I know there is still 5 games left and he is .003 back in Batting Average, but Matt Kemp has a legit shot at the NL's 1st Triple Crown in over 70 years. If he was to get the Triple Crown, add to that he also has a 40/40 season, could you make the case that 2011 Matt Kemp is one of the best individual seasons of all time?

The American League winners of the 2010 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, revealed Tuesday ( Read more... )

I listen to ESPN's "Baseball Today" podcast, and they were talking about the possibility of CC Sabathia winning the NL Cy Young. At first I assumed they were joking (kind of like when they suggested Kyle Lohse the other day), but then it started to sound a little more realistic, even though he will only have half a season in the league. The obvious ( Read more... )

Now that the awards have been handed out, except those internet ones the fans actually vote on, who do you think was passed over for respective awards? (golden gloves, silver sluggers, mvp's etc etc.)

Many people in Colorado are saying that the Rockies got jipped, but I'm curious what are some of the other teams and/or players that the writers

San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy, who won the Triple Crown of pitching, got all 32 first-place votes in the ballot for the NL Cy Young Award.

I'm a little surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet. The Manager of the year awards were announced today. Eric Wedge won it for the AL and Bob Melvin won it for the NL ( Read more... )

Sabathia won the AL Cy Young Award today with 19 first-place votes and 119 total votes. Beckett was second with 86.

Source: BBWAA

Catcher comparison of Martin vs Y. Molina

PlayerGPAttempts% CSInn/SBFld %Martin15412333.315.3.988Molina107305437.4.991

In what areas was Martin better? He did have only 5 passed balls (1 every 250 innings) vs. Molina's 7 (1 every 123 innings), but Martin had a much better pitching staff to work with. On the flip side, Martin's errors were highest in ( Read more... )

Gold Gloves Awarded today ( Read more... )

I don't want baseball to really be over, so I bring this last post involving this season: my postseason awards predictions. I'm not going to claim to be an expert on the AL, so my apologies if you hugely disagree with a pick ( Read more... )