Jon Heyman is a clown

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 1, 2008 10:22 AM CDT

Sometimes, I think certain writers write outrageous things -- particularly on the internet -- just so others will link to them.

This may be the case here.

And yet, I'm falling for it.

Jon Heyman is a clown.

His N.L. MVP top 3? Manny Ramirez, C.C. Sabathia, and Ryan Howard. Two guys who spent the first half of the season in the other league, and a guy who did nothing the first two months of the season (and thus, whose overall performance trails behind others in his league).

His A.L. MVP? K-Rod. Because he set a record for the most saves.

So if K-Rod is his MVP, he's also the Cy Young, right?

Well, no...he has K-Rod third on his A.L. Cy Young ballot. And Sabathia, the highest-slotted pitcher on his MVP ballot, is 2nd in the N.L.

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Yeah, Heyman is the suck.

Fire Joe Morgan gave it their own brand of ridicule.

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Oct 1, 2008 10:28 AM CDT reply actions

NL Cy Young

I like his rationale for picking Santana over Sabathia:

Santana. Gets edge over CC for ERA title and for being in the NL all year.

I guess “being in the NL all year” doesn’t count in MVP voting.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by LSBUser on Oct 1, 2008 10:44 AM CDT reply actions

KRod

What KRod did was impressive considering it had never been done before but he’s hardly MVP or Cy Young. KRod finished with 62 saves but only pitched 68 innings. He blew I believe 6 or 7 saves so that means he never pitched more than 1 inning. And I heard the other day but can’t remember off the top of my head but he came in with the bases empty like in over 50 of those innings.

By comparison Mariano Rivera pitched over 70 innings this year and while he only had 30-something saves he finished with a 1.40 ERA, the best of his career. And Girardi called upon Rivera to pitch more than one inning much more than KRod. I think Papelbon’s stats were better too than KRod’s.

If I had to choose I would take Papelbon and Rivera any day over KRod. Now, again, KRod is good. But someone (probably the Mets) is about to make a huge mistake in giving this guy 15 million or more per season.

"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo

by kentbenfer on Oct 1, 2008 10:55 AM CDT reply actions

Wow

After reading your post I looked up his game log. He NEVER came into a game before the 9th inning this year…..EVER. As you pointed out, he never pitched more than 1 inning. He also only came into 10 games with runners on base. He pitched very well this year but he was by no means a Cy Young pitcher.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by LSBUser on Oct 1, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Even

the Blue Glove Lefty came into the game in the 8th a couple times.

"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo

by kentbenfer on Oct 1, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions

There is one closer in recent times that I'd consider for AL CY

And that was Putz last year, but it was a few things… Putz being extraordinary combined with a relatively weak line of candidates.

by vfn on Oct 1, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions

K-Rod pitched less than 5% of...

…the Angels total innings this year. Some of those innings were “high-leverage” situations but probably just as many were ordinary run-of-the-mill ones.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Oct 1, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions