Braves' Heyward Edges Giants' Posey As Baseball America's Rookie Of The Year

It's not the "real" ROY award given by the baseball writers after the Series is over, but it's the first of what should be many postseason honors for Jason Heyward.

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Nice

Posey’s a poser

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by HansonManCrush on Oct 21, 2010 11:29 AM EDT reply actions

He posed nicely last night!

by Tarkus on Oct 21, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Congrats

I think they both deserve it. I Think Heyward is the better player but no one can over look what Posey did.

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by ArmyITSpec on Oct 21, 2010 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

BOOYA!

HEYWARD!!!!!!!

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by southman on Oct 21, 2010 12:16 PM EDT reply actions

hopefully, this is a good precursor for the "real" NL ROY

I’m still a bit bummed that Nomo edged Chipper in 1995 or Ryan Howard over Francoeur in 2005.

On the other hand, the last 2 Braves NL ROY was David Justice in 1990 and Rafael Furcal in 2000…am I sensing a pattern here?

by LEastCoastBears on Oct 21, 2010 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Hah. That’s kind of a weird pattern isn’t it?

by redwards95 on Oct 21, 2010 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Nomo deserved it.

I think there’s a valid argument for Heyward, though.

by Tarkus on Oct 21, 2010 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Yay! I’m so happy for Heyward! :)

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by MBL1 on Oct 21, 2010 12:36 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I think Posey wins the regular ROY, just because if it was close at BA, who I think will be more forward thinking, I think that the BBWAA will be more likely to go for the easiest thing to justify using regular stats, and using conventional stats, Posey looks specialer because his BA starts with a 3.

On the bright side, I’d rather impress the BA types than the BBWAA types.

by The Goche on Oct 21, 2010 12:46 PM EDT reply actions

But at the same time, it’s not like Posey is a slouch.

by dunnytwogloves on Oct 21, 2010 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Before the playoffs I would have been 100% behind Heyward for ROY, but what Posey has been doing this postseason has changed my mind. Since the postseason doesn’t count towards the award Heyward probably will and should win it, but Posey probably does deserve it more.

by king of games on Oct 21, 2010 1:27 PM EDT reply actions

I'm confused.

You understand that it’s a regular season award, and yet you still want to give Posey extra credit for what he’s done in the postseason.

by Tarkus on Oct 21, 2010 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t WANT to give Posey anything. I’m just saying that the post season has shown that Posey probably does deserve the award, as they were close enough in the regular season. I’d still much rather have Heyward over the long run, his ceiling seems to be much higher than Posey’s. Anyway, the voting is already done, and Heyward will likely win it as he had a slightly better regular season.

by king of games on Oct 21, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

The postseason is irrelevant.

It doesn’t show anything regarding the ROY award.

It’s not for who is the best rookie, but rather, what rookie had the best regular season.

by Tarkus on Oct 21, 2010 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s what I said, you should read more.

by king of games on Oct 21, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I read...

I’m just saying that the post season has shown that Posey probably does deserve the award

by Tarkus on Oct 21, 2010 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Did they vote already, and they won't release the count until after the WS?

I understand it’s a regular season award, but I can’t believe Posey’s postseason isn’t turning heads and making a difference, if a difference can be made, in ROY voting.

by BravePhin on Oct 21, 2010 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions