Well deserving, congrats Jonesy ! Now whoever is running this train wreck....lock'em up !

congratulations to Jones on his MVP. Perhaps this will inspire him to learn the strike zone.

Dan,

Is the MVO like the Sports Illustrated curse? How have recent MVO's done the following year? Scott, Huff, etc. all seemed to drop off the following year. Have we had an MVO do as well or better the following year?

Good job, Adam! He clearly made a ton of improvement in multiple areas of his game. He needs to continue improving in strikeouts, but he's a great all-around player, in talent, integrity, and personality, for this Orioles to build around.

Congrats to Adam. Loved the hustle and effort he put in all year.

Reynolds in 4th? He leads the team in HRs, RBIs, and runs scored, and is 4th? Who votes on this? The three stooges? Three blind mice? Both? What a joke.

This vote by the media lost all credibility when one of you voted for Andino.

Adam Jones is a TERRIBLE defender. His advanced stats are AWFUL. His assists are a result of people regularly running on him because they know they can. He also makes the occasional spectacular catch which alters perception of his defense.

Personally, in my opinion, I think it's ridiculous that Hardy didn't win this award.

Sorry guy's you got this one wrong. If JJ HARDY isn't the MVP on this team then they shouldn't have been a award. He missed a month of the season and still hit more HR's and made only 6 errors all year playing a position that was in flux for many years in thsi organization. I am not saying that i wasn't impressed with Jones this year, because i think he might finally be mature enough to be the player the orioles thought he was. No disrespect to any writer or media member in this town, but if your name is BRob, NICK M< or Jones you don't stand a chance because there is a definate bias for those players. JJ you were denied something you deserved, but hopefully you will recieve a gold glove and the silver slugger award from the national media just a super job. My hat is off to you.

SO, Jason, your entire opinion of Jones is based on "advanced" stats created by some non-athlete who wanted to arbitrarily decide what makes a good fielder and what doesn't? And no mention of offensive stats from you?

Jason Whitlock had it right...stat heads ruin the enjoyment of sports...

As I said in an earlier blog, the 2011 MVO should have come from one of the four guys up the middle.
Jones was definitely one of those guys.

However, I narrowed my criteria to which of those four would have been missed the most during their absence ?

Seems we did pretty well when Adam was sidelined.
You also have to figure that when Hardy returned from his injury, the Orioles did not suddenly become a winning team either.

Now...... imagine what kind of baseball we would have played without Matt Weiters in the lineup nearly every game, every pitch.

I'm sorry...... Weiters was the 2011 MVO.

Jones and Hardy were second and third place, respectively.

Ahhh, the politics of the press.

I, too, would have voted for Hardy. But it is certainly not a big deal. Any of the top three of Jones, Hardy, and Reynolds can make a case for the award.

And this bashing of Adam Jones just because your guy didn't win is a bit loony. Had Hardy won, would that have made Jones a better player?

I agee that Hardy is most deserving, with Weiters close behind. Weiters has a tough position and has done it well - hopefully he will get better at the bat. Hardy robbed so many opposing batters with his glove, and he did hit. Jones stills needs discipline at both the plate and the field. He may be a nice guy but he doesn't seem very smart, or he is a slow learner.

Well Keith, let's appease your opinion and take a look at offensive stats ...

AVG/HR/RBI/OBP/OPS

Jones .281/25/83/.320/.787
Hardy .267/29/78/.307/.790

Their stats are pretty even at the plate, except when you factor in Hardy played 22 LESS games than Jones. For me, in this case, defense breaks the tie. And in my mind, there's no doubt Hardy is a better defender at a more demanding position.

You shouldn't just blow off advanced stats when Tampa, Boston and Toronto all use them as a key tool to their player evaluation and they are all winning in the AL East.

Look forward to lamenting losing season #15 with you all next summer!!

They're cheatin'! J.J.--you wuz wobbed!

Most fans should know that Hardy was obviously the MVO. The guy's one of the best all-around shortstops in the game.

Jones is a good guy and a talent but he's still too inconsistent-- especially in the field.

Can someone please tell me why Simon is starting again. This guy is a loser. In this important a game they have him in there. No wonder we are losers.Dumb stupid decision.

I know I already left a posting describing how i felt JJ hardy got hosed, on second thought i know he did. The media in this town should be ashamed of themselves for not voting JJ as the teams MVP. Do you realize how hard it is to play ss consistently like he did and hit 30 hrs and knock in 80 RBI's. Like the other poster pointed out he missed 22 games.He was the heads up winner in my book and i will stand by my previous posting that unless your name is BRian, Nick or adam, nobody else counts in this town.This isn't sour grapes guy's this is the absolute fact concerning the bias showed to certain players on this team team.

I agree w/ blancione. How do you not pick Hardy ?

Jones was inconsistent. Terrible down the stretch; seems like he started swinging wildly again when he boldly talked about hitting .300 with 30 and 100.
Thats not maturity.

Jones had a good year. So did a few other O's. Would have picked Jones 4th