Who can predict the post-season hardware?

Tuesday, September 22 2009 @ 10:10 PM EDT

Nice little discussion starter the other day, in the form of a pinch-hit by Bauxite Brian W., in his look at the A.L. Cy Young race. 

The verdict: Um, we really don't know. Maybe Greinke deserves it. Maybe King Felix out in the Pacific Northwest. C.C. in the Bronx? Maybe somebody will explode in the last two weeks and win 20, effectively blinding the voters? We dunno!

Fortunately, there are a number of other awards that will be given for us to start fighting about ... er, discussing, debating ... ya know.  Are ANY of the major awards a slam dunk right now? (Okay, one is.)

So fill out your projections ... anyone who goes 10-for-10 -- gets every prediction right -- well, what are you doing here? Get to Vegas!

Important note:  These aren't projections of who SHOULD win ... it's who WILL win. Get to it!

• AL MVP: Derek Jeter, just nudging out Joe Mauer;
• NL MVP: Albert Pujols -- is anyone willing to predict someone else?;
• AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez, but I honestly have no clue;
• NL Cy Young: Tim Lincecum in a repeat! (Sorry Chris Carpenter);
• AL Rookie of the Year: Elvis Andrus (Sorry, Matt Wieters);
• NL Rookie of the Year: Tommy Hanson, best of a weak crop;
• AL Manager of the Year: Mike Scioscia edges out the Rons, Washington and Gardenhire - and that's Jim Leyland way in the distance running fourth;
• NL Manager of the Year: Joe Torre doesn't care which league he's in -- he wins!;
• AL Comeback Player of the Year: Justin Verlander? Not a lot of strong candidates, but from 18 wins to 17 losses back to 17 or 18 wins ... nice!;
• NL Comeback Player of the Year: Chris Carpenter; the Cy Young bronze medalist wins this one.

Okay, who's up next?

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