Mr. Octobers of last night and the night before that (October 4 and 5)

Posted on October 6, 2014 by danglickman

Last night’s Mr. Octobers… well, the last two nights’ Mr. Octobers…

On Saturday:

Giants/Nationals: Yusmeiro Petit and Brandon Belt (apologies to Jordan Zimmermann)

Dodgers/Cardinals: Zack Greinke and Matt Kemp

On Sunday:

Orioles/Tigers: Bud Norris and Nelson Cruz

Royals/Angels: James Shields and Alex Gordon

Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):

PP Nelson Cruz 6

P Kevin Gausman 3

PP Delmon Young 3

PP Joe Panik 3

P Jake Peavy 3

PP Matt Carpenter 3

P Yordano Ventura 3

PP Eric Hosmer 3

P Andrew Miller 3

PP Mike Moustakas 3

P Jered Weaver 3*

P Yusmeiro Petit 3

PP Brandon Belt 3

P Zack Greinke 3

PP Matt Kemp 3

P Bud Norris 3

P James Shields 3

PP Alex Gordon 3

PP Brandon Crawford 1

P Madison Bumgarner 1

PP Brandon Moss 1*

P Brandon Finnegan 1

Yesterday’s Mr. Octobers (Oct. 2, 2014)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by danglickman

Now that we are in the LDS round, each Mr. October gets 3 points.

For the Orioles-Tigers game, the Mr. Octobers are Andrew Miller (pitching, for his excellent relief work) and Nelson Cruz amongst position players (for his home run, 2 hits, and 3 RBIs).

In the Angels-Royals game, the Mr. Octobers are Mike Moustakas (for his game-winning homer) and (despite his team losing) Jered Weaver for pitching.

Standings so far (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher, * means eliminated from playoffs):

P Andrew Miller 3

PP Nelson Cruz 3

PP Mike Moustakas 3

P Jered Weaver 3

PP Brandon Crawford 1

P Madison Bumgarner 1

PP Brandon Moss 1*

P Brandon Finnegan 1

Mr. Octobers of Yesterday (October 24, 2013)

Posted on October 25, 2013 by danglickman

The Mr. Octobers of last night are Carlos Martinez and David Ortiz. Yes, David Ortiz was on the losing team, but his two hits and two RBIs (the result of a HR) made him the biggest offensive force of the game. As for Martinez, he spent two innings making the Red Sox look like fools, including this utterly amazing pitch to finish Shane Victorino. It helped keep the Cardinals in the game.

Standings (PP= Position Player, P= Pitcher):

PP David Ortiz– 28

PP Carlos Beltran– 16

P Koji Uehara– 16

P Justin Verlander– 14

P Michael Wacha– 13

P Jon Lester– 13

P Clayton Kershaw– 11

P Max Scherzer– 11

PP Shane Victorino– 11

P Zack Greinke– 10

P Carlos Martinez- 10

P Adam Wainwright– 9

PP Jhonny Peralta – 8

PP Matt Holliday– 8

PP Adrian Gonzalez– 8

PP David Freese – 6

PP Miguel Cabrera– 6

P Anibal Sanchez – 5

P Hyun-jin Ryu– 5

PP Yasiel Puig– 5

P Carlos Martinez– 5

P John Lackey– 5

PP Austin Jackson– 5

P Doug Fister– 5

PP Mike Napoli– 5

P Sonny Gray-3

P Gerrit Cole– 3

PP Pedro Alvarez– 3

P Mike Minor– 3

PP Hanley Ramirez– 3

PP Yoenis Cespedes– 3

P Jason Grilli– 3

PP Carl Crawford– 3

P Chris Capuano– 3

PP Seth Smith– 3

P Dan Otero– 3

PP Jose Lobaton-3

P Jake McGee-3

PP Juan Uribe-3

PP (Position Player) Russell Martin– 1

P (Pitcher) Francisco Liriano– 1

PP Desmond Jennings– 1

P Alex Cobb– 1

Mr. Octobers of Yesterday (October 23, 2013)

Posted on October 24, 2013 by danglickman

While some could argue the MVPs for the Red Sox yesterday were the Cardinals’ defense in the first three or so innings of the game, in reality the Mr. Octobers are Jon Lester (who pitched 7.2 shutout innings) and David Ortiz (who had 3 RBIs and would have had 4 more if not for Carlos Beltran sacrificing his ribs stopping a would-be grand slam).

We’re in the World Series now, so that means a 10-point addition for each of them! And that is good enough to shoot “Big Papi” to the top and place Lester above every “eliminated” player except for Justin Verlander.