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Kershaw Edges Trout for Sporting News Player of the Year


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I have an issue with a player winning awards like this when they only played in 27 games.

Kershaw had 7.2 WAR compared to Trout at 7.8. Pitchers are in fewer games but have a bigger influence on the outcome of the games they are in. 

 

IMO they should have a position player-only award (Analogous to the Cy Young), then grant MVP's more often to deserving pitchers. 

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I have an issue with a player winning awards like this when they only played in 27 games.

Why?

 

Starting pitchers make a huge impact on those 27-33 games they appear in. Position players do too but starting pitchers generally make a much bigger impact, positive or negative, in those starts. 

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Why?

Starting pitchers make a huge impact on those 27-33 games they appear in. Position players do too but starting pitchers generally make a much bigger impact, positive or negative, in those starts.

Its a valid point. But id counter with 27-33 games out of 162.....or, to put it another way, theres another roughly 130 games the pitcher has zero effect on.

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