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Notinhalloffame names Marcus Semien the 2021 Second Baseman of the Year

The process continues.

We here are Notinhalloffame.com have plans to create our own set of post-season awards, which we will look back and retroactively present from 1901 on.  That will take a while, but it has never stopped us before!

Our awards are not be league specific.

Now it is time for our 2021 positional awards.

We will be awarding a positional player of the year, but not only that, offer up the runner-up and second runner-up, meaning that we will have First, Second and Third All-MLB players.

Let’s work our way around the diamond and award the best of the best in Baseball!

*Please note that to qualify, a player must appear in that position at least 50% of the time.

First Team All-MLB: Second Baseman of the Year:  Marcus Semien, Toronto Blue Jays.  7.1 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR, 173 H, 45 HR, 115 R, 102 RBI, 15 SB, .265/.334/.538/873.

A nine-year veteran, Semien is in his first year north of the border, and the acquisition has thus far proved golden for the Blue Jays.  Semien led the American League in Plate Appearances and Extra Base Hits, went to his first All-Star Game, and threw up career-highs in Home Runs, RBIs and Slugging Percentage.  With all due respect to the other Second Basemen, this was one of the easier positional awards.

Second Team All-MLB: Second Base:  Brandon Lowe, Tampa Bay Rays.  4.8 bWAR, 5.2 fWAR, 132 H, 39 HR, 97 R, 99 RBI, 1 SB, .247/.340/.534/863.

Lowe might have been an All-Star two years ago, but arguably this was his breakout year, showing the power numbers he could do in a full season.

Third Team All-MLB: Second Base:  Jose Altuve, Houston Astros.  4.4 bWAR, 5.2 fWAR, 167 H, 31 HR, 117 R, 83 RBI, 5 SB, .278/.350/.489/839.

Altuve went to his seventh All-Star Game this year, and he washed away the poor COVID-2020 season. 

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