Braves Pitcher Tim Hudson Wins The MLB Comeback Player Of The Year For The N.L.
by gondeee on Oct 5, 2010 3:01 PM EDT
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Just over a year ago, Tim Hudson returned to the mound with a great deal of uncertainty. A week ago he was making his second start in five days en route to his 17th win of a remarkable comeback season. Hudson hasn't won 17 games since he won 18 in 2001. He hasn't thrown this many innings (228.2) since his second to last year in Oakland, and his ERA has not been this low since 2003.
Hudson is truly deserving of the Comeback Player Of The Year award, as he emerged once again as the ace of the Braves starting pitching staff.
Interestingly the MLB Comeback Player Of The Year award has only been around since 2005 as an official "MLB" award. The Sporting News also gives out a Comeback Player Of The Year award.
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this makes perfect sense
he was out with tommy john surgery last year and here he comes with a great year. I think he deserves the Cy Young more than anybody in baseball
Mathew 19:26 "With God, all things are possible"
Very cool…now we just need JHey to win ROY and it will be a perfect day.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Oct 5, 2010 3:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I don't think it's gonna happen....
…..with Posey and Garcia in the running. Posey made more of an impact down the stretch and helped his team win their division. It’s gonna be close though…
by Undocorkscrew on Oct 5, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions
hush you
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Oct 5, 2010 3:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Posey is your only really valid arguement. Garcia was fierce and outstanding all year long, but I think the fact that the Cards didn’t make the postseason hurts him, fair or foul. So it really just comes down to Posey and Heyward. Heyward has the lower average, but a better on base percentage, and more RBI, but less homer, all in more at bats. Its a pretty big toss up, but it’d be great to see Heyward win it, but I couldn’t say Posey didnt deserve it if he wins.
by thenightstallion on Oct 5, 2010 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
ROY doesn’t matter that much anyway, but it would be special for JHey if he won it.
"Tony Gwynn made sacrifices. Cal Ripken made sacrifices. I'm not sure Derek Jeter made sacrifices given the ungodly deep pockets the Yankees have." - Chipper Jones
by MBL1 on Oct 5, 2010 4:00 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Both players hit 18 homers.
People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.
How about this...
We’ll compromise.
Posey wins the ROY Award.
J-Hey wins the World Series MVP.
Fair? I think so.
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
by Jman781 on Oct 5, 2010 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Awesome honor for Huddy
Well deserved.
My avatar says it for me...
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~ Mae West
woooooooooooo!
Go Huddy!
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
Absolutely amazing
I love this team!
Congrats to Huddy! He deserves it.
If I have to explain my username to you, you're obviously a Philly fan.
"Kill my boss?! Do I dare live out the American dream?" - Homer Simpson
Fantastic news. Tim Hudson is the very definition of professional and as perfect an example of what an Atlanta Braves player should be as you’re going to find. He’s a great player and an even better person, he’s a fantastic teammate and he makes everyone around him better.
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by cbwilk on Oct 5, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions 10 recs
+1
Well deserved Huddy! Go Braves!
"I wasn’t thinking about it. That’s the worst celebration of all time. I didn’t know what to do. I got lost in the moment." - Brian McCann
by HansonManCrush on Oct 5, 2010 3:42 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
9 million...
That is what Huddy accepted to return to Atlanta this season. Injury or not, he could have earned at least 12+ million on the open market.
There are not a lot of athletes who accept less money to play for a team and city that they love (but many are Braves like Andruw and Chipper, to name a couple more).
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
And THAT's something we can all smile about.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
haha, if this were facebook, i would ‘like’ this
by McGriff the Crime Dog on Oct 5, 2010 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions
So...2 of our SPs...
Have won awards in the last week…We obviously have no shot at winning in the playoffs…
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
SP can only do so much with such a sweet offense backing up.
The 90s can attest to that.
by DogDaysofSummer on Oct 5, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Rain on My Victory Parade...
Why don’t ya? :-)
I ain’t skeered of the Giants. The Braves offense had a better year in all major categories except for Slugging % and HRs. We scored more runs, had a higher OPS, and had the league’s best OBP.
Thus, I am looking at the playoffs one series at a time, and I like our chances, even if we have been struggling (by struggling I mean losing 5/6 to the Phils, not winning 7/9 against the Marlins, Nats, and Mets down the stretch…). We’ll worry about the Phillies later.
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
And the Giants won't be starting any bums or rookies....
…..so I like the Braves chances against Lincecum, Cain, and Sanchez. Wait……Bumgarner……holy christ almighty, a ‘bum’ and a rookie.
But at least the soft-tossing lefty won’t be getting any starts.
by Undocorkscrew on Oct 5, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
BUT TIM HUDSON IS LUCKY AND HE ISN'T THAT GOOD AND HE WON'T KEEP IT UP!!!1!!
STFU.
Congrats Huddy!
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
+1
I’ve had to eat my words about Lowe (happily) but I was on this train all year.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
Sidebet
Over or under 2.83 ERA for Huddy next year?
Also, if you’ll recall, people were saying that when his ERA was around 2.1.
over
but under 3.50 for sure. In other words, still really good.
I’m more worried about this year’s workload tiring him out than I am about his “regression”.
"Yeah, and I have an enchanted jock strap." -- Karl Karlson
by Jacob Peterson on Oct 5, 2010 8:17 PM EDT up reply actions
So...
Your plan is to keep predicting doom and to say “Told ya so” whenever it eventually occurs?
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
Well this is the guy who called Frank Wren “Dayton Moore-light”, so probably.
'Terrible preview...pretty weak, didn't learn anything new. pretty sad." - mastermike
by Scott Coleman on Oct 5, 2010 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh...
I forgot to say, “Congrats, Huddy.”
"You can't print what I said, but they have to catch us." - Chipper Jones
btw
when are the awards going to start coming out?
Congrats Hudson!
It was fun watching him during the regular season. Now BONUS baseball as he goes for the MVP OF THE WS.
Good news.
Wait - Kelly Johnson hits lefties better than righties? That just HAS to be backwards. - Bobby Cox as he looks at KJ's splits for his career
by Jareth Cutestory on Oct 5, 2010 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
Great news for Hudson
Bad news for Minor, Freeman, Saito, and EOF – they’re not on the post season roster. Maybe the braves will spring for some tickets for the games.
You so deserved this Huddy!
Proud of you big guy!
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
he totally deserves it....
Hudson rulez…. maybe next year chipper….. then 2012 medlen…..
Jason Heyward is what Willis was talking about.....
Good job sir
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.
Huddy and Lowe both honored (on a playoff club)
and all the headlines are still Yankees/Phillies/Reds,etc
I mean, fuck, look at this…
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/atl;_ylt=AlQYEm4QPjRXdHrjMOGpTE8RvLYF
supposed to be an Atlanta Braves page. Just a joke really. Look at the photos near the bottom, even….it’s a joke. it’s just not funny.
congrats Huddy and Lowe
"It looks like The Hound of the Baskervilles out there." - Steve Stone
"...I'm reminded of Wuthering Heights." - Harry Caray
~
Swing and a drive...Belted right! Welcome to the Show!!!
by Chief Noc-A-Homa on Oct 5, 2010 6:01 PM EDT reply actions
I know W-L aren't useful stats
But they’re kind of like alcohol, combined with a dimly-lit setting, and Huddy’s 17-9 record is kind of sexy.
However, I’m worried that the people who matter might have the same eyes, and deny Felix Hernandez of his Cy Young.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
There are still a lot of idiots in the media...
But thankfully people like Neyer and Stark are slowly educating them.
King Felix – pitches in a smaller market, has not got a ton of press this year – Mariners lost 101 games
Does he deserve the award? You bet he does. Do the people who determine this know that? I’m not so sure about that part.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
I've heard a lot of support for Felix...
on national sports talk radio, so I think he has a decent chance. Certainly a better chance than he would have even five years ago. The media is starting to come around on judging pitchers based on their W-L records.
We’ll have to see. If they give it to Sabathia over Felix, we’ll have our answer about the BBWA.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
That's not going to happen
Even if they deny it to Hernandez, it will go to Price or someone with good stats beyond his W-L record. That ship has sailed.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
I think we have to look beyond who wins.
Even if Felix loses a close vote, that shows progress. Yeah, it means he got screwed, but at least it will show things are progressing.
One other thing
I know they’re not supposed to think like this, but…Felix had a truly fabulous season last year but finished second to Greinke’s season for the ages. Anyone wavering over voting for a guy with a near .500 record might take that into account and have it push his vote over the line.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
Really?
This is really where you want to beat the drum for Felix Hernandez? Trashing Huddy in the process? Really?
Look, I agree about Hernandez. He deserves the Cy Young award, but there is no need to cast aspersions on Hudson’s year in the process. People did that all year around here and I don’t think I’m the only one who tired of it long ago.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
Yes really.
This topic seems to have struck a nerve, but I’m not quite sure where I trashed Huddy in the process, since I merely said that Hudson’s superficial 17-9 W-L statistic was attractive. But concerned that those with votes might see the superficial W-L of Hernandez as more than it is, and deny him of what he deserves.
But I’m not trashing Huddy’s season. 17-9 is the average girl with make-up on, but the 228IP, < 1 HR/9, and the 64%GB% are the girls I’d rather be staring at the rest of my life.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
All right
Fair enough, especially since you extended the metaphor. As I wrote, I got sick of people trying to tell us after every one of his starts this year that the sky was going to fall and that has made me a bit touchy.
As for Hernandez and the voters opening up to looking at stats in a deeper way, I really think that the fact that he leads all of baseball in Ks and ERA will carry a lot of weight with voters. If they were still stuck on wins, and wins alone, Greinke would have lost to Sabathia last year. Tarkus is right: this is a very different environment than even 5 years ago.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
Very true
I’ve been having the discussion about Felix (and just Felix!), and as awesome of a season that Price has had, I really do believe it’s a two-horse race between Felix and CC. And that a Cy for Felix is a win for stats and progressive views, and a Cy for CC is a win for the old guard. It’s not so much that voters are so stuck on wins alone, because CC’s first Cy came with fewer wins than Josh Beckett, not to mention Tim Lincecum’s 17 wins beating out Brandon Webb’s 22 a few years back, but just the sheer contrast between CC’s sparkling 21-7 record compared to Felix’s kind of ugly 13-12.
I really hope that the progressive environment has changed enough to rightfully give it to Felix, but from the same organization of guys who denied Cal Jr. and Tony Gwynn unanimous HOF inductions citing threat to the “integrity” of the HOF and BBWAA, more obtuse decisions have occurred.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
The reason I mentioned Price
Is that he may emerge as a “compromise” candidate. If someone can’t get past Hernandez’s superficially unimpressive W-L record, but also recognizes that Sabathia is a very good pitcher who walks out there with a huge advantage every night, David may benefit. Again, that’s a lame-o way to approach these things but I could see it working out that way.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
And it's not like CC is undeserving...
he hasn’t been as good as Felix (or arguably Price or Liriano), but he’s been a damn horse for the Yankees, working long in games, every 5th day, pitching very well and giving his team (any team lineup be damned) a chance to win.
Now, I don’t think he’s pitched as well as Hernandez, and Price and Liriano have pitched as good as him if not better, but CC makes a strong case on his own.
Congrats Huddy
Well deserved.
Huddy is one of my favorite Braves players not only for what he does on the field, but also for what he does off the field. He gives his time and money to help others. We need more players like him, throughout the MLB.
*Just Chill* when things start to look a bit difficult-don't panic as you take away your ability to think straight. Go Braves! Go Dawgs! Go Falcons!
In my experience
There are a lot of guys like him in the game. They just don’t get much coverage on ESPN.
"Everybody's gotta do what they've gotta do." - Joe Simpson
While I appreciate his ability and charitable side, my respect for Hudson stems from his being willing to take less money than the open market might have offered. The man wanted to play in Atlanta, and set it up so he could. Like Chipper, Hudson is smart enough to know when he is in a good situation. Whether it is being close to family and home, playing for a legend like Bobby Cox or for an organization that stresses decency, Hudson made a decision that many players might not have.
I’m glad he won the award, I’m really glad he recovered well enough to win the award.
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