MLB rookie of the year
 

If the Yanks make the playoffs, my vote would have to be with my main man Robinson Cano ... if he can keep his act up thru sept-oct.

Only if he ties with Nick Swisher, since their stats are almost identical (Swisher has a 60 point lower batting average, but an identical OPS due to Cano's 40 fewer walks and 40 more hits).

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I would put forth Gustavo Chacin (P, Toronto) and Joe Blanton (P, Oakland) as pitchers and Chris Shelton (1B, Detroit) and Jonny Gomes (OF, Tampa Bay) as hitters in the AL.

In the NL I would go with pitcher Robinson Tejeda (P, Philadelphia), and hitters Willy Taveras (CF, Houston), Ryan Howard (1B, Philadelphia), and of course, Jeff Francour (OF, Atlanta).

Unfortunately, Cano has the New York hype machine behind him, so he'll win.

AL: Huston Street - OAK (1.36 ERA and 21 saves for a playoff bound team)

NL: Willy Taveras - HOU (33 steals, 72 runs scored, 3 errors, 9 outfield assists)


As far as, Cano, have you seen him in the field? Only Rickie Weeks and Alfonso Soriano having worst field percentages for qualified second basemen.

of course Zack Duke, if it was not for him the bucos would not have won any games for a few weeks. but the safer bet is probably going to be Taveras

Forgot about Street and Duke; both good choices, especially Street.

LOL!!! The sad part is, he's really up and down in the field. He's made some great plays but he's blown games as well. Fielding is something he REALLY will need to work on in the coming years...

If the Phils make the WC then I think Howard will win it, if Houston, perhaps Taveras. How many infield hits does he have? They're both absolutely amazing.

street only has one loss also.. Pretty good numbers for a rookie in baseballs hardest job.

AL: Huston Street, RP, Oakland Athletics - 97 points
Robinson Cano (New York) - 57, Jonny Gomes (Tampa Bay) - 39, Tadahito Iguchi (Chicago) - 30, Gustavo Chacin (Toronto) - 14.

NL: Ryan Howard, 1B, Philadelphia Phillies - 109
Willy Taveras (Houston) - 78, Jeff Francouer (Atlanta) - 60, Garrett Atkins (Colorado) - 17, Zach Duke (Pittsburgh) - 16.

Thank all that is good and holy Cano didn't win.

Franceour should have won it in the NL, look at Howards K's

street was the deserving winner for the AL he had such a great season on a very young pitching staff and a team that stuggled massively in the first half of the season
he was a huge part of the A's huge run at the playoffs this year, he might end up being a top 5 closer

? Why should a large amount of K's mean anything at all? Strikeouts alone are useless. K/BB is a much better assessment and Howard's K/BB (102/33)was much better than Franceour's (58/11). Howards counting stats were better than Franceour's were if you project them to Howards number of ABs.
The only thing Franceour had on Howard was 12 points in batting average. Howard's OPS was 40 points higher. Howard also fielded his position better than Franceour did.

All in all the writers did a great job in both leagues.