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Sunday night, Major League Baseball announced its annual Gold Glove Award winners… during the Patriots vs. Packers game. That’s right. You may have missed it while watching Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, but MLB thought it would be the best time to announce one of their big annual awards because, well, they’re Major League Baseball.
Even a rookie in the league pointed out the idiocy of the timing, as St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty took to Twitter to question MLB’s thinking.
“You know what’s great… is that they decided to do these awards during a Sunday night football game between Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady,” wrote Flaherty. “I’m sure most of people are locked in to the awards.”
You know what’s great… is that they decided to do these awards during a Sunday night football game between Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady
I’m sure most of people are locked in to the awards…— Jack Flaherty (@jflare_) November 5, 2018
No way Major League Baseball could top that decision for stupidity this season, right? Of course they can!
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On Monday, Major League Baseball somehow manage to make an even more inexplicable decision when they announced the finalists for American League MVP and they left Boston outfielder/designated hitter J.D. Martinez off the ballot.
That’s right. The guy who finished first in the American League in RBI (13), second in the American League in home runs (43), batting average (.330) and slugging (.629), third in runs (111), OBP (.402), and OPS (1.031), and won the World Series, wasn’t deemed worthy of being among the three men eligible for the award.
Instead, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced they would be Mookie Betts, Jose Ramirez and Mike Trout. All solid players who had good years, but, hello?
Man why can’t we let the players get what they deserve in baseball? JD Martinez not in the final three of league MVP voting is a disgrace to the game!! As far as I’m concerned he deserves the award along with his teammate Mookie Betts! 330avg/130 rbis/111 runs/43 Hrs #W.S.Champs
— Frank Thomas (@TheBigHurt_35) November 6, 2018
If you created an award for a hitter who had most impact on a club's offense culture, J.D. Martinez would win in a landslide in 2018. Boston's collective take-what-the-pitcher-gives approach vs. Keuchel in ALCS should be shown to hitters, and J.D. was in the middle of that.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) November 6, 2018
Harold Reynolds on J.D. Martinez not being a finalist for MVP: "It's flat ridiculous."
— Ian Browne (@IanMBrowne) November 5, 2018
How is JD Martinez not a finalist for MVP? I don’t want to hear about not playing the field. He changed everything for Sox this season. He made Mookie better. Shame.
— Adam Schein (@AdamSchein) November 6, 2018
Hey @JDMartinez14, if you want to win MVP you clearly gotta step it up. A .500 average with 80 homers and 200 RBI has a shot at making you an AL MVP finalist next year. Good luck.
— Steve Perrault (@Steve_Perrault) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/wvizoso411/status/1059600531549814785
There was also another common theme to the reactions…
https://twitter.com/dlukasz102/status/1059804070322540544
My vote would be JD Martinez and I’m a Yankee fan not sure how he’s not a finalist
— vin (@hey_vin) November 6, 2018
How about JD Martinez?. Im a yankees fan but he had an incredible season
— ERICK PAULINO (@CHELAKO216) November 6, 2018
#jdmartinez should not only be in the top 3 finalists for MVP but he should be the AL MVP! And this is coming from a Yankee fan! #mlb shame on you!
— BOSS COHEN (@realbosscohen) November 6, 2018
I'm a Yankee fan & am pissed JD Martinez is not in consideration for MVP. I get Mookie, but no way Sox win the Series w/o JD.
— 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕔 𝕁𝕣. ❄️⛈ (@WxmanFranz) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/cmmcgivney/status/1059618125170311168
Im a #Yankees fan but to not put JD Martinez as a finalist for AL MVP is absolutely ridiculous!!! #RedSox
— Tony Ray (Yankees 27) (@starjumper9) November 6, 2018
Im a Yankee fan but my vote for AL MVP is JD Martinez from the Red Sox hands down. Not being in the top 3 finalists is an absolute… https://t.co/E1OEKdEYY9
— BOSS COHEN (@realbosscohen) November 6, 2018
JD Martínez no fue considerado en la terna de MVP, es un vergüenza!!
Ah pero los que no votaron por el, le van a dar su voto a Ohtani! WTF 😡 pic.twitter.com/Uy41iN06VI— ALFONSO VENEGAS (@alfonsovenegasv) November 6, 2018
Yeah, we don’t get it either, J.D.