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Notinhalloffame names Juan Soto the 2021 Rightfielder of the Year

Notinhalloffame names Juan Soto the 2021 Rightfielder of the Year
18 Oct
2021
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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.

Rightfielder of the Year (First Team All-MLB):  Juan Soto, Washington Nationals.  7.0 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR, 157 H, 29 HR, 111 R, 95 RBI, 9 SB, .313/.465/.534/.999.

An All-Star for the first time this year, Juan Soto led the National League in Walks, and for the second year in a row, he was first in OBP.  Soto was also second in the NL in OPS and OPS+ (175).

Second Team All-MLB: Rightfield:  Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies.  5.9 bWAR, 6.6 fWAR, 151 H, 35 HR, 101 R, 84 RBI, 13 SB, .309/.429/.613/1.044.

We could easily have gone with Harper over Soto, and it was a last-minute decision to go with Soto, as Harper had a bad defensive year.  Harper was the one to beat Soto in OPS and OPS+ (179), and he also led the NL in Doubles (42).

Third Team All-MLB: Rightfield:  Aaron Judge, New York Yankees.  5.9 bWAR, 5.5 fWAR, 158 H, 39 HR, 89 R, 98 RBI, 6 SB, .287/.373/.544/.916.

Despite Judge’s great season, he is only Third Team, based on the accomplishments of Soto and Harper.  

Committee Chairman

Kirk Buchner, "The Committee Chairman", is the owner and operator of the site.  Kirk can be contacted at [email protected] . Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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