Individual Awards for our Astros?

juicystream · Sep 29, 2015

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Depends on the WAR and whether you take defense into account in voting.

FIP-based fWAR gives Price a small edge. Keuchel has a big edge in RA9-based WAR (which tracks well with bWAR). FIP-based WAR does not take into account a pitcher's defense (which usually doesn't matter too much [a.k.a. within margin of error]). For Price versus Keuchel, there is over a win difference in their defenses.

I still think Keuchel wins, but will be a lot closer than I originally expected.
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Fangraphs WAR is flawed then. A pitcher's defense is certainly a factor in his overall value, which WAR is attempting to do.

J.R. · Sep 30, 2015

AL CY YOUNG: DALLAS KEUCHEL (ASTROS) VS. DAVID PRICE (BLUE JAYS)

This is just as crazy close as the NL race. Price has the slightly better ERA, Keuchel the slightly better ERA-plus. The difference in a number of other categories is just as narrow, but Keuchel rates a significant edge in opponents’ OPS -- and that edge is even more impressive when you consider that the combined overall OPS of his opponents is higher than Price’s.
What to make of Keuchel’s 1.46 ERA at home and 3.82 ERA on the road? Not much. According to park factor, which compares the rate of stats at home to the rate of stats on the road, Minute Maid ranks 14th in runs. It’s slightly pitcher-friendly but far from the AT&T of the AL. Keuchel just happens to pitch well there.

Price’s candidacy bears some resemblance to Arrieta’s -- he has gathered strength, performing even better since getting traded from the Tigers (3.04 ERA) to the Blue Jays (2.21). Adding to the intrigue: Keuchel’s 3.78 ERA in September is his worst of any month.
Leaning toward: Keuchel
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AL ROOKIE: CARLOS CORREA (ASTROS) VS. FRANCISCO LINDOR (INDIANS)

I said on our broadcast last Saturday that I was leaning toward Correa because of his greater power. I made those comments after Correa had hit two home runs to rally the Astros against the Rangers in a practically must-win game.

I might have spoken too soon.

Power might be Correa’s only edge over Lindor, and it’s marginal; yes, Correa has 21 homers to Lindor’s 11, but Correa’s slugging percentage is only 20 points higher in the exact same number of plate appearances.

Lindor’s on-base percentage is 11 points higher than Correa’s; only two AL players, Xander Bogaerts and Jose Altuve, have more hits than Lindor since his call-up on June 14. Lindor’s defense, meanwhile, is far superior to Correa’s, according to the metrics. I don’t necessarily trust defensive numbers over a sample of fewer than 100 games, but when the gap is this large . . .

Leaning toward: Lindor
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AL MANAGER: JEFF BANISTER (RANGERS) VS. A.J. HINCH (ASTROS)

Manager of the Year votes are the most subjective; no one truly knows a manager’s impact, even inside his own clubhouse. Virtually every manager’s in-game strategy is hotly debated. It’s impossible to quantify a manager’s motivational skills.

Well, you’ve got to start somewhere.

The Yankees’ Joe Girardi, Blue Jays’ John Gibbons and Royals’ Ned Yost all warrant consideration -- especially Girardi, who continues to squeeze the most out of his clubs. But this race is mostly between the two first-year managers in the AL West, and Banister’s Rangers likely will finish ahead of Hinch’s Astros.

Hinch succeeded in changing the Astros’ culture -- no small task. But the Rangers lost Yu Darvish to Tommy John surgery in spring training, then Derek Holland for more than four months. They had questions up and down their roster, then had to rebuild their bullpen and catching corps on the fly.
The additions of Cole Hamels, Jake Diekman and Sam Dyson helped, but Banister was a steady hand throughout -- a manager who combined, in the view of one Rangers official, Buck Showalter’s organizational skills and Ron Washington’s interpersonal skills.
Leaning toward: Banister
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http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...ks-mvp-cy-young-rookie-manager-of-year-093015
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Passan: Francisco Lindor's journey from Puerto Rico to AL Rookie of the Year favorite

awc713 · Sep 30, 2015

Passan is a joke. Correa will, and should, win ROY. What he is doing--with no protection behind him--is mind-boggling.

I can't wait until we get actual hitters behind Correa. He'll be an OBP machine.

J.R. · Nov 10, 2015

AL Rookie of the Year finalists:
Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, Miguel Sano
*Winner announced November 16

NL Rookie of the Year finalists:
Kris Bryant, Matt Duffy, Jung Ho Kang
*Winner announced November 16

AL Manager of the Year finalists:
Jeff Banister, A.J. Hinch, Paul Moliter
*Winner announced November 17

NL Manager of the Year finalists:
Terry Collins, Joe Maddon, Mike Matheny
*Winner announced November 17

AL Cy Young finalists:
Sonny Gray, Dallas Keuchel, David Price
*Winner announced November 18

NL Cy Young finalists:
Jake Arrieta, Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw
*Winner announced November 18

AL MVP finalists:
Lorenzo Cain, Josh Donaldson, Mike Trout
*Winner announced November 19

NL MVP finalists:
Paul Goldschmidt, Bryce Harper, Joey Votto
*Winner announced November 19

Gold Glove winners:
2B Jose Altuve beat out Brian Dozier & Ian Kinsler
P Dallas Keuchel beat out Mark Buehrle & Sonny Gray

Salvador Perez beat out Jason Castro & Russell Martin

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