MLB Blog Poll Votes Week 1
One thing that was noted in the first installment of the MLB blog poll, is that with a small sample size of baseball stats to date, the voters may be inclined to vote for who they think will win the award. As the season progresses, the votes would tend to get closer and closer to actual production, and opinion would factor in less and less.
Moreover, should a rookie that only appears in a partial season (and a smaller sample size) be compared equally to a rookie who plays the entire season? That’s what this poll might provide is a way of counting the number of times his performance is rated high throughout the season rather than an average.
Also, if you only take one checkpoint at the end of the year, how about the player who excelled early on in the year. It seems that the player who finishes the season off strong, but struggled early on gets a higher priority by voting at the end of the year only.
Like they say in polls like on the college scene, its better to lose early in the season. It seems like teams are rewarded are not entirely rated by the entire body of work. But, the teams with success at the end of the year are weighted more heavily.
Here is the list of the actual votes for week one by the representative blogs:
Filed under: American League, Cy Young, MVP, ROY, blogpoll
