I'd have to say Pedroia, he has great range, a great glove & is very consistent at the plate. Bannister comes in a close 2nd...

Your thoughts??

w/o question, Pedroia gets my vote

Without commiting to a vote, you've left off Joba Chamberlain, Hideki Okajima, and Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Brian Bannister, He brought a hole new hope to that rotation. Among league leaders in ERA, 3.46.

DiKe has a 4.44 ERA......Joba has thrown like 14 innings....

Again, I'm pulling a few names out of the air...

I bet if you weren't a Mets fan you'd pick him. I said when that happened that Bannister would be pretty good and great addition for KC, but I didn't think he would be this good. I think this is going to sting like the Kazmir trade soon. Imagine a rotation of Kazmir, Bannister, Maine, Perez and Pedro.

Matsuzaka has two more wins than Bannister and about 100 more strikeouts...Bannister has a low ERA but ERA isn't everything. Notably, Bannister has had the best defensive support (lowest BABIP allowed) of any AL pitcher with 150+ IP, and there's nothing about his peripheral stats that suggests that it's anything more than luck.

On the Red Sox, I'd pick Pedroia ahead of Okajima ahead of Matsuzaka--but all three are viable candidates.

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But THU, Chamberlain has a 0.00 ERA pitching as a set-up man in what has been a close, come-from-behind second half for the Yankees. Yes, it's 14.3 IP in 11 games, but he's been put on the spot immediately--his value to the Yankees in just 11 games is comparable to that of any relief pitcher except Rivera, and he'll pitch another 9-12 times through the rest of the season. He's on track to be one of the top 20 relief pitchers in the AL this year in terms of value to his team--and that strikes me as a rookie season potentially worthy of ROY consideration.

This race is still too close to vote on, IMO.

Uh no, chamberlian won't get it.

It's a little unfair to go with an imported player who already have some pro experience, even though yes they are MLB rookies and other imported players weren't as good their rookie seasons.

I don't think he has even got the right numbers to be considered for the rookie of the year. Isn't it 50IP or 200 ABs?

I see your point! But check history:

1995 NL ROY Hideo Nomo
2000 AL ROY Kasuhiro Sasaki
2001 AL ROY Ichiro Suzuki

They're eligible...voters vote for them on an equal basis with rookies from AAA.

And, BTW, the first Rookie of the Year was Jackie Robinson...and he'd played a year in the very high-caliber Negro Leagues, batting .387 and slugging .626 while playing shortstop for the KC Monarchs.

Put in that perspective, honoring a guy who was locked into a different league due to circumstances beyond his control doesn't seem quite so bad. Japanese ballplayers aren't eligible to come to MLB until they're posted or they become free agents--there's a deal between MLB and NPB limiting their options.

Those are the maximums for eligibility...but any player with less is eligible.

But, hey, MLB.com is on your side:

I'm just looking at Joba Chamberlain's objective value, knowing how the New York media will get things worked up if his ERA is still 0.00 at the end of the regular season.

My prediction: if he has a 0.00 ERA for the year, and if the Yankees are in the playoffs, Chamberlain will get ROY votes...maybe not first-place, but he'll get points.

Hm, I think a Red Sox will have a ROY winner. Weither its Pedroia, Matsuzaka, or Okajima. Me personally, I like Okajima. He's been a dominant reliever this year and for a great portion of the season had an ERA under 1.00.

And on Joba. I don't think he would get votes. He was called up in August, and I think that if he would have been in NY in July, and pitched regularly to a 0.00 ERA, then he would probably win it. But the Joba Rules are holding him back, so he won't get any votes unless he pitches about 20 more innings by the end of season and strikes out about 25-30 more batters, which won't happen.

Bannister or Dustin...I haven't really seen much of Bannister though.

for me, its between bannister or young.

Bannister, his last 10 starts he is 7-2 and if you exclude his previous start vs the Yankees, his era would be 3.16. He had a 2.90 era in August. He also has a 1.18 WHIP.

There is no way Joba will win ROY this yr, he's been lights out but he hasn't even pitched 20 innings. If he pitched a full season, than he would be in contention

Quite the contrary THU, knowing how good he's done this year for the somewhat punch-less Royals actually would give me all the more reason to vote for him. Has nothing to do with me being a Mets fan. & Yes that would be a sick rotation, now I get to spend the rest of my days wondering what if... :(

Dustin.

Dustin will win........

I always thought that players have to be called up prior to the ASB and remain w/ the big club for the remainder of the season in order to be considered for ROTY status.

No. You just have to not have a certain number of PA's or IP to be legally qualified as a Rookie. Like Dice-K. He was able to compete because for it because he never had any prior MLB stats.

I found the official stats.

I'll say Bannister, but people overlook him in KC so it will go to Pedroia because he plays for Boston and gets more hype

I have to go w/ Pedroia, really only because I watch the Sox and the Yanks a ton because they are the only teams on TV near me, and Pedroia always pisses me off. :D

Quite a range of tems you chose from there.

Dice K is nowhere near AL ROY this year. I'd say it's either Bannister or Pedroia.

it is going to be close between Bannister and Pedroia

I'm sorry, I dont watch much baseball other than that. I get YES and NESN, the Yanks and Sox channels, where I live. The only chance I get to watch other teams is on ESPN really. I mean, I know what teams are good and which arent and stuff, but I dont exactly know their rosters well at all...