The Great Debate - MLB Awards Edition

Who Takes Home the Major League Baseball Awards...It's Up to You

By Fragnoli, published Sep 26, 2007
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Welcome one and all to this edition of The Great Debate, where this time around we are going to debate who deserves what award when all is said and done here at the end of this week. Here are the awards and some of the deserving candidates:

AL MVP
There really should be no debate involved here, as this award is already inscribed with Alex Rodriguez's name at this stage of the season. However, for the sake of arguement, here are the candidates:

Alex Rodriguez NYY - .311/30 2B/53 HR/151 RBI/24 SB/139 Runs
Magglio Ordonez DET - .359/52 2B/28 HR/136 RBI/4 SB/115 Runs
Vladimir Guerrero LAA - .323/45 2B/26 HR/123 RBI/2 SB/88 Runs
David Ortiz BOS - .321/48 2B/33 HR/114 RBI/3 SB/110 Runs
Mike Lowell BOS - .324/36 2B/20 HR/111 RBI/3 SB/74 Runs
Ichiro Suzuki SEA - .350/21 2B/6 HR/68 RBI/37 SB/109 Runs

NL MVP
Now here is a race that is a little more up to debate. Vanna, the envelope please...

Prince Fielder MIL - .291/34 2B/50 HR/119 RBI/108 Runs
Jimmy Rollins PHI - .293/38 2B/18 3B/30 HR/91 RBI/134 Runs/37 SB
David Wright NYM - .322/41 2B/30 HR/105 RBI/108 Runs/34 SB
Matt Holliday COL - .338/48 2B/36 HR/131 RBI/114 Runs/11 SB

AL Cy Young
Despite many Boston fans' assertions, Josh Beckett is not a lock for the Cy Young in the AL, not if these guys have anything to say about it:

CC Sabathia CLE - 18-7/3.19 ERA/205 SO/36 BB/234.0 IP
Josh Beckett BOS - 20-6/3.14 ERA/188 SO/40 BB/194.7 IP
John Lackey LAA - 18-9/3.11 ERA/177 SO/52 BB/217 IP
Chien-Ming Wang NYY - 18-7/3.72 ERA/98 SO/56 BB/193.0 IP

NL Cy Young
The picture in the NL is a little clearer here, but there are still some worthy of consideration:

Jake Peavy SD - 18-6/2.36 ERA/233 SO/63 BB/210.0 IP
Brandon Webb ARI - 17-10/3.02 ERA/192 SO/70 BB/229.3 IP
Jeff Francis COL - 17-8/4.17 ERA/160 SO/61 BB/209.3 IP
Aaron Harang CIN - 16-5/3.70 ERA/205 SO/52 BB/223.7 IP
John Smoltz ATL - 14-7/2.95 ERA/189 SO/47 BB/201.7 IP

AL ROY
I've said my peace about this award previously, but this is really only a two-horse race at this point. Here are the picks as I see them:

Dustin Pedroia BOS - .314/36 2B/7 HR/49 RBI/6 SB/82 Runs/.378 OBP
Delmon Young TB - .292/38 2B/13 HR/93 RBI/10 SB/65 Runs/.320 OBP

The Great Debate - MLB Awards Edition

Every one gets a vote, you just have to step inside the booth and cast yours.

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This is some solid work Frag.

Posted on 09/27/2007 at 9:09:00 AM

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