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SBN Baseball Awards: Most Valuable Player

by Randy Booth on Nov 12, 2009 6:00 AM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 12 comments

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer takes a throw as Detroit Tigers' Don Kelly slides home safe during a baseball game in Minneapolis. Catcher Mauer won the 2009 American League Gold Glove Award for fielding excellence on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)

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11 days ago: FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009 file photo, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer takes a throw as Detroit Tigers' Don Kelly slides home safe during a baseball game in Minneapolis. Catcher Mauer won the 2009 American League Gold Glove Award for fielding excellence on Tuesday Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)

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The one you've all been waiting for..

...but is there much of a surprise?

Here's one hint to the results: BS.UF is going to be freaking out when he sees one name on this list. And no, his name is not Jed Lowrie.

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SBN Baseball Awards: Cy Young

by Randy Booth on Nov 11, 2009 6:00 AM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 56 comments

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke delivers to the Seattle Mariners in the second inning of a spring training baseball game in Peoria, Ariz., Sunday, March 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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7 months ago: Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Zack Greinke delivers to the Seattle Mariners in the second inning of a spring training baseball game in Peoria, Ariz., Sunday, March 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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Now we're getting to the big boy awards.

We've given away our Manager and Rookie of the Year awards, but today we reveal the winner of the Cy Youngs.

Maybe there will be a shocker. Maybe us bloggers found out that Zack Greinke doesn't believe in Santa Claus. Or maybe Tim Lincecum's pot bust made us all revert our votes and give him 3rd placers.

Maybe, but probably not.

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SBN Baseball Awards: Rookie Of The Year

by Randy Booth on Nov 10, 2009 6:00 AM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 1 comment

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Could this guy win SBN's Rookie of the Year for the AL? Maybe.

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With Manager of the Year out of the way, we turn our attention to Rookie of the Year awards voted on by SB Nation bloggers.

In the American League, will a late run by Rick Porcello give him the nod? Or will consistent Elvis Andrus earn enough votes to take the award? Andrew Bailey, anyone?

In the National League, Andrew McCutchen dazzled, but can he earn more votes than valuable arms in J.A. Happ or Tommy Hanson?

Results after the jump.

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SBN Baseball Awards: Manager Of The Year

by Randy Booth on Nov 9, 2009 6:00 AM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 8 comments

Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy addresses the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The Rockies are scheduled to play the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League division baseball series on Wednesday in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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about 1 month ago: Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy addresses the media during a news conference in Philadelphia, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009. The Rockies are scheduled to play the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League division baseball series on Wednesday in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Every year, us baseball bloggers at SB Nation vote for all the normal end of the year awards. Now it's time to get it started again for the 2009 season.

Every blog received two ballots for their respective league. For OTM, myself and E-Coli voted for all the American League awards. After the jump are the results for Manager of the Year for both the AL and NL

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2008 SBN Baseball Awards: MVP

by Randy Booth on Nov 7, 2008 12:08 PM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 31 comments

I honestly believe we, the writers of SBN, will prove to be correct when the real MVP award is announced:

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Dustin Pedroia	5	3	4	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	155
Joe Mauer	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	109
Grady Sizemore	5	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	106
Kevin Youkilis	2	-	2	3	1	4	-	1	2	-	98
Alex Rodriguez	2	1	4	-	4	-	-	-	1	1	96
Josh Hamilton	1	1	-	3	3	1	1	-	1	-	73
Justin Morneau	1	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	63
Carlos Quentin	-	-	2	2	-	2	2	2	2	-	58
Carlos Pena	-	1	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	31
Cliff Lee	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	24
Milton Bradley	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	2	23
Aubrey Huff	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	2	17
Roy Halladay	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	13
Miguel Cabrera	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	12
Evan Longoria	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	10
B. J. Upton	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Ian Kinsler	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	8
Francisco Rodriguez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5
Alexei Ramirez	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Brian Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Vladimir Guerrero	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Jim Thome	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Nick Markakis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Joe Nathan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Jermaine Dye	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Albert Pujols	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	218
Lance Berkman	1	2	3	4	1	1	4	-	1	-	113
Hanley Ramirez	-	4	1	3	2	-	1	1	1	-	86
David Wright	-	1	3	1	2	3	2	3	-	1	95
Chipper Jones	-	1	3	3	1	5	-	-	-	-	85
Ryan Howard	3	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	71
Chase Utley	-	1	1	1	4	2	2	-	2	1	71
Ryan Braun	-	-	1	3	-	2	1	1	2	1	51
Carlos Beltran	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	36
Manny Ramirez	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	27
Matt Holliday	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	4	-	24
CC Sabathia	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	23
Carlos Delgado	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	21
Aramis Ramirez	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	2	19
Ryan Ludwick	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	17
Jose Reyes	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	8
Brad Lidge	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Carlos Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	6
Pat Burrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Brian McCann	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Prince Fielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Stephen Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
Geovany Soto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Tim Lincecum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Brian Giles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Yup, Dustin Pedroia is MVP. I didn't even need to beg for that. Funny, huh? I hope we see this come true on a bigger stage very soon...

Thoughts?

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2008 SBN Baseball Awards: Cy Young

by Randy Booth on Nov 6, 2008 8:41 AM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 19 comments

As voted on by the SBN baseball family, the 2008 American League and National League Cy Young winners:

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Tim Lincecum	14	2	1	77
Johan Santana	1	8	3	32
Brandon Webb	-	4	7	19
CC Sabathia	3	-	1	16
Cole Hamels	-	1	2	5
Roy Oswalt	-	1	-	3
Ryan Dempster	-	-	2	2
Dan Haren	-	-	1	1
Edinson Volquez	-	-	1	1

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Cliff Lee	13	5	-	80
Roy Halladay	5	10	1	56
Jon Lester	-	1	5	8
Francisco Rodriguez	-	1	2	5
Mike Mussina	-	1	2	5
Daisuke Matsuzaka	-	-	4	4
Ervin Santana	-	-	2	2
Justin Duchscherer	-	-	1	1
Joe Nathan	-	-	1	1

I forget how I voted, but I believe I had Lee and Halladay in the top two spots. Jon Lester was most likely my No. 3 guy.

MVP winners will be posted today.

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SBNation 2007 MLB Awards: Most Valuable Player

by Randy Booth on Nov 8, 2007 1:35 PM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 9 comments

Without further ado, your 2007 SBNation American League Most Valuable Player is Alex Rodriguez. Ya'll are surprised, huh?

Here's how the voting went:

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Alex Rodriguez	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	266
Magglio Ordonez	-	13	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	160
David Ortiz	-	2	8	4	1	-	3	-	-	1	129
Jorge Posada	-	1	5	3	1	1	3	-	3	-	99
Vladimir Guerrero	-	1	1	3	5	5	-	1	1	1	99
Carlos Pena	-	-	-	4	3	2	5	-	2	2	82
Ichiro Suzuki	-	1	2	1	1	3	3	4	-	-	77
Curtis Granderson	-	1	-	1	4	2	1	2	2	3	67
Victor Martinez	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	5	5	-	58
Grady Sizemore	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	3	4	29
Mike Lowell	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	2	22
Derek Jeter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	8
Placido Polanco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	6
C. C. Sabathia	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5
Jim Thome	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Josh Beckett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Carl Crawford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
J. J. Putz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Brian Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Nick Markakis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
John Lackey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Chone Figgins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

For the National League, the Rockies' slugger *Matt "I didn't show up for the World Series" Holliday. Here's the voting results for the NL:

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Matt Holliday	12	4	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	235
Prince Fielder	-	4	9	2	1	2	1	2	-	-	148
Jimmy Rollins	4	2	3	2	2	1	-	1	2	1	137
David Wright	1	2	1	3	5	1	2	4	-	1	117
Chipper Jones	-	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	1	1	95
Hanley Ramirez	2	-	-	3	2	1	2	2	5	-	90
Chase Utley	-	2	-	2	3	1	4	3	4	-	88
Albert Pujols	-	1	1	3	2	4	-	2	1	2	80
Ryan Howard	1	2	1	1	-	1	3	-	2	2	70
Jake Peavy	1	2	2	-	1	2	-	-	1	2	68
Miguel Cabrera	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	1	4	35
Brandon Webb	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	16
Aramis Ramirez	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1	13
Eric Byrnes	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	13
Derrek Lee	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Ryan Braun	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	8
Brad Penny	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	6
Jose Reyes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
John Smoltz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Troy Tulowitzki	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Adam Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Roy Oswalt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Carlos Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Todd Helton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Barry Bonds	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

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SBNation 2007 MLB Awards: Cy Young Winners

by Randy Booth on Nov 7, 2007 1:00 PM EST in SBNation Awards Comment 19 comments

It's the moment you've all been waiting for. The announcement of the SBNation Cy Young winners for the 2007 MLB season. I won't keep you on the edge of your seat much longer.

The winner of the regular season Cy Young award in the American League is: CC Sabathia

Here's how the voting broke down:

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
C. C. Sabathia	13	3	2	76
Josh Beckett	3	10	2	47
John Lackey	2	3	4	23
Fausto Carmona	1	1	3	11
Johan Santana	-	1	4	7
Erik Bedard	-	1	3	6
Roy Halladay	-	-	1	1

You can have your Cy Young award, CC. Because Josh Beckett, and the rest of the Red Sox Nation, would rather be holding the World Series trophy right now ... oh wait. We're already doing that.

For the National League, Sir Strikeoutalot, Jake Peavy, takes home the honors. Here's how the NL voting went:

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
Jake Peavy	21	-	-	105
Brandon Webb	-	17	1	72
Brad Penny	-	-	10	10
John Smoltz	-	1	2	5
Cole Hamels	-	1	1	4
Jeff Francis	-	1	1	4
Tim Hudson	-	1	-	3
Aaron Harang	-	-	3	3
Chris Young	-	-	2	2
Carlos Zambrano	-	-	1	1