Eminor3rd Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jose-abreu-...outing-reports/ Today’s the day that Jose Abreu wins the 2014 American League Rookie of the Year Award. Seems like they’re doing a whole announcement show, and nothing’s official yet because they don’t want to spoil the suspense, but the suspense has already long been spoiled, by Abreu and by the rest of the AL rookie class. There’s been a little bit of chatter that Abreu might have an MVP case. Now, he’s not going to have an MVP case, as reflected by the voting, but if a guy is getting talked up in some circles as a dark-horse MVP, he’s your Rookie of the Year. A little over a year ago, the White Sox signed Abreu to a six-year contract. At that point, it looked like a heavy investment in a player whose value would be entirely tied up in his bat. Now, Abreu’s looks like one of the more valuable contracts in the game, as he’s coming off a season that saw him answer most of the questions about his productivity. Abreu wasn’t an outstanding defender at first base. He wasn’t a stealth quality base-runner, so everything really did come down to the hitting, but the hitting was phenomenal from start to finish, and it seems worthwhile now to reflect upon Abreu’s scouting reports around the time of his signing. Read more: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jose-abreu-...outing-reports/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 10, 2014 -> 01:20 PM) http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/jose-abreu-...outing-reports/ Thanks for that . To the doubting Thomases I say " I told you so " ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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