Okay, Shane Greene had a better performance yesterday, but he was going against the Twins. Instead, it’s Matt Harvey, due to the degree of difficulty he faced, by which I mean the Washington Nationals. Allowing only 4 hits and striking out 9 in his first regular season start since 2013, the “Dark Knight” most definitely returned.
Standings:
Standings:
Jason Heyward: 1
Sonny Gray: 1
Buster Posey: 1
Adrian Gonzalez: 1
Matt Harvey: 1
Adrian Gonzalez had 3 HRs last night. Of course he’s the MVP.
Standings:
Jason Heyward: 1
Sonny Gray: 1
Buster Posey: 1
Adrian Gonzalez: 1
A dirty little secret about the MVP of Yesterday: most times, it’s simply the player who had the highest WAR on FanGraphs the day before. Such is the case for yesterday and Buster Posey, who had a 0.4 WAR, going 3-4 with a HR, BB and 2 RBIs in a Giants loss.
Standings:
Jason Heyward: 1
Sonny Gray: 1
Buster Posey: 1
Yesterday’s MVP? Sonny Gray, who gave up only one hit in 8 innings of work. Apologies to David Price, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez and Nolan Arenado.
Standings:
Jason Heyward: 1
Sonny Gray: 1
Jason Heyward had a great night last night, going 3-5 in his Cardinals debut. And, for that, he’s the first MVP of Yesterday for 2015!
Standings:
Jason Heyward: 1
The MVPs of the weekend were Doug Fister, Eduardo Escobar, and, of course, the no-hit throwing Jordan Zimmermann.
The FINAL STANDINGS of the MVP of Yesterday for 2014 are under the jump. As you can see, Clayton Kershaw won the overall title with eight MVPs of Yesterday. The highest of position players was Giancarlo Stanton, with five. The highest AL player was Corey Kluber, while the highest AL position player was Mike Trout, with four.
Lost in the Jeter last night was that, elsewhere, Gio Gonzalez of the Nationals struck out 12 in seven innings pitched while giving up just one hit. So, with all apologies to the Captain and his flare for the dramatic, Gio Gonzalez is the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as always… AFTER THE JUMP:
Clayton Kershaw was actually tied with Mark Buerhle for WAR yesterday, pitching-wise, but there is also the small matter that KERSHAW TRIPLED IN A RUN. I repeat, a pitcher TRIPLED IN A RUN. He also made a cool behind-the-back catch and laid down a sweet sac bunt, too.
So, yes, yet again, Clayton Kershaw is the MVP of Yesterday. He’s almost certainly going to win it for the season.
Standings, as ever, after the jump:
David Price did everything right for most of the game yesterday for the Tigers. But then he was left in too long and gave up 3 earned runs, causing the game to get tied up. The Tigers won in the bottom of the ninth.
Still, despite the 9th inning issues for Price, I’m giving him the MVP of Yesterday.
Standings, as ever, under the jump:
The MVP of Yesterday was a close race between a few good pitchers, but ultimately, I’ll give it to Michael Pineda, who gave up just one hit and a walk to the Orioles over 7.1 innings, striking out eight.
Standings, as ever, after the jump:
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