A little project I'm thinking of doing (HGM's Historical MVP/Cy Young Choices)

[HoustonGM]

So, with no school, I've been pretty bored lately. I was thinking of, for no other reason than boredom, going through year-by-year and picking my picks for AL and NL MVP and Cy Young awards and assembling it into a spreadsheet to compare my choices to the BBWAA choices. I'd start in 2008 and work backwards. I'm probably going to do this regardless, but I was just wondering if anybody was interested in following along as I work through this or whatever.

[200tang]

I would follow along.

[YEAH DAAAAWG]

I'd certainly be interested. Especially if you give your reasoning for why you chose who you chose if it's different than the BBWAA pick.

[200tang]

I think it would be cool also if you went through and put the HOFers on tiers of how much you think they deserve to be in the HOF. Say something like tier 5 borderline and tier 1 being the elite of the elite. Not sure if you would have time for something like this but I would be interested in ti. Also if you do the HOF thing it would be cool to see who you would vote in to the HOF of the current players now and what tier you would rank them.

[HoustonGM]

I think it would be cool also if you went through and put the HOFers on tiers of how much you think they deserve to be in the HOF. Say something like tier 5 borderline and tier 1 being the elite of the elite. Not sure if you would have time for something like this but I would be interested in ti. Also if you do the HOF thing it would be cool to see who you would vote in to the HOF of the current players now and what tier you would rank them.

If I were to do this, I'd much prefer to, instead, put my effort into being a good voter over at Baseball Think Factory's Hall of Merit. The time (and knowledge) needed for that, though, is beyond me.

[200tang]

:c

[HoustonGM]

I've already posted my picks for this year's MVP/Cy Young, but here they are again.

AL MVP: Cliff Lee
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy: Cliff Lee
NL Cy: Tim Lincecum

All that lines up with the BBWAA selections except for the AL MVP. In a year without a clear cut positional candidate, where a pitcher, such as Cliff Lee (and also Roy Halladay) put up extravagant numbers, I think it's certainly fair to award the MVP to the pitcher. Lee-Halladay were 1-2 on my ballot for our Sports Mogul Awards. Such years are rare, but I think 2008 was one of them.

[200tang]

Nice goin Cliff.

[HoustonGM]

I know that a pitcher taking both awards is going to happen a few times when I do my own rankings, considering I consider pitchers fully for the MVP. I can think of one instance where it happened in real life where it won't happen in my choices (Dennis Eckersley) and one other instance where it will happen in my choices but didn't in real life (Dwight Gooden). That's just off the top of my head, though.

[RedsoxRockies]

I actually did something sort of like this, but I did not save the data

[Pavelb1]

I've already posted my picks for this year's MVP/Cy Young, but here they are again.

AL MVP: Cliff Lee
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy: Cliff Lee
NL Cy: Tim Lincecum

All that lines up with the BBWAA selections except for the AL MVP. In a year without a clear cut positional candidate, where a pitcher, such as Cliff Lee (and also Roy Halladay) put up extravagant numbers, I think it's certainly fair to award the MVP to the pitcher. Lee-Halladay were 1-2 on my ballot for our Sports Mogul Awards. Such years are rare, but I think 2008 was one of them.

Barring a 30 win season or Bob Gibson like season....will we ever see a pitcher MVP again?

[TheNamelessPoet]

I like the idea Houston... go for it

Barring a 30 win season or Bob Gibson like season....will we ever see a pitcher MVP again?

no

[RedsoxRockies]

Barring a 30 win season or Bob Gibson like season....will we ever see a pitcher MVP again?

We almost did this year, so I am sure it will turn up again. If offensive levels stay like this or go lower, it will only be more likely.

[RedsoxRockies]

But yea Houston, keep us informed on your project. I never finished mine, and the results should be interesting.

[RickD]

Have fun HGM!