MLB Mid-Season awards
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by user Behbigben15
MVP AL: Alex Rodriguez- It doesn't matter what people think of him, he is the best hitter in the league right now, along with Prince Fielder, and A-Rod's fielding has improved from last year, in my opinion.
NL: Prince Fielder- The NL leader in home runs, this guy is a big boy, and is always going for power. But, actually earlier this season he had an inside the park home run.
Cy Young AL: C.C. Sabathia- Tied for the most wins in the AL, and majors, this guy overpowers hitters, he has 108 K's.
NL: Jake Peavy- Most dominant pitcher in baseball thus far, third in NL ERA (4th in the majors), and he has his team tied with the dodgers for the lead in the NL west (which is no longer the weakest division in baseball).
Rookie of the Year AL: Daisuke Matsuzaka- I don't know if its his gyro ball, or what, but Dice-K has certainly lived up his hype in my book, so far.
NL: Troy Tulowitzki- This young guy may only have 8 HR's, but he is a good fielder, and hits for average most of the time, I think has a great future in front of him as the rockies best player.
Manager of the year AL: Terry Francona- It looks like Boston may finally finish ahead of the yankees, wow, that will be cool.
NL: Ned Yost- Yost has his team, surprisingly sitting on top of the NL central, and he's got a nice 6.5 game lead over the, now, red hot cubs.
Comeback player of the year AL: Sammy Sosa- He is already one home run shy of his last years total (14) with the O's. This year he hit his 600th career home run, and is enjoying his season so far.
NL: Dmitri Young- This is more like a best season, so far, after having many horrible ones. He already matched his HR total from last year (7), and nearly doubled his RBI's. Mainly because he was either injured, or just didnt get much playing time with Detroit last year.
Best team AL: LA Angels- I am gonna have to go with them, because they have the best record in MLB, at 50-30, they are 20 games over .500 and have a 5.5 game lead over the second place mariners.
NL: New York Mets- They are sitting on top of the division by four games, over top of usual division winner, the Atlanta Braves.
Biggest surprise AL: Chicago White Sox- They are 10 games under .500 (33-43), and are 12.5 games back. Their usually fantastic pitching is doing horrible, Ozzie really needs to do something about the '05 World Series champs, and FAST.
NL: Milwaukee Brewers- At this point last year they were 40-40 and third place in the NL central, they finished '06 with a 75-87 record, and were fourth place in their division.
Biggest disappointment AL: New York Yankees- Though they are maybe, sort of, kind of turing it around, the yanks are still a huge disappointment, but A-Rod has not been.
NL: St. Louis Cardinals- The WS champs of last year, are six games below .500 and are third place in the NL Central. Pujols only has 16 HR's, many expected him to be around 25 or 30 by now. Not to mention they are 9.5 games behind of the surprising leader, in the Milwaukee Brewers.
