Anyone know the details of how players are ranked for awards in SimLeague Baseball? Especially Rookie of the Year?
It's no big deal since it does not affect game play, but the Rookie of the Year rankings have almost always seemed wrong to me. Position players are at a big disadvantage against pitchers. It seems pretty common to have four pitchers listed among the five contenders for RoY in each league.
In one current league, P Jim Deshaies (9-10, 26 Sv, 88.7 IP, 4.36 ERA) leads the Rookie of the Year race, ahead of 1B Wally Joyner (.301, 25 HR, 127 RBI) and 1B Will Clark (.329, 13 HR, 72 RBI). In real-life, Joyner would probably be a unanimous #1, with Clark getting most #2 votes.