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[Washington Timers - Chatter] - NL MVP: How I voted

Ben Goessling on Nov. 24, 2009 into Chatter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:12:02 GMT

... ent statistical categories. I looked at a handful of pitchers (Tim Lincecum, Javier Vazquez, Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter and Dan Haren mainly), but in the end, I d ...

[umpbump.com] - We’re with you, Keith Law.

Coley Ward — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:08:16 GMT

... asoning seemed to be about the slightly lower number of innings he pitched ( Javier Vazquez had about 30 more innings). But I think the issue may also be the voters’ gr ...

[Fungoes] - Sabermetric MVP (NL): Pujols wins, but not in a landslide

Pip — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:35 GMT

... Dan Haren Diamondbacks 6.1 2.95 9.05 15 Ryan Braun Brewers 4.8 4.23 9.03 16 Javier Vazquez Braves 6.6 2.41 9.01 17 Ubaldo Jimenez Rockies 5.7 3.16 8.86 18 Josh Johnson ...

[AJC: Braves Blog] - When tryptophan wears off, Braves offseason should perk up

David O'Brien — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:53:37 GMT

... s turned out for the better, since the Braves wouldn’t have later traded for Javier Vazquez if they’d landed Peavy, and would have opened a big hole in the lineup and d ...

[The Orange Country Register] - Baseball rumors: Lackey back on 1-year deal?

SAM MILLER — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:58:51 GMT

... inter, he'll be overshadowed by pending free agents Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Javier Vazquez, Brandon Webb and Josh Beckett. AP PHOTO. TEXT BY SAM MILLER, OCR MORE PHOTO ...

[OCRegister blog: From the dugout] - Revisiting the Schilling clause

Sam Miller, The Orange County Register — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:59:57 GMT

... thanks to Konishiâ€™s vote, gets either a $50,000 bonus or a $200,000 bonus . Javier Vazquez, thanks to Lawâ€™s, reportedly gets a $70,000 bonus . This is not exactly the ...

[Bleacher Report] - Atlanta Braves' Offseason Options: About Those Predictions...

Cameron Britt — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:03:57 GMT

... s the offseason has progressed over its first full week, only Derek Lowe and Javier Vazquez have appeared as the sole "tradables" from the rotation and I don't expect t ...

[Bleacher Report] - Atlanta Braves: If I Was Frank Wren...

Gavin Andrews — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:28:09 GMT

... raves have a good problem to have: too much starting pitching. Tommy Hanson, Javier Vazquez, Derek Lowe, Jair Jurrjens, Kenshin Kawakami, and Tim Hudson are all viable ...

[Viva El Birdos] - The Cy Young stats

vivaelpujols — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:38:46 GMT

... tes in the NL this year: StatCorner tRA FanGraphs tRA Tim Lincecum 2.52 2.83 Javier Vazquez 3.19 3.67 Dan Haren 3.25 4.12 Chris Carpenter 2.77 3.02 A.D.A.M. 3.47 3.56 A ...

[San Francisco Chronicle] - Advanced stats responsible for Lincecum's win

John Shea — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:44:03 GMT

... has opened its membership to certain Internet writers. Law picked Atlanta's Javier Vazquez second, and Carroll took Arizona's Dan Haren third. Law pointed to Vazquez's ...

[NL East Chatter] - The Hot Stove

dangeluzzi — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:42:57 GMT

... Matsui, J.A. Happ, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Bay, Jason Kendall, Jason Marquis, Javier Vazquez, Jayson Werth, Joe Blanton, Joe Crede, John Lackey, Johnny Damon, Jon Garlan ...

[OCRegister blog: From the dugout] - Cards’ reliever says he cost Wainwright

Mark Whicker, ocregister.com — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:35:43 GMT

... penter on their ballots. Keith Law of ESPN shunned him in favor of Atlanta’s Javier Vazquez (15-10, as opposed to Carpenter’s 17-4, and with a higher ERA), and Will Car ...

[FanGraphs] - Defending Law

R.J. Anderson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:24:08 GMT

... Please don’t confuse it as such because my points have little to do with how Javier Vazquez or Chris Carpenter pitched in comparison to each other throughout 2009. Let’ ...

[Bleacher Report] - NL Cy Young: Statistics Aren't Facts; They're Opinionated

Gabe Simonds — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:11:36 GMT

... Law as an example. To support his claim, he used THREE stats to support why Javier Vazquez was better: FIP, WAR, and VORP. That's his opinion. In his opinion, those ...

[Bleacher Report] - The Fall Of The Republic: NL Cy Young Voting Shows BBWAA's Incompetence

Lewie Pollis — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:30:40 GMT

... r. In the third tier (“Darkhorses”), things got even more interesting. While Javier Vazquez (2.87 ERA, 238 strikeouts) was an understandable choice, the other name made ...