Baseball’s Savior

I’m not terribly surprised this. Cano had a solid season by conventional terms (.297 batting average over 522 at bats), but he had a rather mediocre .262 EQA. He was a slightly above average hitter (BRAR 19, BRAA 1) but that gets wiped out by his mediocre fielding (FRAR 17, FRAA -4). He did provide the Yankees with some solid play at a position that they needed help at.

Huston Street had the flashy relief numbers. He finished the season with 50 pitching runs above replacement, so he was worth about two more wins the Cano was.

Jonny Gomes finished a solid third, although you could have made a case for him walking away with the award as well. He had a very solid .305 EQA. At the end of the day, he and Cano were nearly identical in WARP1. Cano had a 3.9 and Gomes had a 3.8, with Cano picking up some points because he played a tougher spot out n the field.