Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
As expected, the Cubs field general Geovany Soto took home the NL Rookie of the Year honors. He's the 5th Cub to win the honor and first catcher since Mike Piazza in 1993. He did it on the strength of a 285/364/504 batting line with 23 HR's, 86 RBI's and 66 Runs in the traditional baseball categories. He also created 6.6 Runs per game, had a 7.0 WARP-1 value and was 5 runs above average on defense, those last two numbers courtesy of Baseball Prospectus. That's quite a nice little season that was good enough to get 31 of the 32 possible first place votes, with one yokel probably from Cincinnati voting for Joey Votto.
Thanks to the legwork of reader WISCGRAD, here's the complete list of Cubs that have received a vote for the Rookie of the Year. The five winners are in bold (Geovany Soto, Kerry Wood, Jerome Walton, Ken Hubbs and Billy Williams).
| Name | Year | Place |
| Geovany Soto |
2008 |
1st |
| Mark Prior | 2002 | 7th |
| Kerry Wood |
1998 |
1st |
| Jeremi Gonzalez | 1997 | 9th |
| Kevin Orie | 1997 | 11th |
| Steve Trachsel | 1994 | 4th |
| Chuck McElroy | 1991 | 5th |
| Mike Harkey | 1990 | 5th |
| Jerome Walton |
1989 |
1st |
| Dwight Smith | 1989 | 2nd |
| Mark Grace | 1988 | 2nd |
| Damon Berryhill | 1988 | 6th |
| Les Lancaster | 1987 | 6th |
| Mel Hall | 1983 | 3rd |
| Ryne Sandberg | 1982 | 6th |
| Scot Thompson | 1979 | 3rd |
| Manny Trillo | 1975 | 3rd |
| Bill Madlock | 1974 | 3rd |
| Randy Hundley | 1964 | 3rd |
| Ken Hubbs |
1962 |
1st |
| Billy Williams |
1961 |
1st |
| Jack Curtis | 1961 | 3rd |
| Ron Santo | 1960 | 4th |
| Dick Drott | 1957 | 3rd |
| Ernie Banks | 1954 | 2nd |
| Bill Serena | 1950 | 5th |
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#1 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Brenly not in the runnning for Mariners job...so far.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3694118
#2 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Nothing like Edinson Volquez coming in 4th in Rookie of the Year balloting despite NOT being a rookie.
#3 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Maybe someone has a problem with the current definition of rookie, but even so I would've figure those votes wouldn't be counted.
#4 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Honor,
I'd like to present into evidence yet another reason why the baseball awards need to be taken from the BBWAA.
For fuck's sake, how stupid can they be not notice that and to let it go through. Just throw out the ballots instead of drawing attention to your stupidity.
#33 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
And James Loney came in 7th place. He was a rookie last year.
#34 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Technically, they were all rookies last year. Being a rookie is like being a virgin, either you are or you're not.
#36 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
I fondly remember the beginning of the season, when Hendry displayed Soto's bloody bedsheet to the cheering Wrigley crowd.
#5 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
here's the full voting
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3693976
#6 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
love to see Ellsbury finish 3rd and get some 2nd place votes...
no East Coast/Red Sox bias there...dear lord.
#7 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Actually, I'm surprised he didn't slip in there in front of Ramirez.
I have a dream that Major League Baseball players will one day live in a nation where they are judged not by the color of their socks but by the content of their statistical index.
#8 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
http://www.denverpost.com/commented/ci_10947913?so...
Carlos Gonzalez and Huston Street doesn't strike me as a particularly impressive haul for Holliday.
#9 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
probably a bit more than just those two, Greg Smith was mentioned in another article. They should get 3-4 players for him.
#10 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
http://www.purplerow.com/
Yeah, I was just coming back to edit in Smith. That sounds more like it.
#11 Cruel
top of Rotoworld
http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playernews.aspx?s...
look for the NBC Video that says Mad Dog Minute, headline is
"Cubs to get Peavy".
jerk-off
#12 Re: Cruel
Saw that too, but can't get it to open. Is it anything new?
#14 Re: Cruel
absolutely not, whoever Mad Dog is, just yells at you for a minute saying he thinks the Cubs will land Peavy and that everything in the offseason revolves around the Yankees. He needs a haircut too.
#16 Re: Cruel
Shucks. I should have realized "Mad Dog Minute" refers to guy from Mike & the Mad Dog show in NYC on WFAN. Fucking annoying as hell. No wonder he thinks everything's about the Yankees.
#13 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
he is a MAD dog...that rant had more arm waving than Wendell Kim.
#15 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
but can't get it to open. Is it anything new?
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try Firefox. For some reason it didn't work on Safari.
No, nothing new...just a rant, I think he expected Holiday to go to the Yankees.
#17 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
I was using Firefox actually but no luck. If it's just some dude ranting (from New York, at that) I'm kinda glad it didn't open.
#18 CBS
might want to rethink those writer photos
http://danny-knobler.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blog...
Braves think they have the best offer for Peavy, but have also contacted Dempster's and Burnett's agents.
#19 Re: CBS
harvey pekar approves
#20 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
I could've sworn that was Rob torching all those unbelievers in the ESPN comments.
#21 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
eyre reups with the phillies...2m+ incentives
http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/2008/11/nov-10...
#22 Re: Soto Wins Rookie of the Year
Should the Cubs be interested in Huston Street at all? Would make re-signing Wood a much lower priority. You could close with Street or use Marmol and put in Street in set-up work. Either way, would save the Cubs some money.
The Roto story suggests the Rockies might be in a real money bind. Which raises the question for me: Brad Hawpe, available? Would solve the Cubs' need for a LH hitting RF. Would also make the Cubs the all-time favorite team of every LSU Tigers fan in the world, LOL.
#23 Bastard
"Outfielder Shane Victorino, a spark plug in the Philadelphia Phillies' postseason run, hosting a World Series championship party for his family and friends on Sunday in the VIP bowling suite inside Red Rock Lanes at Red Rock Resort. Among his friends joining him was Reed Johnson of the Chicago Cubs. Victorino lives in Las Vegas in the off-season. "
http://www.lvrj.com/news/34191634.html
Why isn't he in mourning like the rest of us?
#24 Re: Bastard
cuz the alcohol is free.
#26 Re: Bastard
oh that's right....carry on.
#25 Thursday is the deadline
to sign Dempster and Wood before other teams can start making offers...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM...
first, Dempster's smart enough to know his stuff is best suited to the National League. Second, although it's been reported that he's asking for five years and $70 million from the Cubs, he has apparently told the team he is willing to give them a discount in terms of money and years to stay with them in the event they acquire Peavy, and help form what would be a beastly starting rotation. From spending a couple of days with the Cubs and Dempster down the stretch, it's pretty clear Chicago's where his heart is, and my guess both sides would make it work.
#31 Re: Thursday is the deadline
It's cool to see a player that wants to make his team great (or wants to be on a great team?) more than he wants the extra five million on top of the tens of millions he'll surely be making anyway. Then again, if everyone did this, it would be the death of parity... I don't care though, because it's the Cubs who would benefit most.
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