Who is your MVO? (Update: Cruz wins MVO)

[canonfaz]

Where's the love for Tillman?

Tillman has been great, but there was a part of the season where he was terrible.

Jones, Cruz, O'Day, Britton, and Pearce have all been much more consistent than Tillman.

[weams]

Where's the love for Tillman?

Tillman has been valuable. So has Gonzalez and Chen. Norris anchored the staff when all was rocky early.

[Babypowder]

1. Jones

2. Pearce

3. Cruz

A first place vote for Markakis? Nick Markakis? The RFer slugging under .400 and OPSing .721?

[waroriole]

Tillman has been great, but there was a part of the season where he was terrible.

Jones, Cruz, O'Day, Britton, and Pearce have all been much more consistent than Tillman.

There was a large part of the season where Cruz was awful too. Pearce has had slumps, just like Jones. Britton has blown a few games. O'Day has been dominant, but Tillman has pitched much more.

[waroriole]

Tillman has been valuable. So has Gonzalez and Chen. Norris anchored the staff when all was rocky early.

With Tillman being our best SP, is give him an MVO vote before the others.

[canonfaz]

There was a large part of the season where Cruz was awful too. Pearce has had slumps, just like Jones. Britton has blown a few games. O'Day has been dominant, but Tillman has pitched much more.

True. IMO though, they have all been more consistent than Tillman (Tillman had an ERA of 5.68 in 7 May starts). I think their highs have been higher than Tillman's too this this year.

Tillman would be in my top 5, just not my top 3.

[o'sman458202233]

Pearce

O' Day

Joseph

[zkoutdoors]

1. Cruz

2. Jones

3. Markakis

[Frobby]

To me, Jones is the MVP. He plays an important defensive position, is one of the best hitters on the team, and never takes a day off. Cruz has been a bit more valuable on offense than Jones, IMO, but he doesn't provide the defensive value that Jones does.

[Babypowder]

To me, Jones is the MVP. He plays an important defensive position, is one of the best hitters on the team, and never takes a day off. Cruz has been a bit more valuable on offense than Jones, IMO, but he doesn't provide the defensive value that Jones does.

Interesting that UZR loves his defense so much this year, it usually doesn't. DRS still doesn't like him much though. Traditionally they both don't like him much at all. I wonder if it ends up just being a sample size fluke or if he actually made some adjustment I'm not seeing.

EDIT: I stand corrected, his DRS is now positive too. Though UZR has him being more valuable.

[Snutchy]

1. Jones

2. Pearce

3. Cruz

A first place vote for Markakis? Nick Markakis? The RFer slugging under .400 and OPSing .721?

Why yes, yes there was. Oh, hey, it was me! He never gets any love, so I gave him some. As simple as that.

[Frobby]

Interesting that UZR loves his defense so much this year, it usually doesn't. DRS still doesn't like him much though. Traditionally they both don't like him much at all. I wonder if it ends up just being a sample size fluke or if he actually made some adjustment I'm not seeing.

EDIT: I stand corrected, his DRS is now positive too. Though UZR has him being more valuable.

Just based on the eye test, I think this has been Jones' best defensive year since his rookie season. Fewer careless mistakes, many strong throws, not too many balls over his head. I think he's shown better intensity this year defensively, instead of trying to look smooth out there

[davidhusker]

Jones

Cruz

Pearce

[Dipper9]

Flaherty

Jiminez

Felix Pie

[AlbionHero]

Jones

Cruz

Pearce