Joe Mauer has been named the 2009 American League MVP. Ben Zobrist 8th place finish, was the highest ever for the Rays. Zobrist’s highest vote was a sixth-place vote. Evan Longoria finished 19th. Carlos Pena had the highest finish ever by the Rays in the AL MVP voting with 9th place finishes [...]
The AL MVP award will be announced today, which means Ben Zobrist is about to become the latest and maybe most controversial name in the fight between those that believe stats are the end-all, be-all and those that think Sabermetrics is synonymous with Satan. According to Wins Above Replacement (WAR), [...]
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Let’s start today with several Hot Stove goodies from Joe Smith… Andrew Friedman is looking at right-handed and left-handed relievers and has a target list of free agents and trade targets depending on how the market plays out. Smith lists lefties Joe Beimel, Will Ohman and Darren Oliver and righties [...]
