The Official 2012 SF Giants Regular Season Thread
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Posey takes over NL MVP lead
Most Valuable Player
National League
1. Buster Posey, C, Giants (3)
Season Stats: .333/.408/.542, 21 HR, 89 RBI
Posey went 11-for-20 in his last five games with three doubles and two home runs and now leads the NL in on-base percentage and OPS+ (170), the later mark mere decimal points behind Mike Trout's major league-leading figure. He doesn't lead the league in Baseball-Reference's Wins Above Replacement (bWAR), but that's largely due to the fact that WAR is a cumulative stat and catchers simply can't play every day. Posey, though, has come close, starting in all but 17 of the Giants 143 games by starting 23 at first base and three at designated hitter. For a catcher to play that much and still be this hot at the plate (he's hitting .393/.470/.658 since the All-Star break) is very special.
2. Ryan Braun, LF, Brewers (1)
Season Stats: .310/.385/.593, 38 HR, 100 RBI, 93 R, 23 SB
That the Brewers have pushed their record over .500 and into the wild-card picture will help Braun's chances of actually winning this award, but from my perspective, his slow last week, was just enough to let Posey surge past him for the lead in this race. Braun had just one extra-base hit in seven games and dropped his slugging percentage below .600.
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF, Pirates (2)
Season Stats: .340/.406/.559, 26 HR, 85 RBI, 97 R
McCutchen snapped a 20-game home run drought with longballs on Sunday and Monday, but outside of those two games, in which he also walked four times, once intentionally, he hasn't given any meaningful indication that he's breaking out of his second-half doldrums.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...-rookies-posey-jeter/index.html#ixzz26QG0FkgT
Most Valuable Player
National League
1. Buster Posey, C, Giants (3)
Season Stats: .333/.408/.542, 21 HR, 89 RBI
Posey went 11-for-20 in his last five games with three doubles and two home runs and now leads the NL in on-base percentage and OPS+ (170), the later mark mere decimal points behind Mike Trout's major league-leading figure. He doesn't lead the league in Baseball-Reference's Wins Above Replacement (bWAR), but that's largely due to the fact that WAR is a cumulative stat and catchers simply can't play every day. Posey, though, has come close, starting in all but 17 of the Giants 143 games by starting 23 at first base and three at designated hitter. For a catcher to play that much and still be this hot at the plate (he's hitting .393/.470/.658 since the All-Star break) is very special.
2. Ryan Braun, LF, Brewers (1)
Season Stats: .310/.385/.593, 38 HR, 100 RBI, 93 R, 23 SB
That the Brewers have pushed their record over .500 and into the wild-card picture will help Braun's chances of actually winning this award, but from my perspective, his slow last week, was just enough to let Posey surge past him for the lead in this race. Braun had just one extra-base hit in seven games and dropped his slugging percentage below .600.
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF, Pirates (2)
Season Stats: .340/.406/.559, 26 HR, 85 RBI, 97 R
McCutchen snapped a 20-game home run drought with longballs on Sunday and Monday, but outside of those two games, in which he also walked four times, once intentionally, he hasn't given any meaningful indication that he's breaking out of his second-half doldrums.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...-rookies-posey-jeter/index.html#ixzz26QG0FkgT
