Tonight is home run derby night. The stats don't count, but it's a nice time to have the latest round of UPL hardware dispensation.
All-UPL First Team:
C - Joe Mauer, Phatnapper
1B - Albert Pujols, IAmJabrone
2B - Chase Utley, Westy's Sluggers
3B - Mark Reynolds, IAmJabrone
SS - Hanley Ramirez, Black Sox
OF - Carl Crawford, Cheeseheads
OF - Jason Bay, SuckMyKnuckleballs
OF - Raul Ibanez, Westy's Sluggers
UTIL - Justin Morneau, Benver Droncos
UTIL - Justin Upton, '90 Reds
SP - Tim Lincecum, O.N. Thugs
SP - Dan Haren, '90 Reds
SP - Zack Greinke, Phatsnapper
SP - Felix Hernandez, Phatsnapper
SP - Roy Halladay, Hats for Bats
RP - Joe Nathan, '90 Reds
RP - Jonathan Broxton, IAmJabrone
RP - Brian Fuentes, O.N. Thugs
All-UPL Second Team:
C - Brandon Inge, Westy's Sluggers
1B - Prince Fielder, Black Sox
2B - Ian Kinsler, TheJimmyDixLongballs
3B - David Wright, O.N. Thugs
SS - Ben Zobrist, Hats for Bats
OF - Ryan Braun, SuckMyKnuckleballs
OF - Torii Hunter, Westy's Sluggers
OF - Jayson Werth, Black Sox
UTIL - Matt Kemp, Phatsnapper
UTIL - Mark Teixeira, Phatsnapper
SP - Josh Johnson, IAmJabrone
SP - Matt Cain, Cheeseheads
SP - Jared Weaver, TheJimmyDixLongballs
SP - Justin Verlander, Black Sox
SP - Chris Carpenter, O.N. Thugs
RP - Heath Bell, Hats for Bats
RP - Ryan Franklin, SuckMyKnuckleballs
RP - Jonathan Papelbon, Black Sox
All-UPL Team Killers:
C - Tie, Geovany Soto, Cheeseheads and Russell Martin, O.N. Thugs
1B - David Ortiz, Cheeseheads
2B - Howie Kendrick, Cheeseheads
3B - Aramis Ramirez, '90 Reds
SS - Jose Reyes, Hats for Bats
OF - Josh Hamilton, Phatsnapper
OF - Carlos Quentin, Black Sox
OF - Alfonso Soriano, Cheeseheads
UTIL - Jimmy Rollins, Benver Droncos
UTIL - Grady Sizemore, Muddy Mush Heads
SP - Brandon Webb, Westy's Sluggers
SP - Rich Harden, O.N. Thugs
SP - Cole Hamels, IAmJabrone
SP - Scott Kazmir, Black Sox
SP - Francisco Liriano, IAmJabrone
RP - Brad Lidge, TheJimmyDixLongballs
RP - Kerry Wood, Benver Droncos
RP - Matt Capps, IAmJabrone
Team of the Half-Season: '90 Reds
Manager of the Half-Season: Westy
UPL MVP - Dan Haren, '90 Reds
UPL Cy Young - Tim Lincecum, O.N. Thugs
UPL Fireman Award - Joe Nathan, '90 Reds
UPL Rookie Pitcher - tie, J.A. Happ, Benver Droncos and Ricky Romero, IAmJabrone
UPL Rookie Hitter - Pablo Sandoval, '90 Reds
UPL Out of Nowhere Pitcher - Edwin Jackson, '90 Reds
UPL Out of Nowhere Hitter - tie, Aaron Hill, IAmJabrone and Ben Zobrist, Hats for Bats
As usual, comment away.
-Chairman (aka O.N. Thugs)
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11 comments:
Wow, I can honestly say that I have no qualms about any of these picks. Nice assessment.
The UPL Baseball awards (both midseason and postseason) are always amongst my favorite posts of the year. It's always fun to see what you'll come up with here. (Have you done the All-UPL Team Killers before? A nice touch...)
No, the All-UPL Team Killers are new. It just seemed that we had a few more of those guys than usual, so that would be fun. I like seeing how things change at the end of the season, especially with guys that I trade for/away.
Yeah, you should definitely do a 'best' and 'worst' trade at the end of the year.
Well, right now, I've got BJ Ryan for Matt Garza as the worst trade, since I totally botched that one :-) I think that I deserve an assist for your award, Westy.
Joe Saunders for Mike Cameron could be the most meaningless trade.
Best trade? To be determined.
I'd like to add the Orlando Hudson for James Loney trade to the "Meaningless" department.
Although it worked out much better than last year's trade where I gave up Pujols for Konerko and Myers. that was an AWFUL trade...
There's no way that trade happens this year, from a keeper or a common sense perspective.
Well, Hudson was a rental, for sure. But that's what I was trading for, really.
And in fairness, Paulie was just awful last year, and has actually been pretty good this year. And Albert was coming off of those arm injury rumors, which is what really prompted the the trade. Obviously, Albert seems healthy now, so you'd be nuts to move him.
What's amazing is that I have about 1/4 of the UPL team killers on my team and I'm still in 2nd place. Must mean I drafted well and have played the waiver wire to my advantage.
Ok, I lied, it's only about 1/6th, but still :)
C-Lauff. In my culture, we have a term for getting 21 HR from Aaron Hill as a free agent, and getting 25HR and 17SB from Mark Reynolds in the 18th round. It's not a perfect translation, but it's something akin to "having a rabbit's foot up one's ass."
Roland,
Jealousy will get you nowhere :)
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