Do You think Jimmy Rollins deserved the MVP?

Question

I personally belived so but i want to know if you did.

Answer 1

For those who say Holliday had better offensive numbers than Rollins, of course he would! He hit from the cleanup spot, where he gets many more opportunities with runners on base, to drive them in. Rollins bats leadoff! All of his 30+ HR, all of his 90+ RBI, 40+ steals and 200+ hits were from the leadoff spot! I thought Jeter's numbers last year (14 HR, 97 RBI) was difficult to do from the #2 spot, and look what Rollins did in the most difficult spot there is to be productive in! Plus, his defense is ALMOST as tremendous as that of David Wright's. He deserved it.

Answer 2

Rollins made the rest of his team good. That is what the MVP should be. Yes Holliday had some better numbers in some big categories, but with Rollins on base, the game changes for the following hitters. So in essence, Rollins had good hitters following him because the pitchers couldn't focus just on the batter when he was on base.
How many RBI's came from Holliday being on base?
Pitchers don't see Holliday on first and think every pitch he might steal second, or third after he steals second.

Besides the fact, when it comes to Defense, Holliday cannot hold Rollins jock strap.

I hate people thinking of the MVP as only being an Offensive award. DH's should never be MVPs no matter how good Ortiz is.

Answer 3

Yes. Look how MUCH he played. (almost every inning).

Look WHERE he played (shortstop)

Look WHERE he hit (top of the order for Utley and Howard, who also did well in the vote)

Look HOW the team finished (not the World Series, but Howard had a ton of strikeouts and the pitching staff was good but not great, so they made the post season because of Rollins' volume of work)

The Rockies' run was great, but if even with the humidor, you still have to discount the hitting stats of anyone who plays in that park.

Holliday on the road hit .301 with an OBP of .374 and a slugging percentage of .485

If you add his runs scored to his RBI and subtract out his homers, he was a very diret part of 97 runs on the road this year.

What about Rollins? Rollins hit .293 on the road, with a .352 OBP with a slugging percentage higher than Holliday (.507). His home/road splits were not that different from one another. He was a direct part of 105 runs on the road.

Both players were very steady all year, both only had one month that was a notch below the others, and each was great down the stretch... But I believe Rollins had more do do with his team taking the lead. Thus Rollins was more valuable to his team than Holliday was to his. The stats are inflated for Holliday because of where he played, so you have to look deeper, and that is where Rollins moves ahead IMHO.

Answer 4

Yes, and I think it's great on multiple levels.

1. He had the hitting, fielding and base running stats to carry it. This is a 5 tool guy, and there are few of them in the majors.

2. it's great that an African American won. We need more black players in the majors, but many kids have chosen other sports. For Rollins to win this award it might influence others to choose baseball. By the way, I am not black or a bleeding liberal.

3. It's great that a Phillie won. I am not a Phillie fan, but these guys have been down a long time, and they need some good news. Team performance this year and the MVP gives them some hope.

Go Jimmy Rollins!

Answer 5

Well Matt Holliday and Rollins , both deserved the MVP, but In my humble opinion, Holliday deserved it more.
One major factor behind the Phillies making the playoffs was the unexpected collapse of the New York Mets.

Answer 6

If it was a landslide, I would have been disappointed.

I would have voted for Holliday myself simply because removing any of Utley, Howard or Rollins would have dramatically affected the Phillies, so how do you weigh ones contributions from another.
Holliday had no one except a rookie SS.

It's funny that there were 3 infielders, all different positions, all in the NL that managed a 30/30 season this year, Rollins, Wright and Phillips.

A good year for speed/power combinations.

Answer 7

This is a very biased answer, but I think Matt Holliday should have gotten the award over Rollins. He lead his team to the World Series (sweeping Philadelphia along the way), and he had better numbers in all of the major offensive categories (he lead the NL in AVG and RBIs).

Answer 8

holliday had much better all around offensive numbers. he is just as good playin the field as rollins, and oh yea, who took his team to the show?
matt got screwed.

Answer 9

I think Holliday deserved it more. Rollins was in a lineup full of good hitters. Holliday didn't have as much protection in his lineup...But he still had a good season.

Answer 10

It's the National league, nobody's paying attention