SBN Postseason Baseball Awards -- National League Most Valuable Player, and... The Good Phight Blogger Ballots Revealed!

by WholeCamels on Nov 12, 2009 1:45 PM EST

And the SBN bloggers roll out the last set of postseason awards... last but not least, National League Most Valuable Player. The not-shocking results (and the ballots of jonk and me on all awards) after the jump

And the only even mild surprise is that the voting was unanimous. Albert Pujols, cleaning house, and it's well-deserved.

Four Phillies received votes -- Chase Utley finishing third, Ryan Howard seventh, Jayson Werth 22nd, and Raul Ibanez 26th.

And who put Utley 10th? And who left him off the ballot entirely? For crying out loud...

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pts
1	Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	434
2	Hanley Ramirez	Florida Marlins	-	6	8	11	2	1	2	-	-	-	220
3	Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	-	7	11	2	3	1	-	1	-	1	192
4	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	-	5	4	4	7	7	1	-	-	-	186
5	Troy Tulowitzki	Colorado Rockies	-	4	1	5	2	3	3	4	1	2	134
6	Tim Lincecum	San Francisco Giants	-	4	1	-	1	2	2	3	1	-	79
7	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	-	4	-	1	4	1	-	-	3	1	79
8	Ryan Zimmerman	Washington Nationals	-	-	1	3	3	3	3	1	-	2	79
9	Adrian Gonzalez	San Diego Padres	-	-	1	-	3	3	2	4	3	4	71
10	Pablo Sandoval	San Francisco Giants	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	3	4	3	57
11	Matt Kemp	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	-	1	1	1	1	5	3	-	1	56
12	Ryan Braun	Milwaukee Brewers	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	39
13	Chris Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	2	25
14	Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	3	2	25
15	Andre Ethier	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	24
16	Adam Wainwright	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	4	1	23
17	Javier Vazquez	Atlanta Braves	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	16
18	Matt Holliday	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	12
19	Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11
20	Mark Reynolds	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	10
21	Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
22	Jayson Werth	Philadelphia Phillies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	6
23	Adam Dunn	Washington Nationals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	5
24	Juan Pierre	Los Angeles Dodgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
25	Justin Upton	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
26	Raul Ibanez	Philadelphia Phillies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
27	Ubaldo Jimenez	Colorado Rockies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
28	Brian McCann	Atlanta Braves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
29	Dan Haren	Arizona Diamondbacks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
30	Michael Bourn	Houston Astros	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
31	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
32	Nyjer Morgan	Washington Nationals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
33	Yunel Escobar	Atlanta Braves	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

And, so we can open ourselves to ridicule... here is my ballot and jonk's ballot.

WholeCamels:

MOY
1. Jim Tracy
2. Charlie Manuel
3. Tony LaRussa

CY
1. Tim Lincecum
2. Dan Haren
3. Javier Vazquez

ROY
1. J.A. Happ
2. Chris Coghlan
3. Tommy Hanson

MVP
1. Albert Pujols
2. Chase Utley
3. Hanley Ramirez
4. Troy Tulowitski
5. Prince Fielder
6. Ryan Zimmerman
7. Matt Kemp
8. Pablo Sandoval
9. Jayson Werth
10. Adrian Gonzalez

jonk:

MOY
1. Jim Tracy
2. Fredi Gonzales
3. Tony La Russa

CY
1. Tim Lincecum
2. Javier Vazquez
3. Dan Haren

ROY
1. Chris Coghlan
2. J.A. Happ
3. Tommy Hanson

MVP
1. Albert Pujols
2. Hanley Ramirez
3. Chase Utley
4. Troy Tulowitzki
5. Prince Fielder
6. Ryan Howard
7. Pablo Sandoval
8. Justin Upton
9. Brian McCann
10. Jayson Werth

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So this means neither of you cast the Nyjer Morgan vote?

by taco pal on Nov 12, 2009 1:59 PM EST reply actions

Robots from the future should be disqualified.

by jemagee on Nov 12, 2009 2:00 PM EST reply actions

Joey Votto getting a second place vote? Juan Pierre actually getting consideration for 380 ABs? Sad.

by ajr142 on Nov 12, 2009 2:07 PM EST reply actions

Wow! The Pierre one is egregious. I’m guessing the Morgan vote was intended as a joke, so that isn’t nearly as bad.

by taco pal on Nov 12, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions

For what it’s worth, Morgan, who shouldn’ t be considered for it either way, had better numbers than Pierre. Bourne was more valuable than Pierre!

by ajr142 on Nov 12, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions

But but – the dodgers didn’t suck as much as expected when Manny got suspended so that was because of the great juan pierre

by jemagee on Nov 12, 2009 2:31 PM EST up reply actions

good point, but also keep in mind it was only for 2 months and Wonderful Juan barely cracked the lineup after. Ibanez is at about the right spot and theres no way pierre was close to him in value to his team.

by ajr142 on Nov 12, 2009 3:33 PM EST up reply actions

If you want to have your Pierre question and one of your Utley questions answered

head over to the snakepit

I wonder if Bud Selig will give the Yankees a receipt with their World Series purchase

by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Nov 12, 2009 7:25 PM EST up reply actions

I’m curious what they’ll do with Votto, as Yonder Alonso is nipping at his heals for a call-up next year.

by Cormican on Nov 12, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions

Saw a story that Boston might try to swing a trade for him.

by taco pal on Nov 12, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions

Jocketty had an Amaro line the other day, saying something along the lines of trading Votto as being ridiculous. And he’s right. I’m sure the Red Sox would love to trade for him, but you don’t build a team by trading away your best young hitters.

Plus, Alonso would probably be best served with another year in the minors. He really struggles with left-handed pitching right now, and he only has 105 at bats above High-A.

by PhillyFriar on Nov 12, 2009 2:40 PM EST up reply actions

They’ll have to trade either Votto or Yonder at some point, I imagine. I could see them trying Yonder at 3rd and trading Francisco if Yonder can play there. Good problem to have, the Reds have a nice farm system.

by Cormican on Nov 12, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions

The word from Cincy

It is a good problem to have, for sure. Yonder doesn’t look to move around, whereas Votto played a handful of games in LF at AAA before his call up. It seems that would be the best way to go, filling a gaping offensive hole in LF while having a minimal drop off (if any) at 1B.

"Santa Claus doesn't use Craigslist." -- 'tHan

by jch24 on Nov 14, 2009 1:41 PM EST up reply actions

Chase

I feel more than a little vindicated in my 2nd place vote for Chase Utley. Like the BBWAA ballots, ours were cast after the end of the regular season but before the playoffs. Utley had a poor September and I had some doubts about my decision to put him 2nd. I look a lot cooler in light of his World Series exploits!

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by WholeCamels on Nov 12, 2009 3:42 PM EST reply actions

You’re certainly vindicated. To be honest, I’m trying to figure out how 5 people left Utley off their ballots entirely — the lowest you can possibly rank him is fourth, and I agree with you that he belongs second.

Also, kudos to both of you (and a mystery third voter!) for putting Werth on your ballots. He has the numbers to back up his inclusion (.382 wOBA, Top 15 in the league in WAR) and also the elusive narrative quality (great all-around player, kept the Phillies lineup balanced as its only right-handed power threat). For my money, he was the second most valuable Phillie this year behind Utley.

by PhillyFriar on Nov 12, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions