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Originally Posted by Palaaemon
Bird,
Couple of things.
1}. First a question about Xiao-mei Mah. What in the hell is wrong with Philadelphia?!? The man gets FORTY-EIGHT knocks and he only ends up with 15 rbis and 15 runs for the month of May?!?  Is there nobody on base to drive in? Is there nobody able to hit to drive HIM in? How many walks did he get for the month? Where does he hit in the L/R lineups? Inquiring minds gotta know my man!I
2} Second concerns Jamel McNeil. If you are like me you turn off relievers/closers being able to win a Most Outstanding Pitcher award since they have their own award. My question being if you have turned it off, do you believe that Jamel would have won that award after any year had the award been active for relievers/closers? If so how many? Any other reliever/closers? I know it's impossible to quantify the voting results so I am just asking for your gut feeling.
Have a great night!
Palaaemon |
So it appears that the answer to number 1 is simply that 1976 in the WPK has proven to be a fairly low scoring environment thus far. Mah's 29 RBI on the season puts him in a 4th place tie in the SJL and his 23 runs scored isn't far behind the leaders in the league. He has hit quite well with runners in scoring position. He has a .422 OBP. He has hit in the 3rd slot in the lineup in all but 3 plate appearances. The upshot is, his numbers are quite good within the statistical context of the league. (Granted, the Mud Hens are middle of the league in runs scored in the SJL.)
Question #2: Jamel McNeil's best season in terms of WAR was his first season- 1965- when he put up 8 WAR. Jose Santos, who won the Pitcher of the Year award in the MGL that season put up 7.7. They were teammates on the L.A. Spinners and McNeil certainly could have beaten out his teammate for the award that season. But now that I look at the settings for the WPK it appears that relievers can win this award. So I'm not sure how close McNeil came and looking at the stats I'm kind of surprised he didn't win it. No reliever has yet won the award in either league but if it was going to happen it would have been McNeil in '65.
Now the only question is whether I actually want relievers to be eligible for the award. But given how hard it appears to be for them to actually earn the award, I'm not sure I feel the need to change this.