Sunday, November 22, 2015
Who had the worst MVP ballot?
?This is a simple method. We can make it more complicated (and I have an idea there), but let's make it simple for now. This is what you have to ask:
- Was the leading votegetter placed on the voter's top 2 spots on the ballot?
- Were the top 2 votegetters placed on the voter's top 3 spots on the ballot?
- Were the top 3 votegetters placed on the voter's top 6 spots on the ballot?
- Were the top 4 votegetters placed on the voter's top 10 spots on the ballot?
- Did the voter's #1 player place in the top 2 among the final tally?
- Did the voter's #2 player place in the top 3 among the final tally?
- Did the voter's #3 player place in the top 6 among the final tally?
- Did the voter's #4 player place in the top 10 among the final tally?
Do that for every voter. If the voter gets a "yes" to every question, then he's off the hook. If a voter gets a "no" to every question, then that's an egregious ballot.
Figure out which voter had the most "no". Whoever had the most no likely had the worst MVP ballot. Go, aspiring saberist.
And thank you to the BBWAA for publishing the AL and NL ballots, and making this exercise possible.
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