Carlos Delgado is not an MVP candidate
I don't believe Carlos Delgado is a MVP candidate, and I explained why in my Web column today.
Anthony and I were going to debate this today, but he agrees with me.
Anybody disagree?
Newsday's David Lennon has a take on this topic here and here from his Mets blog.
I'd sure like to hear others make the case Delgado deserves the MVP.
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How can a guy who dogged it for two months be an MVP candidate? I'm with you boys on this one.
GO RIEBER !!
Here is my case for why Carlos Delgado is in fact an MVP candidate.
I'd like to start by saying that the MVP is given to the player who is most valuable to his team's performance, as opposed to best hitter. The difference? Albert Pujols will likely have the best offensive season in the NL, however, his team is falling from contention, and if they didn't have Pujols at all in 2008, its hard to say that they'd be competing for a playoff spot....
With that said, lets look at a few numbers. Since 7/1, no team in the majors has won as many games as the Mets (37). Since 6/27, Carlos Delgado leads the NL in HR's (20) and RBI (60). In that same time frame, there were few others who really stepped up - Pelfrey and Santana being the main guys. Carlos Delgado's resurgance has occured over the same time period in which the Mets got back into the NL East race, which in my opinion certainly proves his value.
Now yes earlier in the season, Delgado did struggle. However, guys like Wright and Reyes were performing at fairly high levels, yet the team was still sputtering, showing that these two players are not necessarily the keys to the Met offense. The fact that Delgado's up and down season closely mirrors the overall performance of the team shows how important he is to this team. Without Delgado, the Mets were a .500 ball club. With a resurgant Delgado, the Mets went 37-19, nearly 20 games over .500. CC Sabathia may have done very well since coming over, but his impact has not been that many games. Carlos may not win the NL MVP award, but he is proving that he is the Mets MVP.
I'm curious...I keep on hearing how Delgado "dogged" it. I don't quite get how people come to that conclusion, since they aren't there. I guess it goes by stats.
So that makes me wonder...if Delgado's paltry .706 OPS over the first two months of the season means he dogged it...does that mean another perennial all-star and sure Hall of Famer who posted an OPS of .689 over the same time frame dogged it, too?
And who is that player? "The Captain" Derek Jeter.
So now be consistent...if Delgado's numbers mean he was dogging it, don't Jeter's numbers mean exactly the same thing?
GH
How did he dog it? Explain just don't make bold statements with out validating them...
To say Delgado isnt and MVP candidate is assinine, the way I read your column it sounds as if all he really needs was a high batting avg then he would get your vote. Everything isnt always black and white, so what his batting avg is low, he is clearly the most importanty player on any winning team in the NL.. You basically said that in your column, give me a break wit the Pujols crap. His team is done and the production Delgado has provided means way more to this winning team that is approaching being 20 games above 500. He is also the teams most clutch player, so throw all your little fancy stats out the window right now Delgado is the Most Valuable everyday player in the NL.