Can Cowser still win Rookie of The Year over Gil/Wells ?

[Tony-OH]

Taking my Orioles bias out of the loop, it should be Gil and it shouldn't be close. 

Cowser had a nice season, and he's ending it off good, but Gil has 15 wins, a +126 ERA, and has been worth 3.5 rWAR to Cowser's 2.9 rWAR. Plus he's struck out a sexy 166 in 146 innings going into tonight. 

 

[Hallas]

41 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Taking my Orioles bias out of the loop, it should be Gil and it shouldn't be close. 

Cowser had a nice season, and he's ending it off good, but Gil has 15 wins, a +126 ERA, and has been worth 3.5 rWAR to Cowser's 2.9 rWAR. Plus he's struck out a sexy 166 in 146 innings going into tonight. 

 

Cowser has been worth 4.1 WAR according to fangraphs.  Are you buying his defense?  That accounts for most of the discrepancy because OAA loves him.  His 121 wRC+ isn't far off from Gil's ERA+.  His numbers don't pop out as much because offense is so hard to come by these days.

Edited 1 hour ago by Hallas

[Tony-OH]

17 minutes ago, Hallas said:

Cowser has been worth 4.1 WAR according to fangraphs.  Are you buying his defense?  That accounts for most of the discrepancy because OAA loves him.  His 121 wRC+ isn't far off from Gil's ERA+.  His numbers don't pop out as much because offense is so hard to come by these days.

I do think his defense has been very good in LF and is probably closer to the 11 OAA vs the -0.3 dWAR. Still, I just know how voting tends to go on these things. 

To me, Gil is more worthy.