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David Nichols<\/strong> does a great job getting all the Nats bloggers to participate in pre-season and post-season polls. \u00a0He got 18 voters this time around. \u00a0The link above is the results of the post-season poll. \u00a0Here’s his post-season survey questions, the poll results and how I answered them and why.<\/div>\n
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2013 DC-Internet Baseball Writers Association<\/b><\/p>\n

POST-SEASON ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS BALLOT<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/b>AWARD<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td>\nFIRST <\/b>(5 POINTS)<\/b><\/td>\nSECOND <\/b>(3 points)<\/b><\/td>\nTHIRD <\/b>(1 point)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goose Goslin\u00a0Most Valuable Player<\/b><\/i>Player most valuable to the success of the Washington Nationals<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nWerth<\/td>\nDesmond<\/td>\nHarper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walter Johnson Starting Pitcher of the Year<\/b>Excellent performance as a\u00a0starting pitcher<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nZimmermann<\/td>\nStrasburg<\/td>\nGonzalez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frederick<\/b> “Firpo” Marberry Relief Pitcher of the Year<\/b>Excellent performance as a relief pitcher<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nClippard<\/td>\nStammen<\/td>\nRoark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sam Rice\u00a0Hitter of the Year<\/b>Excellence in all-around hitting, situational hitting and baserunning<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nDesmond<\/td>\nSpan<\/td>\nHarper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank Howard\u00a0Slugger of the Year<\/b>Excellence in power hitting<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nWerth<\/td>\nHarper<\/td>\nZimmerman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Judge Defensive Player of the Year<\/b>Excellence in fielding<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nSpan<\/td>\nDesmond<\/td>\nEspinosa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mickey Vernon\u00a0Comeback Player of the Year<\/b>Player who overcame biggest obstacle in the preceding season\u00a0to contribute on the field<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nJordan<\/td>\nRamos<\/td>\nWerth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Josh Gibson\u00a0Humanitarian Player of the Year<\/b>Player who meritoriously gave of himself to the community<\/i><\/td>\n<\/td>\nZimmerman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Minor League Player of the Year<\/b>Minor league player most destined for big league success<\/i><\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nJordan <\/p>\n

Giolito<\/td>\n

Burns <\/p>\n

Cole<\/td>\n

Souza <\/p>\n

Godwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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  • Goose Goslin Most Valuable Player: Werth, Desmond, Zimmermann<\/strong>. \u00a0I went Werth, Desmond and Harper<\/strong>. \u00a0I don’t like voting pitchers for MVP; they have their own awards \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Walter Johnson Starting Pitcher of the Year:\u00a0<\/strong>Zimmermann,\u00a0Strasburg, Gonzalez<\/strong>: Same way I voted. \u00a0I do like the few side-votes for\u00a0Roark<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Frederick “Firpo” Marberry Relief Pitcher of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0:\u00a0Clippard, Stammen, Soriano<\/strong>: I voted Clippard, Stammen and then\u00a0Roark. \u00a0Honestly I did not think Soriano really did that great a job this year. \u00a0He had a 0.9 WAR for his $15M salary (with deferred payments). \u00a0That just doesn’t cut it for me for a high-end closer. \u00a0I want Craig Kimbrel<\/strong>-esque dominance for that kind of money.\u00a0 Roark on the other hand had a 2.0 bWAR in his limited time on the team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Sam Rice Hitter of the Year:\u00a0<\/strong>Werth, Desmond, Zimmerman<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/b>I went Desmond, Span, <\/strong>Harper. \u00a0I dunno; I guess I got caught up on the definition, which included “baserunning” and “situational” hitting. \u00a0I think I just plain forgot how good a season Werth had here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Frank Howard Slugger of the Year:\u00a0<\/strong>Werth, Harper, Zimmerman: same way as I voted. \u00a0Maybe we should have put more thought into it besides just listing the team leaders in \u00a0homers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Joe Judge Defensive Player of the Year:\u00a0<\/strong>Span, Desmond,\u00a0Ramos<\/strong>. \u00a0I went Span, Desmond and Espinosa<\/strong>. \u00a0Despite how bad his bat was, Espinosa was still awfully good in the field. \u00a0You always forget about the catchers when rating defenders. \u00a0I’m guilty here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • Mickey Vernon Comeback Player of the Year: <\/strong>Ramos, Werth, Ohlendorf<\/strong>. \u00a0I went\u00a0Jordan<\/strong>, Ramos and Werth. \u00a0Remember, Jordan had Tommy John surgery and was buried in high-A to start the season. \u00a0That’s a heck of a comeback. \u00a0Fair enough on Ramos after his kidnapping ordeal and his injuries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • Josh Gibson Humanitarian Player of the Year: <\/strong>Zimmerman, Desmond, Gonzalez. \u00a0Honestly I only voted for Zimmerman; do the rest of these guys do events? \u00a0Maybe i’m just unaware of what the rest of the team is doing in the charity world, but clearly Zimmerman’s MS causes is well known.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • Minor League Player of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0: Giolito, Rendon, Cole<\/strong>: I voted Giolito, Cole and Goodwin, thinking that Rendon was “graduated.” \u00a0I have two lines of players because I wasn’t sure how to answer the question at first; was it “3 best prospects” or “3 best minor league players THIS season?” \u00a0Because the answer to the latter question clearly is not the same as the answer to the former question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Survey Questions
                    \n1.\u00a0Which players on the 40-man roster at the end of the season are least likely to return in 2010? \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

                    I said Cedeno, Haren, <\/strong>Ohlendorf, Tracy<\/strong>\u00a0(which were the top four answers among all the responses) but i’d like to change my mind on Ohlendorf. \u00a0 I think the team is going to tender him and keep him around as a long man, considering that he can’t refuse an option until mid-next year. \u00a0I also think a couple of these random guys picked up on waivers late in the season (Tyler Robinson<\/strong> and\u00a0Mauro Gomez<\/strong>) may not stick around for the long haul. \u00a0These two guys in particular never even got numbers assigned to them.<\/p>\n

                    2.\u00a0Will the Nats sign Ian Desmond and Jordan Zimmermann to\u00a0long-term\u00a0contract extensions before they reach free agency?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

                    I said “Desmond yes, Zimmermann maybe.” \u00a0Honestly, I feel the team can replace Zimmermann from within and may be better served to flip him for prospects if his price tag gets too high. \u00a0At some point the Nats are going to have to make tough choices like this (they are not going to be able to give 9-figure deals to everyone on this team who deserves them) in order to maintain their core group and contine to compete. \u00a0You already have two 9-figure deals, and you have to think that Desmond, Harper and Strasburg are going to merit them. \u00a0can you have a team with that much top-heavy payroll? \u00a0Now, if you got Zimmerman for Gonzalez prices (5 \u00a0yrs $50M or so) then you have yourself a deal.<\/p>\n

                    3.\u00a0What player was the biggest surprise for the Nats this season?<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

                    I went with with\u00a0Jordan, Roark, Werth. \u00a0 The group went with Roark, Werth, Jordan.<\/p>\n

                    4.\u00a0Who was the biggest disappointment?<\/em><\/p>\n

                    I went with\u00a0Haren, Span, LaRoche. \u00a0The group went with Haren, Espinosa, Span. \u00a0Maybe I didn’t include Espinosa because I already had my doubts on him; frankly he didn’t disappoint me, he met my low expectations for him in 2014.<\/p>\n

                    5.\u00a0Who is your favorite professional Nats writer?<\/em><\/p>\n

                    I went with\u00a0Mark Zuckerman<\/strong>. \u00a0The survey results went Kilgore, Comak, Zuckerman and Wagner. \u00a0Coincidentally bon voyage to Comak, who is leaving\u00a0The Washington Times<\/em>\u00a0Nats beat.<\/p>\n

                    6.\u00a0Who is your favorite non-professional Nationals writer?<\/em><\/p>\n

                    I went with\u00a0Luigi de Guzman<\/strong>, writer of the blog\u00a0Natstradamus. \u00a0He doesn’t write that frequently, but when he does they’re usually thoughtful, well researched opinion pieces. \u00a0Though that’s no slight to\u00a0Luke Erickson<\/strong> at Nationalsprospects.com, whose blog I absolutely depend on to write this blog. \u00a0I also really like\u00a0Ryan Sullivan<\/strong>‘s NatsGM blog and its focus on prospects. \u00a0Generally speaking my preference in reading baseball writing on the internet leans towards opinion pieces. \u00a0I know that lots of blogs out there try to be replacement newspaper writers\/beat reporters. \u00a0That’s not what excites me. \u00a0I want to see opinion pieces, criticism where criticism is due, etc. \u00a0Harper Gordek<\/strong> at Nationals Baseball is one that definitely writes opinion pieces and I look forward to his stuff too. \u00a0Unfortunately a lot of these guys have retired (Steven Biel, Chris Needham<\/strong> in particular were always good for a scathing piece when the team deserved it). \u00a0I know there’s a couple others out there who write good opinion pieces that i’m forgetting.<\/p>\n

                    Yours truly got one vote! \u00a0That’s awesome, to whichever fellow blogger voted for me.<\/p>\n

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                    http:\/\/dc-ibwaa.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/dc-internet-baseball-writers.html David Nichols does a great job getting all the Nats bloggers to participate in pre-season and post-season polls. \u00a0He got 18 voters this time around. \u00a0The link above is the results of the post-season poll. \u00a0Here’s his post-season survey questions, the poll results and how I answered them and why. 2013 DC-Internet Baseball Writers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[111,184,17,140,185,164,835,994,961,98,983,135,482,385,1609,114,1478,115,43,852,1625,850,301,2049,1398,1554,1611,36,38,1627,77,24,853,128,2048,147,1786],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-natsgeneral","tag-adam-kilgore","tag-adam-laroche","tag-aj-cole","tag-amanda-comak","tag-anthony-rendon","tag-bryce-harper","tag-chad-tracy","tag-chris-needham","tag-craig-kimbrel","tag-craig-stammen","tag-dan-haren","tag-danny-espinosa","tag-denard-span","tag-gio-gonzalez","tag-harper-gordek","tag-ian-desmond","tag-james-wagner","tag-jayson-werth","tag-jordan-zimmermann","tag-lucas-giolito","tag-luigi-de-guzman","tag-luke-erickson","tag-mark-zuckerman","tag-mauro-gomez","tag-rafael-soriano","tag-ross-ohlendorf","tag-ryan-sullivan","tag-ryan-zimmerman","tag-stephen-strasburg","tag-steven-biel","tag-tanner-roark","tag-taylor-jordan","tag-tommy-john","tag-tyler-clippard","tag-tyler-robinson","tag-wilson-ramos","tag-xavier-cedeno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7898,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions\/7898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}