Peter Botte
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Peter Botte
@peterbotte.bsky.social
Sportswriter. BU alum. Tyler's/Hayley's dad. Brody’s grandpa! FishSticks/Big 50: NYY.
https://www.amazon.com/Big-50-New-York-Yankees/dp/1629377546
And you didn’t come off as rude, we are allowed to disagree.
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Same reason I don’t vote for Buehrle, who was very durable but rarely great.
December 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
I believe you have to have an outlier year to win MVP on a terrible team, like Ohtani. I don’t believe ARod should’ve won that year in Texas. My point on Abreu is he never was considered a top player in his league/never led the league in any category except 2Bs one time. Not enough dominance for me.
December 18, 2024 at 8:02 PM
The Reds were 96-67.
December 18, 2024 at 1:57 PM
The Phillies were 77-85 that year.
December 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM
More weight because he’s a SS. Also won an MVP, while Abreu never finished top-10.
December 18, 2024 at 1:52 PM
I would argue there are different levels of actual crimes, too (felonies, misdemeanors, driving violations, etc). I consider the PED suspensions as a worse infraction than stealing signs. I also did not vote for Beltran his first year because of it.
December 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM
I will revisit them again next year. I do like Felix better, I think he had a stretch of dominance, which Abreu never did. (No top-10 MVPs, never led league in anything except doubles one time).
December 16, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Pedroia was my closest no vote, but I foresee adding him, maybe even next year.
December 16, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Most of the egregious Hall of Famers were put in by the Vets committees.
December 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I stand by it.
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Lee Smith was not voted in by the writers, but by a 16-person vets committee. He was on the writers ballot for the full 15 years and never got particularly close.
December 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Pedroia was my closest No vote. Will reconsider next year.
December 16, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Good interesting or bad interesting? :)
December 16, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Buehrle, not very, so durable, but only received Cy votes in one season.
Felix was closer, six top-8 Cy finishes (won once), 2 ERA titles.
Abreu, look at every year, good OPS, again, not one top-10 MVP finish.
December 16, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I would say Pedroia is closer. Kinsler never finished top-10 in MVP.
December 16, 2024 at 3:07 PM