Friday, April 04, 2008

2008 Individual Award Predictions

I was planning on posting these at the end of the preview, but the preview is taking much longer than I expected so I want to put these on record before everyone starts thinking I'm letting the early games influence my picks. Leave your picks in the comments section!

AL MVP:
1. Manny Ramirez
2. Bobby Abreu
3. Miguel Cabrera

NL MVP:
1. David Wright
2. Prince Fielder
3. Chase Utley

AL Cy Young:
1. Felix Hernandez
2. Scott Kazmir
3. Daisuke Matsuzaka

NL Cy Young:
1. Johan Santana
2. Jake Peavy
3. Cole Hamels

AL Rookie of the Year:
1. Joba Chamberlain
2. Evan Longoria
3. Clay Buchholz

NL Rookie of the Year:
1. Johnny Cueto
2. Jay Bruce
3. Hiroki Kiroda

AL Manager of the Year:
Joe Maddon

NL Manager of the Year:
Ned Yost

3 comments:

Big Smooth in the Mood said...

AL MVP - TRAVIS HAFNER
NL MVP - MARK TEIXERA
AL CY YOUNG - ERIK BEDARD
NL CY YOUNG - JAKE PEAVY
AL ROY - JOBA CHAMBERLAIN
NL ROY - JAY BRUCE
AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR - JOE MADDON
NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR - BOBBY COX

As a diehard Yankee fan I appreciate the love for Bobby Abreu, but I do not see him finishing second in the MVP race, especially behind Manny being Manny. But knowing the Yankees luck, Abreu will finish second and the Yankees will reward him with a 4 or 5 year deal and overpay him when he is passed is prime, like Posada and Mo Rivera.

Anonymous said...

The problem with Hafner is that if Ortiz couldn't win an MVP award during his monster 2005 and 2006 seasons, I can't see how they can justify ever giving it to any DH. The precedent has already been set.

Tex isn't a bad choice. Kinda forgot about him, but given the silly, unwritten rule that writers have adopted where your team must make the playoffs to be MVP, he probably wouldn't fit on my board.

Big Smooth in the Mood said...

True, I forgot about the whoe DH thing. But I have a weird feeling the MVP is going to come from the Indians. If and when Victor Martinez comes back he will be a serious contender for the crown.