As a Marlins fan, i’m definitely happy Cogs won it, but I would have been ok with Hanson, or Happ, or McClutchen winning as well. However, Coghlan won because of his amazing second half. No rookie has ever put up numbers like he did after the all star break. In fact, not too many veterans have either! 47 hits in back to back months! That’s unheard of! Led all rookies in 6 hitting catagories, add the fact that he had never led off or played LF before in his entire life and there you have it, NL ROY.

For Bailey, he had 36 saves and a 1.69 ERA as a rookie. Though, I think you could make a VERY strong case for Elvis Andrus, it’s hard to look over the fact that Bailey was closing games (and a very good closer) in his rookie season….

But being a Pittsburgh pick, he was never gonna make it. His 3.4 WAR was higher then any other ROY candidate, including Coghlan’s 2.3 and Cutch is also a better defensive player. Coghlan’s .321 BA basically won him this award.

And about Defensive, if you go by the that then you’re making an even better case for Coghlan considering he’d never played outfield before. Not in the minors, not in college, not since highschool! And yet he still did a nice job out there in LF. That means alot. To say he only won because of his .21 BA is completely wrong. He lead all NL rookies in 6 catagories, including batting average. But yes, his .321 BA did play a large part, he was forth in the entire national league for crying out loud. Just .008 points shy of Albert Pujols BA, whose front runner for MVP. He also had 47 hits for 2 straight months. No one in the history of baseball has ever reached that feat. It’s ridiculous to say that it has something to do with him playing in Pittsburgh! The guy who won it plays in front of only 8,000 fans a night. Clutch didn’t lose it because of where he plays, he lost because unfortunately there are 3 rookies who had a better year than him in Coghlan, Happ, and Hanson….