Why aren’t Walker and Tabata in the ROY discussions?

 

Last Saturday when I was in the Pirates Press Box I snagged some of the Stat sheets full of goodies. Now, I know these stats are from a week ago so they may vary a little now, but both Neil Walker and Jose Tabata are in most of the Rookies stat leaders lists. I’m not necessarily saying that either player should win the NL Rookie of the year but shouldn’t they at least be in the discussions? 

 

• Batting AVG-

Neil Walker (T-5th) .296

Jose Tabata (T-5th) .296

• Home Runs-

Neither Walker or Tabata make the list but Pedro Alvarez ranks 6th with 10.

• Multi-Hit Games-

Neil Walker (7th) 23

Jose Tabata (T-8th) 22

• Runs-

Jose Tabata (T-6th) 37

Neil Walker (7th) 33

• Hits-

Neil Walker (7th) 80

Jose Tabata (8th) 74

• Total Bases-

Neil Walker (10th) 116

• Grand Slams-

Neither Walker or Tabata but Pedro made the list again (2nd) with 1.

• Doubles-

Neil Walker (4th) 19

• Stolen Bases-

Jose Tabata (2nd) 12

• Hitting Streaks-

Jose Tabata (T-3rd) 12, 07/20-08/01

• Walks-

Neither Walker or Tabata but Pedro Alvarez is tied at 5th with 25.

• OBP

Jose Tabata (7th) .348

Neil Walker (8th) .344

• SLG

Neil Walker (T-7th) .430

Pedro Alvarez (9th) .426

• XBH

Neil Walker (8th) 25

• Outfield Assists

Jose Tabata (5th) 2