The 2009 Metsguy Award Voting Thread

[metsguy234]

The Metsguy Award, similar to the Heart and Hustle Award, should go to the player who plays with heart, grit, passion, and determination, and powers his team through scrappy ballplaying and good leadership. The cool part is- you get to vote for the winner!

Here are the nominees:

AL East
Orioles- Brian Roberts
Blue Jays- Vernon Wells
Yankees- Brett Gardner
Red Sox- Dustin Pedroia
Rays- Jason Bartlett

AL Central
White Sox- Chris Getz
Tigers- Adam Everett
Royals- Willie Bloomquist
Twins- Nick Punto
Indians- Grady Sizemore

AL West
A's- Rajai Davis
Angels- Erick Aybar
Rangers- Michael Young
Mariners- Ichiro

NL East
Braves- Kelly Johnson
Mets- Jeff Francoeur
Phillies- Shane Victorino
Marlins- Hanley Ramirez
Nationals- Ryan Zimmerman

NL Central
Cardinals- Skip Schumaker
Cubs- Ryan Theriot
Pirates- Ronny Cedeno
Astros- Michael Bourn
Brewers- Craig Counsell
Reds- Willy Taveras

NL West
Padres- David Eckstein
Dodgers- Orlando Hudson
Diamondbacks- Justin Upton
Rockies- Clint Barmes
Giants- Pablo Sandoval

Poll will be up shortly

[200tang]

Rajai Davis. If anybody says otherwise they are wrong.

[asianinvasion]

rajai davis. If anybody says otherwise they are wrong.

+1

[Coach Owens]

Rajai Davis. If anybody says otherwise they are wrong.

Nope. No one is more scrappy than Willie Bloomquist. And it's not even a question.

[metsguy234]

Poll is up.

[asianinvasion]

I believe the Metsguy Award should award the biggest fail in MLB this year. I nominate Jeff Francoeur from the New York Mets and previously of the Atlanta Braves.

[HoustonGM]

lol

[HoustonGM]

I believe the Metsguy Award should award the biggest fail in MLB this year. I nominate Jeff Francoeur from the New York Mets and previously of the Atlanta Braves.

This is almost the same thing, considering "scrappy" and "gritty" are usually keywords for "sucks."

Except, somehow, guys like Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval and Justin Upton get on the list. I'm pretty sure none of those guys power their team through scrappy ballplaying. They power their team through knocking the cover off the ball.

[FloydtheBarber]

No other option? WTF DUDE I WANNA VOTE OTHER GOD DAMNIT!

[metsguy234]

Wow a 7-way tie with one vote each! Exciting!

[metsguy234]

And now Rajai Davis takes the lead with a whopping 2 votes

[metsguy234]

Rajai Davis is pretty damn scrappy and gritty

[metsguy234]

This is almost the same thing, considering "scrappy" and "gritty" are usually keywords for "sucks."

Except, somehow, guys like Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval and Justin Upton get on the list. I'm pretty sure none of those guys power their team through scrappy ballplaying. They power their team through knocking the cover off the ball.

Nope, scrappy ballplaying. If they weren't scrappy they wouldn't be nominees. Those 3 teams lack a lot of scrap anyways.

[HoustonGM]

Uh, right, it's their scrappiness that powers their team, not the fact that they're...uh...fantastic at playing baseball.

[metsguy234]

Uh, right, it's their scrappiness that powers their team, not the fact that they're...uh...fantastic at playing baseball.

They're also plenty scrappy