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Written by Mike Mariano
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Monday, 16 November 2009 09:19 |
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Today at 2 p.m. the National League Rookie of the Year award will be announced. It appears to be a four man race at this point: Chris Coghlan, Tommy Hanson, Andrew McCutchen, J.A. Happ. Actually depending on who you ask, it's only a three-horse race excluding our man J.A. and the fine campaign he's had (cough, ESPN, cough).
The fact that J.A. pitched some last year for a World Series championship team, but didn't qualify for a year of service time. I think this previous exposure is the best and worst thing for his Rookie of the Year campaign. On the good side, it was great face time and most award races are decided by who gets the most media hype during the season. However, on the bad side, he doesn't feel like a rookie to most of the voters. This is similar to the fact that he's not as exciting an option, because he lacks that new car smell. In the end, I think that's what's going to cost him the award. Happ finished 12-4 with 166 IP, 2.93 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 119 SO, .244 AVG. Not to mention the fact that he started for a team that won it's division and ended up being the best team in the N.L. Bottom line, I think we're all going to be disappointed at 2 p.m. when one of the other three wins the award...
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