Yankees nominated for GIBBY awards
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Nov 12, 2011 
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Don’t look at me, I didn’t come up with the name of these awards, I’m just blogging about them. MLB.com calls its annual end-of-the-season honors the GIBBY Awards — Greatness In BaseBall Yearly — and the Yankees are nominated 17 times.
Click here to vote online. You can vote up to 25 times in each category, and voting ends on December 4. Here are the Yankees nominations.
Player of the Year
Curtis Granderson
There are five nominees from each league — all position players — and it’s pretty much the usual suspects. Granderson is in there with guys like Jose Bautista, Miguel Cabrera, Albert Pujols and Matt Kemp. Hard to consider Granderson a favorite here, but he belongs in the running.
Starting Pitcher of the Year
CC Sabathia
Ten nominees, six of them from the American League. Former Yankees starter Ian Kennedy is in the mix as well. Like with Granderson in the previous category, Sabathia’s probalby not a favorite here, but he belongs in the competition.
Rookie of the Year
Ivan Nova
Twelve nominees in this one, eight of them from the American League. Whether Nova is a favorite depends on how heavily you factor wins and second-half performances.
Closer of the Year
Mariano Rivera
Seven nominees, and Rivera is one of only two from the American League (Jose Valverde is the other). Rivera has the lowest WHIP and the second-lowest ERA of the bunch.
Setup Man of the Year
Dave Robertson
Six candidates, two of them out Atlanta. Having watched Robertson all season, I find it difficult to imagine any setup reliever was better than he was. I’m not sure all of his escape acts really show up in the stats. By the way, the only nominee with more strikeouts than Robertson is former Yankees prospect Tyler Clippard.
Defensive Player of the Year
Brett Gardner
Mark Teixeira
Hard to compare defensive performances from different positions, but the Yankees did land two players in the running for the award. If I had to choose one of the two, I’d probably go with Gardner. Of the 10 nominees, seven are outfielders. Of those seven, Gardner is the only left fielder.
Comeback Player of the Year
Russell Martin
Martin’s not a bad candidate, but he’s not even the most deserving Yankee. This seemed like a no brainer for Bartolo Colon, but he missed the cut. Even with Colon in the mix, former Yankees DH Lance Berkman would still be my choice.
Wow Factor
Robinson Cano
This award goes to the most exciting player in the big leagues. There are a lot of speed guys on the list — I covered Shane Victorino for a year, and he really is a thrilling player to watch day after day — but Cano obviously makes the list for his big bat and range at second. Most deserving really depends on your cup of tea, I guess.
Manager of the Year
Joe Girardi
Those who hate Girardi won’t believe that he made the list, but the Yankees finished with the best record in the American League in a season when they were overwhelmingly expected to finish second in their own division. They lost two setup relievers, two starting pitchers, their shortstop and their cleanup man to injuries. Girardi belongs on this list.
Executive of the Year
Brian Cashman
Cashman proved he have a big impact with small contracts, and the impact of guys like Bartolo Colon and Freddy Garcia certainly help his case here. Of course, Kevin Towers getting the Diamondbacks in the postseason and John Mozeliak building a champion are hard to overlook.
Moment of the Year
No. 3,000 for Jeter
No. 602 for Rivera
Cano’s home run derby
Three grand slams in one game
Eight nominees, and the Yankees have half of them (they were involved in a fifth: The Rays rally on the last day of the regular season). For me, there was nothing more memorably that Derek Jeter’s 3,000th hit. I’ve said before, I think I might remember more about that day than I remember about the World Series two years ago.
Performance of the Year
Jeter’s 5-for-5
In the previous category, Jeter is nominated specifically for the home run on hit No. 3,000. In this category, he’s nominated for the day as a whole. I’ll say one more time: There’s nothing I’ll remember more about this season than the day Jeter hit his 3,000th.
Fan Moment of the Year
Veteran instincts
You probably remember this one: The June game when a one-armed military veteran made a nice grab on a foul ball.
Associated Press photos
SI_JonHeyman 33 secs Marlins won’t reveal preference order. but 1 person who’s talked to them says he believes reyes is choice #1
SI_JonHeyman 15 mins revelation of offers to 4 stars was well-timed for miami #marlins, as their coming out event was yesterday
SI_JonHeyman 17 mins one person characterized offers to pujols, reyes, buehrle & madson as “preliminary” types. so no threat of 4 acceptances
I’d like to see Girardi call Bob Gibson “gibby”.
Especially after he just struck out like 16 or so batters in one game.
I think he would be better served saying “Mr. Gibson” in that case.
MTU,
“Gibby” would probably lose the next pitch in the home dugout
I may go over and vote.
Great picture of DRob. I am always amazed by that shot – the straight line, the perfect balance.
Drob should start
Blake-
“Drob should start”
I think you are maybe half-serious about that but I always wondered about it.
Robertson now has a nice 3 pitch arsenal with at least 2 ++ pitches.
The biggest issue with him used to be the walks.
Would he have the endurance for 200 innings assuming they even wanted to try to stretch him out for it ?
Regardless, He is one of my favorite Yankees right now.
Duke almost git beat by Belmont last night……but Doc Rivers body at looks legit.
MTU,
Yea I sas half serious……I don’t know the specific reason Robertson was made a reliever…..if it was stamina related or lack of pitches. He has the pitches now and I Tino his delivery is sound enough that the command would be fine as well.
Doc Rivers “boy” …..I really must start proof reading
“…..I really must start proof reading”
Tkae GB’s wrtnig and spilling clewss it dod wondres fer me.
Tar,
I took it but flunked out….GB kept me out eating pizza all night and I couldn’t study
Pat,
just watched the interview with Jon Ritchie…..doesn’t change much for me. It shows how good Sandusky was at manipulating people and frankly it shows how well this was covered up from the general population in State College.
Sandusky got his hooks in Ritchie when he was in the 9th grade…..the fact that he and the general public thought he was a saint doesn’t change anything as it relates to the story.
The point is that adults (apparently many of them) knew this guys true colors and did nothing to change the perception of him…..or stop him. So while yea it is “complicated”…..the part people are upset about isn’t IMO.
Catch you all later.
Hike day. Have a good one.
Blake
the trick is to take the class that killer teaches, much more informative and better breath too.
I didn’t realize the Heels don’t play today. Boy they are in for a whipping on Thursday, aren’t they. Looking on the bright side, Your wife will be happy. Maybe she will feel sorry for you.
Tar,
probably….I still haven’t decided if I’m heading up to VT Thursday or not…..would be a late night.
have a good one MTU
On the PS mess I just can’t imagine ( and I have tired) any person that would make me NOT stop that freaking animal right then and there. So for me, it’s not complicated at all.
And that’s not bravado or anything other being true to what values I have. I could even understand a person maybe not reporting a murder (ex: maybe they fear for their life.) But in no way can I understand, witnessing and not stopping, the intentional harming of a child. No It’s just not complicated at all.
No nominations for Gibby from iCarly?
My 8-year-old daughter is going to be very disappointed.
Girardi would not get my vote. The Yankee $200+ Mill payroll gives Girardi the depth to cover the injuries sighted, and Cashman’s hording of Yankee minor league Blue Chip players has a stockpile of talent at that level also when emergencies arize. Bottom line, I just cannot see awarding Girardi when he does not take the time to familiarize himself with the KC ground rules, and then compounds that eggrecious error by failing to simply play a game under protest until such time as he actually reads the KC Ground Rules. Rewarding laziness and ignorance will not lead to #28.
Tar
On WEEI they were talking to Dave Cowens and he was surprised nobody took a baseball bat to Sandusky.
Cowens works with kids and checks out closely anyone that works with him.
“I just cannot see awarding Girardi when he does not take the time to familiarize himself with the KC ground rules”
the play was reviewed and the umpires still screwed it up…..that’s their only job….to make the calls and get them right especially when they have 10 different camera angles. I’m not arguing that Girardi should be manager of the year……but a meaningless game in KC in which the umpires screwed up a call shouldn’t be the reason why.
Maine
I understand the sentiment because I could see myself getting violent if I witnessed something like that.
I would hope if a stranger saw someone harming my child, they would step in and intervene. So how could I not do the same thing? I just don’t get the complicated argument that some are bringing up.
NO game is meaningless. It’s a Mgr’s job to know the rules. Besides, Girardi’s Coach told him what the Correct ground rules were and Girardi caved in and followed the Umps in lock-step. Girardi needs to add a section to that 3 Ring Binder he religously follows that covers current ground rules for every stadium.
It’s ironic how little some Yankee fans know. I would estimate that half of the Yankee fans would NOT vote for Cashman or Girardi to be on the list, but in reality, they absolutely deserve it. I would also estimate that most people would take MLB specialists’ opinions over some bandwagon fanboy’s.
Heck, I just voted:
-Nova for rookie (being a bit of a homer)
-Mo for closer
-DRob for setup
-Gardie for defense
-Jeter for 5/5 performance