Showing posts with label Todd Helton HOFer?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Todd Helton HOFer?. Show all posts
Saturday, November 9, 2013
2013 Team Awards: Colorado Rockies
In order to review the 2013 season, the crackpot staff of Off Base is handing out awards to each Major League team. Please send us $19.95 for the shipping and handling of your team's
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MVP: Troy Tulowitzki
Even the most cynical of baseball fans have to feel sorry for the Rockies. A little? Maybe not. Haters gonna hate. (Haters Gonna Hat is the name of my punk barber shop quartet) The reasons are twofold why I feel bad for Rockies fans. 1. Coors Light 2. They have two of the top 25-or-so best position players in baseball but they can't stay on the field.
Tulo is a monster at the plate, .312/.391/.540 slash, .400 wOBA in 2013, but he's also an elite defender at short. Good luck proving me right or wrong, though, since he rarely plays enough to qualify for leaderboards. Which brings me back to the problem. Tulo was 17th among position players with a 5.6 fWAR in 126 games in 2013. Carlos Gonzalez's 4.9 fWAR would have been good for 27th had he qualified but he's a topic for another post. Tulowitzki has played in 150+ games twice since he became a full time player in 2007. His injury history has more options than a Chinese food menu. The tight thigh is delicious with duck sauce.
Tulo's 7-year, $123MM extension kicks off in 2014 and rumors have swirled about his tradeability but he's not going anywhere if the Rox intend on making a push anytime soon.
LVP: Todd Helton
Look, I don't feel great about naming Helton the least valuable player for the only team he's ever played for during his fringy Hall of Fame career on the year he retired. BUT. His .314 OBP in 442 plate appearances in 2013 was 100 points lower than his career .414 OBP. Instead, let's focus on his career highlights like that time he almost killed Clint Barmes with deer meat. Happy retirement and happy hunting, Todd.
Cy Young: Jhoulys Chacin
Jorge de la Rosa put up a comparable season to Chacin's but threw 30 fewer innings. I also deducted points after finding out de la Rosa has no affiliation with De La Soul. I just assumed there was a connection and can only blame that on Me, Myself and I.
Cy Yuck: Drew Pomeranz
Remember Pomeranz? His 21.2 innings of 6.23 ERA Major League service this year might be forgettable but he was the Rockies number one prospect going into the 2012 season. He was the Indians number four prospect going into 2011 before he was the headline PTBNL in the Ubaldo Jiminez deal. And if something doesn't change in a hurry, he might be your beer league softball team's best prospect going into the 2016 season.
Cy Sorry: Rafael Betancourt
The 39-year-old Betancourt underwent potential career ending Tommy John surgery after the Rockies failed to trade him at the 2013 deadline. His 2014 option was not picked up. A terrible situation for everybody involved. Hopefully, Helton will just mail him some deer meat.
ROY: Nolan Arenado
For a guy supposedly destined to move to first base, Arrenado provided a ton of his value from his 22.6 UZR at the hot corner. Baseball America had Arenado as Colorado's number one prospect and he was their best rookie. Pats on the back for everybody. Okay, his .267/.301/.405 clearly needs some work but, you know, he's not Garrett Atkins or Ian Stewart. Yet.
Reliever of the Year: Rex Brothers
If the 1.74 ERA or 10.16 K/9 don't do anything for you, just do like I do and pretend Rex Brothers is actually the twins from Double Dragon.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Curveballs for Jobu
Curveballs for Jobu is Offbasepercentage's daily trip around the ballparks.
Today's honorary bay boy is Keith Lockhart and he's here because his middle name is Virgil and that reminds me of the good old days of the WWF.
Today's honorary bay boy is Keith Lockhart and he's here because his middle name is Virgil and that reminds me of the good old days of the WWF.
Hey kids, I'm still in charge of Jobu which means plenty of lowlights of relief pitching and tons of NL West coverage.
Padres 3, Dodgers 1. Miguel Tejada went 3-4 including his 300th career home run. The Padres reclaimed the West lead by .5 game. Aaron Cunningham lead off for the Pads and went 0-4. Potsy: DNP.
Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 4. My beloved Rox fell 3 games back in the West. Tulo is still struggling at the dish going 0-4 with a pair of strikeouts. Todd Helton hit his 7th home run of the season. Seven. In the year 2000, Helton won the National League Slash Line Triple Crown hitting .372/.463/.698 with 42 home runs. He finished 5th in MVP voting despite leading the league in WAR. His Hall of Fame case is debatable and likely the discussion for another post but it's worth noting his career OBP is .424. Hey, Mark Reynolds only struck out twice.
Cubs 2, Giants 0. The Giants surrendered first place and blog favorite Buster Posey didn't help by striking out thrice. Fukudome homered reminding me that he still plays for a major league team.
Rangers 2, Angels 1 (12). The Rangers trimmed their magic number to 4 because the Angels refuse to score any runs for Danny Haren. Haren pitched 7 innings allowing 1 unearned run. *sigh*
Padres 3, Dodgers 1. Miguel Tejada went 3-4 including his 300th career home run. The Padres reclaimed the West lead by .5 game. Aaron Cunningham lead off for the Pads and went 0-4. Potsy: DNP.
Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 4. My beloved Rox fell 3 games back in the West. Tulo is still struggling at the dish going 0-4 with a pair of strikeouts. Todd Helton hit his 7th home run of the season. Seven. In the year 2000, Helton won the National League Slash Line Triple Crown hitting .372/.463/.698 with 42 home runs. He finished 5th in MVP voting despite leading the league in WAR. His Hall of Fame case is debatable and likely the discussion for another post but it's worth noting his career OBP is .424. Hey, Mark Reynolds only struck out twice.
Cubs 2, Giants 0. The Giants surrendered first place and blog favorite Buster Posey didn't help by striking out thrice. Fukudome homered reminding me that he still plays for a major league team.
Rangers 2, Angels 1 (12). The Rangers trimmed their magic number to 4 because the Angels refuse to score any runs for Danny Haren. Haren pitched 7 innings allowing 1 unearned run. *sigh*
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