"George Springer will move to center field full-time in 2017.
Advice: It was initially unclear how the Astros planned to assemble their outfield after signing Josh Reddick to a four-year deal, but now it appears Reddick will man right field with Springer moving from right to center. Springer was a Gold Glove finalist in right field last season but has made 16 career starts in center and spent most of his minor league career as a center fielder. The 27-year-old set career-highs in home runs (29) and RBI (82) last year while mostly hitting out of the leadoff spot."
Springer owners rejoice!
Ye ol' composite rankings updated with BA and (weird) BP lists:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AYHdbnvRKdiWSf40UwfPj37Stm7mZKCorcZCZZzNhSY/edit?usp=sharing
Do you remember any specific hitter in any perfect game ever? All people remember is the dominance of the pitcher for said game; nobody cares who batted.
Buying high on a 38-yo knuckleballer to go "all in" was just a dumb idea from the get-go. Regression was inevitable and likely to be immediate, given the age curve. Dickey pitched about as well as anyone should've expected. He had a nice Cy season, but the improbability of a repeat season should've been identified. Unfortunately, AA truly believed Dickey was going to be "even better" than the previous year. Just LOL.
The Jays abandoned a promising rebuild to "go for it" in one offseason - that is rarely how championships are won in baseball, and incredibly ill-advised given where the team was at at the time. Syndergaard and d'Arnaud should've been retained.
Good call. Bell, Judge, Marquez, Almora, and Gsellman, I believe were ineligible for, or were excluded from, the ballots. Is there anyone else I'm missing that you can think of?