Ethier Finishes 6th, Kemp Gets 10th in NL MVP Voting
by Eric Stephen on Nov 24, 2009 11:06 AM PST
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PrintFor the first time in 18 years, the Dodgers had a pair of outfielders receive votes for Most Valuable Player. Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp, who each won Silver Slugger awards last week, finished 6th and 10th, respectively in the balloting, which was won by Albert Pujols of the Cardinals. Brett Butler (7th) and Darryl Strawberry (9th), in 1991, were the last Dodger outfield duo to receive MVP votes.
Ethier received two 2nd place votes, three 4th place votes, two 5th place votes, five 6th place votes, four 7th place votes, five 8th place votes, and three 9th place votes, appearing on 24 of 32 ballots.
Kemp received two 4th place votes, one 5th place vote, two 6th place votes, three 7th place votes, one 8th place vote, one 9th place vote, and two 10th place votes, appearing on 12 of 32 ballots.
Full results can be found at the Baseball Writers Association of America website.
| LA Dodger Outfield Duos in MVP Voting | |||||
| Year | Player | Player | |||
| 2009 |
Andre Ethier | 6th | Matt Kemp | 10th | |
| 1991 | Brett Butler | 7th | Darryl Strawberry |
9th | |
| 1985 | Pedro Guerrero |
3rd | Mike Marshall | t-14th | |
| 1974 | Jimmy Wynn | 5th | Bill Buckner | t-25th | |
| 1962 | Tommy Davis | 3rd | Frank Howard | 9th | |
| 1959 | Wally Moon | 4th | Duke Snider | t-22nd | |
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He Should Have Done Something During the World Series to Proove Himself
His efforts must of gone unnoticed.
utley has really become to most unerappreciated player in the game today...
underapprciated and underratted it looks like too..
14 voters didn’t even think he was one of the ten most valuable players in the league, leaving him off their ballots entirely. What a crock.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
i really wonder if one was the giants guy
who probably put afeldt before him..
See the link below. That Giants’ guy did include Utley on his ballot.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Nov 25, 2009 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
He’s also not the guy who gave the ridiculous third place vote to Sandoval.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
by David Young on Nov 25, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
Not surprisingly that vote came from a Giants beat writer, from the San Jose Mercury news.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
o wow...
wow just wow… he was really good at the end of games and getting DP to get em out of jams but come on…
I find the BBWAA writeups on the awards quite non-compelling reading, which may qualify as irony given that they are the “Writer’s Association”. The voting table is good, but almost the entire article would be better represented as tables; you know, like a blog would do it.
At least their pages are no longer black text on retina-burning green backgrounds…..
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
They should have numbered the table also. Quick, in what place did Jayson Werth finish?
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by David Young on Nov 24, 2009 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Weakening the enemy?
Castro close to joining Phillies:
"We’re close to having a deal done," Suarez said by phone. "We’re just a physical away from getting this done. He’s excited about joining the Phillies. It’s tough to leave an organization like the Dodgers, but if you’re joining the Phillies, maybe it’s not as tough."
Not really weakening
When you’re replacing a guy with a career OPS+ of 64 (Bruntlett) with Castro. It’s probably just a lateral move for them.
So Hu’s our utility IF ?
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by David Young on Nov 24, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions
Defensively
Guerrero and Marshall have to be the worst pair up there. Though Guerrero did make more of his starts in the OF, he also made more starts at 3B – 44 – than any other Dodger that year.
The commenter formerly known as El Lay Dave.
one 8th place vote, one 9th place vote, and two 9th place votes, appearing on 12 of 32 ballots.
i think he recieved 2 10th place votes…
Tommy Davis - Frank Howard
Had Davis not broken that ankle so badly maybe those two could have played together a few more years.
I bet if there was a poll of who they’d rather trade, Billingsley or Brent Leach, more people at LA Times (non-DT) would choose Chad.
That would be my thoughts too
that’s like saying that the same poll would find more people interested in trading Withrow instead of Pierre.
Because people know Pierre and don’t know Withrow, and guys like Plaschke believe prospects exist solely to be pieces in trades.
by Michael White on Nov 24, 2009 2:39 PM PST up reply actions
See, I think Joe Dodger Fan has such irrational Billingsley hate that they’d rather keep a LOOGY over someone who they’ve been brainwashed to think sucks.
Its a false choice though. They’re making the choice of what they know about Billingsley, not of what they know of Billingsley and Leach. In your informal poll, the choices are
- Keep Billingsley
-Trade Billingsley.
Leach really isn’t an unknown, though. Torre was throwing him out there a lot. He was horrible at the end, but had enough good spots that some might think he’s good.
Exactly, LAT makes it sound like the only way to get Holliday
would be to trade Bills.
And also that Holliday is the ONLY possible pitcher the Dodgers could get.
If Joe Dodger Fan Was Better Served by People Who Write
and theoretically know about baseball, he wouldn’t.
How the hell did Ethier get two 2nd place votes? =P
Seriously, though two people thought he was the 2nd best player in all of the NL?
It's ridiculous Matt Kemp did not Garnish more respect
Matt Kemp was the premier CF on a playoff team playing fantastic defense and was the most VALUABLE (WAR) OF in the National League. I’m glad Either got the “walk off” votes, but seriously, KEMP is a true MVP type candidate.
I'm confused
Are we bitching about Ethier being too high or Kemp too low?
I think players on teams who have more than one great player really suffer in the voting and rightfully so, there can only be one MVP per team by definition. Thus Howard got the nod over Utley and Ethier over Kemp.
It isn’t necessarily so, but just the way it went.
ethier is not too high..
he deserves it.. but kemp you can say is a little low but i think i like his placement too…
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