Wil Myers 2012 BA Minor League POY

[jlecates]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/player-of-the-year/2012/2614000.html

 

[excel_B]

YES!!!

 

[Jaypers]

Seeing as how Mr. Cooper is in charge of the Royals' top 30 each year, I'm not at all surprised.

 

[jlecates]

Seeing as how Mr. Cooper is in charge of the Royals' top 30 each year, I'm not at all surprised.

Not saying J.J. didn't give a strong opinion on Myers, but I was actually of the mindset that he was probably the lone person in-house championing the Hamilton cause.

 

[Jaypers]

Chat at 3:30 EST.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/chat/?1346778294

 

[All The Hype]

Myers definitely deserved it. Could have gone to Hamilton and possibly a couple others too, but there's no doubt Myers was more than qualified to win this award. Great for him.

 

[Jaypers]

jason (muskegon, mi): How close was Oscar Tavares to the top spot? How did the voting breakdown?

J.J. Cooper: Taveras and Profar were the next two in some order. Billy Hamilton's unreal season got some mentions, and if Dan Straily hadn't been promoted to the big leagues as early as he was, he would have likely gotten even more consideration.

 

[All The Hype]

jason (muskegon, mi): How close was Oscar Tavares to the top spot? How did the voting breakdown?

J.J. Cooper: Taveras and Profar were the next two in some order. Billy Hamilton's unreal season got some mentions, and if Dan Straily hadn't been promoted to the big leagues as early as he was, he would have likely gotten even more consideration.

Interesting. I don't really see how Profar is in the conversation. He obviously had a great year and did it playing against older competition, but that makes him a great prospect, not the POY. His final numbers are nowhere near worthy of Minor League Player of the Year when you've got guys like Myers, Taveras, and Hamilton who all had monster seasons.

 

[asw37]

will this help his card prices?

 

[jbmm161]

Myers prices have gone up.
You think he will get called up before the end of the year?

 

[rsmath]

You think he will get called up before the end of the year?

I hope he gets called up tomorrow to make the path to the championship easier for my Isotopes.

Pretty shocking he's BA POY considering he couldn't even win the PCL MVP award.

 

[hail2thevictors]

I hope he gets called up tomorrow to make the path to the championship easier for my Isotopes.

Pretty shocking he's BA POY considering he couldn't even win the PCL MVP award.

He spent more than a month in AA. Also, the criteria that factor into the league MVP can be much different than the BA MILB POY award.