http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/28/jackie-bradley-jr-is-the-red-soxs-mvp/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/28/jackie-bradley-jr-is-the-red-soxs-mvp/#comment-7995 Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:44:16 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5988#comment-7995 Couldn’t disagree more! All of Ortiz, Bogie and Betts deserve it more. He has done much better hitting but his throwing has been much less accurate. His assist total is a little misleading, as several teams (I’m talking to you Ron Washington – sending Butler!) have been gift wrapped. He does get the award for bringing attention to himself, tho. Starting the year off with talking about his ‘switch-hitting’ in the press, trying to throw the ball over the fence in BP, the silly, silly grade school dance, etc. Ortiz, Bogie or Betts for MVP

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/28/jackie-bradley-jr-is-the-red-soxs-mvp/#comment-7988 Thu, 28 Jul 2016 22:03:32 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5988#comment-7988 I don’t think WAR takes into account the fact that JBJ has nobody hitting behind him, while Mookie has to be pitched to because of all the big bats coming up right behind him. Of course that helps JBJ’s OBP in terms of walks, but presumably should make it harder to hit for average and power.

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