Monday, November 21, 2011

Verlander MVP

You know that I am a huge fan of Verlander.

But, no pitcher should be MVP.
With around 35 starts a year, a pitcher just doesn't impact the team enough.

J.
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Sport Thought said...

I wonder what Bill James says about this argument? Since a position player bats 4 times per game, or 20 times every 5 games, while a pitcher is involved in roughly 30 at-bats per game. Over a season a starting pitcher is actually involved in a lot more at-bats than a position player. But the pitcher can still only affect 1 game out of every 5 while a hitter could affect them daily. I don't like it either, but food for thought.

S

November 23, 2011 at 9:22 AM

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