Tuesday, April 7, 2015

McCABE MAGAZINE SEASON 25 ALL-PRO TEAM and AWARDS

McCabe Magazine's All-Pro Team and Awards


Cincinnati, OH (McC.com) Its that time of year when we here at McCabe Magazine take a look at season 25 and select the players who are the best of the best at their respected positions. Here is the Robert E. McCabe Magazine's All-Pro squad and season awards. 

McCabe Magazine’s Season 25 MVP

Darrel Davies
Washington D.C.
Nationals
Age: 23B/T: L/L
Born: Kaneohe, HI
Position(s): 1B/DH
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Our season 25 Most Valuable Player is Darrel Davies (1B/DH) of the Washington Nationals. Davies (36 HR, 103 RBI, 347 BA) our season 24 Rookie of the Year, and the Nationals have dominated the American League East and has run away with the division title with a 28 game lead with 13 games left in the season. He is 2nd in the majors with a 347 BA and 2nd in OPS 1.036. First in both categories is Colorado's Hersh Mays (42 HR, 110 RBI, 376 BA, 1.169 OPS). Why you may ask didn't we crown Mays our MVP? Here are the facts. It’s Coors Field and the Mile High effect. It’s not only hurting Mays in our opinion, but all the players on the Rockies have inflated stats due to the effects of a baseball at high altitudes. 

Here is some analytics we used to separate the players. The one telling stat is home and away. When we checked the home run leaders in the majors, we found four (4) Rockies in the top 10. However, when we looked at the home run leaders (away) hit on the road, we only found two Rockies in the top 25, Luis Mesa (COL) ranked 11th with 21 road dingers, and Johnny Diaz (COL) at 24 with 17. In home BA the Rockies had 8 players in the top 25, with only one (1) Colorado player in the top 25 away BA rankings. That one player is Renyel Jimenez (COL) listed at 25. By no means do we want to diminish the accomplishments of these players, after all they do lead the best division in baseball, we are just explaining our reasoning for our MVP selection. For more information, please see “The Physics of Baseball” by Alan M. Nathan, University of Illinois.  

MVP Honorable Mention; Hersh MaysAlexei DaSilva (TOR) 51 HR, 110 RBI, 277 BA, 909 OPS, Marcell Soler (OAK) 45 HR, 124 RBI, 300 BA, 912 OPS, and Desi Cruz (TOR) 45 HR, 111 RBI, 336 BA, 1.012 OPS. 

McCabe Magazine CY Young Award Winner

Vince Garcia
Anaheim
Angels
Age: 35B/T: R/R
Born: Lincoln, ME
Position(s): P (SP2)
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 Vince Garcia, Anaheim Angeles (25-4, 15 CG, .183 OVA, 0.86 WHIP, 1.59 ERA) is the most dominating pitcher since Luther Abercrombie retired after season 23. Garcia is our back to back CY Young Award winner, taking the award in season 24 with a 23-7, 2.40 ERA. Honorable Mention; Adam Bradford (LAA) 21-5, 1.01 WHIP, 2.09 ERA,  Mike Harper (SD) 20-9, 1.24 WHIP, 3.89 ERA, Clay Porter (CIN) 16-8, 1.13 WHIP, 2.50 ERA, and Pat Sosa (STL) 44 saves, 1.33 WHIP, 2.60 ERA.  

McCabe Magazine Rookie of the Year


Johnny Diaz
Colorado
Rockies
Age: 26B/T: R/R
Born: St. Petersburg, FL
Position(s): 1B/LF/DH
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Colorado Rockies Johnny Diaz (1B) led all rookies with 17 home runs on the road, and 25 at home for a total of 42. He also had a home BA of 334, and a road BA of 295. He is tied with rookies Francicso Elcano (MIN), and Dummy Smith (RIC) with 150 games played. Diaz is 2nd among all rookies in fielding with a.999 fielding percentage. Honorable Mention;  Wilkin Lopez (MIN) 34 HR, 77 RBI, 292 BA, Aaron Reed (HOU) 33 HR, 90 RBI, 239 BA, and Douglas Sweeney (CLE) 11 HR, 66 RBI, 27 SB 4 CS, 308 BA.

Robert E. McCabe Magazine ALL-PRO TEAM

Designated Hitter
Darrel Davies
Washington D.C.
Nationals
Age: 23B/T: L/L
Born: Kaneohe, HI
Position(s): 1B/DH
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
119 488 89 37 104 2 0.342 0.403 0.619 1.022

Catcher 
Hersh Mays
Colorado
Rockies
Age: 33B/T: L/R
Born: Lytle, TX
Position(s): C
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
142 464 113 44 113 0 0.375 0.460 0.711 1.171

1st Basemen
Johnny Diaz
Colorado
Rockies
Age: 26B/T: R/R
Born: St. Petersburg, FL
Position(s): 1B/LF/DH
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
155 635 119 43 137 0 0.313 0.380 0.565 0.945

2nd Basemen
Alexei DaSilva
Toronto
Blue Jays
Age: 29B/T: S/R
Born: Juarez, MX
Position(s): 2B/3B/SS/OF
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
154 633 108 53 114 21 0.278 0.331 0.581 0.912


3rd Basemen
Bernie Estrella
Chicago
White Sox
Age: 26B/T: R/R
Born: La Romana, DO
Position(s): 3B/IF/OF/DH
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
132 484 90 42 127 5 0.316 0.367 0.616 0.983

Shortstop
Jack Gray
San Diego
Padres
Age: 26B/T: R/R
Born: Wewoka, OK
Position(s): SS/IF/COF/DH
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
152 580 64 39 117 1 0.236 0.304 0.474 0.778

Fielding Stats
Pos GP GS Inn PO A E DP Fld% RF
SS 151 149 1314 267 479 11 61 0.985 5.11
CF 1 1 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1

Outfield
Quilvio Mendez
Tampa Bay
Rays
Age: 28B/T: R/R
Born: Yamasa, DO
Position(s): LF/1B/RF
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
155 583 89 41 124 18 0.288 0.377 0.545 0.922

Outfield
Landon Leon
Chicago
Cubs
Age: 26B/T: R/R
Born: Hanford, CA
Position(s): RF/1B/LF/DH
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
144 467 89 34 102 3 0.300 0.358 0.587 0.945


Outfield
Wily Correa
Toronto
Blue Jays
Age: 26B/T: S/R
Born: Laguna De Perlas, NI
Position(s): RF/LF
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G AB R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
146 528 103 44 125 20 0.294 0.371 0.614 0.985

Starting Pitcher
Vince Garcia
Anaheim
Angels
Age: 35B/T: R/R
Born: Lincoln, ME
Position(s): P (SP2)
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G GS CG W L Inn BB SO WHIP ERA
34 34 15 25 5 283.1 63 203 0.89 1.72


Setup/Middle Relief 
Yamid Zapata
Atlanta
Braves
Age: 29B/T: L/L
Born: El Seibo, DO
Position(s): P (SuA)
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G GS W L SV Inn BB SO WHIP ERA
81 0 9 4 3 128 22 117 0.92 1.76

Closer

Glen Watkins
Los Angeles
Dodgers
Age: 34B/T: R/R
Born: Delbarton, WV
Position(s): P (ClA)
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G W L SV SVO Inn BB SO WHIP ERA
50 0 3 42 48 47.2 16 42 1.22 2.83