field, unlike a glorified DH like Braun.

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he contributes less than a DH in the field

[bottomset]

baseballprospectus has Tulowitzski as a dominant defensive player, is that consistent with other metrics

Tulowitski +45FRAR at SS
Braun -10FRAR at 3B

[dlk9s]

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Chris Young and Tulowitzki would like to point out that they also play in the field, unlike a glorified DH like Braun.

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I like Chris Young, but come on, he had a .237 BA and a sub-.300 OBP.

But man, if he can get that average up, Young, Tulo, Braun, and Pence could be battling for MVP's soon.

[jessica1994]

where is okijima

[James282]

okajiima is a huge ommission. it's like they tried to combine projection and production, which is pretty stupid when naming ROY candidates.