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My Awards Ballot
By Capitol Avenue Club | October 25, 2009
Straightforward. With a bit of possible bias (see NL ROY, though my NL Cy ballot is straightforward, no bias whatsoever).
NL MVP
1. Albert Pujols
2. Chase Utley
3. Hanley Ramirez
4. Ryan Zimmerman
5. Prince Fielder
6. Troy Tulowitzki
7. Adrian Gonzalez
8. Derrek Lee
9. Pablo Sandoval
10. Matt Kemp
NL LVP
1. Garret Anderson
2. Alfanso Soriano
3. Emilio Bonifacio
4. Jeff Francoeur
5. Edgar Renteria
NL Cy Young
1. Tim Lincecum
2. Javier Vazquez
3. Dan Haren
Honorable Mentions: Adam Wainwright, Ubaldo Jimenez, Chris Carpenter, Josh Johnson
NL Cy Youk
1. Seth McClung
2. Braden Looper
3. Leo Nunez
Honorable Mentions: Oliver Perez, David Weathers, Brad Lidge, Jeff Suppan
NL ROY
1. Tommy Hanson
2. Andrew McCutchen
3. Chris Coghlan
Honorable Mentions: Garrett Jones, J.A. Happ, Randy Wells
AL MVP
1. Joe Mauer
2. Ben Zobrist
3. Derek Jeter
4. Evan Longoria
5. Chone Figgins
6. Kevin Youkilis
7. Miguel Cabrera
8. Franklin Gutierrez
9. Carl Crawford
10. Mark Teixeira
AL LVP
1. Yuniesky Betancourt
2. Aubrey Huff
3. Jermaine Dye
4. Vernon Wells
5. Alex Rios
AL Cy Young
1. Zach Greinke
2. Justin Verlander
3. Felix Hernandez
Honorable Mentions: Roy Halladay, Jon Lester, CC Sabathia, Josh Beckett
AL Cy Youk
1. Garrett Olson
2. B. J. Ryan
3. David Hernandez
Honorable Mentions: Tomo Ohka, Joe Nelson, Eddie Guardado, Jeremy Bonderman
AL ROY
1. Rick Porcello
2. Andrew Bailey
3. Jeff Niemann
Honorable Mentions: Brad Bergesen, Ricky Romero, Matt Palmer, Darren O’day, Jose Mijares, Nolan Reimold, Gordon Beckham, Elvis Andrus, Randy Ruiz
Topics: Awards (fake) | 10 Comments »







October 25th, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Pretty much on par with how I thought the voting should go this year. Sadly, CC will probably win the AL CY Young due to more wins and the fact that he plays for the Yanks. A travesty IMO.
And G. Anderson is really bad at baseball. In the field, at bat, and even on the base pads. He is only good for one rope single every 4 AB.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:35 AM
ACHE was phenomenally bad this season. There’s nothing good you can say about what he did. He didn’t hit for average (.268), didn’t get on base (.303 OBP, 27 walks), didn’t hit for power (.401 SLG%, .133 ISO, 13 HR), and was a liability in the field and on the base paths. He would’ve been a useful bench bat. That’s it.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:20 AM
If CC wins the CY award, I will quit watching baseball, for a long time.
October 26th, 2009 at 2:54 AM
CC isn’t going to win- I’m a Yankee fan and i would vote for Greinke without one seconds hesitation. I would also vote for Mauer. I love my team but respect must be handed out without homerism–
and Jurrgens–that is an empty threat… :)
October 26th, 2009 at 4:07 AM
P.W.,
I read this on Cleveland’s choice on hiring Manny Acta-
“Many baseball people gave glowing reviews of Acta, but perhaps the most meaningful came from Atlanta manager Bobby Cox. He called the Indians unsolicited to say Acta was exactly the kind of energetic manager the team needed, adding that he thought Acta was “well-prepared” when Cox managed against him.”
What do you think of Acta?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:50 AM
I’m a huge Acta fan. I thought the Nationals were stupid for firing him.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:04 AM
Enjoying your posts as usual, but can you vote for someone in a league award if he wasn’t in the league that year (Renteria and NL LVP)? Or have I missed something?
BTW, as much as I’d like Hanson to win NL ROTY, I think it’s going to McCutchen.
Cheers,
Philip
October 26th, 2009 at 11:07 AM
LOL…sorry, I thought he was still on the Tigers…tells you what a bad year it was since I don’t even remember him being on the Giants…**puts down drinks**
October 26th, 2009 at 11:11 AM
I think you’re probably right about McCutchen. Or Coghlan or Happ.
Watching the players, McCutchen and Hanson were clearly the best two of the rookie class.
October 28th, 2009 at 4:51 PM
I really think it is gotta be Coghlan for nl roy, that guy can just flat hit, and is a better than decent defender. I think it would have been hanson had he been called up earlier