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Found October 06, 2011 on Burning River Baseball: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Travis Hafner,  Justin Masterson,  Vinnie Pestano,  Manny Acta,  Chris Perez,  Joe Smith,  Rafael Perez,  Asdrubal Cabrera
TEAMS: Cleveland Indians

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Most Improved Player - Justin Masterson The most improved player is supposed to be a sappy award given to some returning player coming off an injury or terrible season. There were plenty of candidates for that after 2010 (Fausto Carmona, Grady Sizemore, Travis Hafner, etc), but none of them really improved in 2011. Justin Masterson went from a borderline starter/reliever that many people were willing to give up on to a bonafide ace. Masterson dropped 1.80 runs off his ERA between the two years and doubled his win total. He increased his strike outs and innings pitched while walking less batters even in the greater amount of innings. No player was more important than Masterson in games he started and last season he was just another starter. "The Super Joe" Rookie of the Year Award - Vinnie Pestano This was an extremely close race due to the large amount of rookies used by the Tribe this year. The main contenders were Jason Kipnis, Lonnie Chisenhall and Vinnie Pesta...
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