Awards & Honors
BtBS HOF Part 2: The outsiders
We've seen who the writers of Beyond the Box Score elected. Now the writing staff explains the exclusions of those who fell short.
BtBS elects class of 6 for the HOF
Before the BBWAA announces their official vote, the writers at Beyond the Box Score reveal their choices for baseball's highest honor.
Mike Trout wins Beyond The Box Score AL MVP
It's a year later and we're all singing the same song. Mike Trout is our MVP, even if he isn't going to win the real thing.
McCutchen named Beyond The Box Score NL MVP
For most of the season, the National League MVP race was wide open, but in the final weeks the Pirates' leading man pulled away from the pack.
Max Scherzer named BTBS AL Cy Young
Most of what you heard about Max Scherzer this season centered around his 21 wins, but even the analysts at Beyond The Box Score found plenty of reasons to name him the best pitcher in the junior circuit.
The Cy Young case for Koji Uehara
Given that the American League Cy Young award finalists have been announced, we can say with certainty that Koji Uehara won't be bringing home the hardware this year. More importantly though, should he be?
Kershaw wins BTBS NL Cy Young
For a good part of the season, Matt Harvey and Adam Wainwright were locked in a three-way race for the league's top pitching honor with Clayton Kershaw. Down the stretch, Kershaw separated himself from the pack.
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2013 Beyond the Box Score awards
The 2013 Beyond the Box Score awards are being announced this week. Stop by and see if the experts got it right.
Beyond The Box Score Rookies of the Year
Despite a huge influx of young talent over the last few seasons, there was very little debate among Beyond The Box Score writers about who deserved this year's Rookie of the Year honors.
SABR Defensive Index and the Gold Gloves
For the first time, Rawlings included advanced statistical analysis of defense into their Gold Glove voting methodology. Did it work? How would we know if it did?
Fielding, defense, and Gold Gloves: A discussion
Everyone has an opinion when it comes to baseball awards, especially since advanced metrics became more widespread. It leads to discussions, arguments, and debates. The Gold Glove awards are no different.
The American League's best supporting actor
While the American League MVP race is showing a rerun from 2012, it might be time to look for a new award. Here we examine what an MVP race would look like without each team's best player.
The great Minor League Player of the Year debate
With the minor league season all but done, it's time to talk about the great seasons of George Springer and Byron Buxton.
Cy Young (run) expectancies
More commonly used to evaluate batting contributions, can the RE24 statistic help shed light on whose pitching performances are deserving of a Cy Young award?
Sorry Kershaw it's still Harvey's Cy Young to lose
While it appears that most traditionalists and sabermetricians have called the National League Cy Young award for Clayton Kershaw, at least one other candidate is putting up a pretty good fight. Matt Harvey isn't going quietly.
Using RE24 to look at past MVPs
RE24 uses a run expectancy lens to examine a player's offensive output. Does it tell us anything new or interesting about the past 30 MLB MVPs?
The Worst Best Players of the Month
Who has been least deserving of the Player of the Month award over the years?
ASG 2013: The BtBS All-Star Reserves (NL Edition)
It's time to announce the 2013 BtBS All-Star team! Today we continue with our National League reserves!
AL Most Valuable Player: The Great Debate
Taking a look at potential MVP candidates for the American League.
ASG 2013: The BtBS All-Star Reserves (AL Edition)
It's time to announce the 2013 BtBS All-Star team! Today we continue with our American League reserves!
ASG 2013: The BtBS All-Star Starters (NL Edition)
It's time to announce the 2013 BtBS All-Star team! Today we continue with our National League starters!
2013 AL MVP Debate: Cabrera vs. Trout vs. Davis
The battle for the 2012 American League MVP award was one that went down to the wire and we're still talking about the results. This year's MVP battle has two familiar faces as well as a one new one.
ASG 2013: The BtBS All-Star Starters (AL Edition)
It's time to announce the 2013 BtBS All-Star team! Today we begin with the American League starters!
"Perfect games" for every position
We all know what a "perfect game" is for a pitcher ... but what does a perfect game look like for a position player?
Updating the Future 3,000 Hit Club Members
Which active players are most likely to accumulate 3,000 career hits?
Secret ballots = Terrible votes
There is no greater threat to Cooperstown's integrity than the BBWAA's use of secret ballots.
2013 BtBWAA Hall of Fame Vote: 8 Players Elected
There's almost no chance that the BBWAA will have made the right choices when the 2013 Hall of Fame class is announced January 9. So we decided to have our own vote.
Dear BBWAA: Release Your Hall of Fame Ballots
Whomever you pick, whomever you snub, whether you vote for anyone at all, voting for the Hall of Fame is a sacred responsibility to the game and all its fans. That means you should own up to your ballot.
L is for LOB%: A Sabermetrics Alphabet Leaderboard
Most of you will either remember reading alphabet books as kids, or are now reading them to your kids like me. Here is a sabermetrics alphabet leaderboard from 2012 for the kid in you.
2012 BtBWAA Awards: NL MVP: Buster Posey
In the final installment of Beyond the Box Score's 2012 awards, we offer our picks for the National League's best overall players.
A WAR Index look at MVP voting
WAR may not be the end-all be-all of player analysis, but the WAR Index can tell us quite a bit about certain MVP candidates, and where the BBWAA voters might have missed.
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