Midseason Baseball Awards

[CuseTroy]

Here's my nominees for the MLB Midseason Honors. Choose amongst these men, or write in a candidate if you want.

AL MVP:
Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
Vladimir Guerrero, Anaheim Angels
Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers
Alfonso Soriano, Texas Rangers
Gary Sheffield, New York Yankees

AL Cy Young:
Mark Mulder, Oakland A's
Curt Schilling, Boston Red Sox
Kenny Rogers, Texas Rangers
Tim Hudson, Oakland A's
C.C. Sabbathia, Cleveland Indians
Mariano Rivera, New York Yankees

AL Rookie of the Half-Year:
Bobby Crosby, Oakland A's
Lew Ford, Minnesota Twins


NL MVP:
Scott Rolen, St. Louis Cardinals
Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants
Jim Thome, Philadelphia Phillies
Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
Miguel Cabrera, Florida Marlins

NL Cy Young:
Jason Schmidt, San Francisco Giants
Roger Clemens, Houston Astros
Eric Gagne, Los Angeles Dodgers
Chris Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals
Eric Milton, Philadelphia Phillies
Carl Pavano, Florida Marlins
Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Rookie of the Half-Year:
Ryan Madson, Philadelphia Phillies
Khalil Greene, San Diego Padres
Kaz Matsui, New York Mets

 

[TSiegel]

My pix from yours.....

AL MVP: (Co-holders)
Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers
Alfonso Soriano, Texas Rangers

AL Cy Young:
Kenny Rogers, Texas Rangers

AL Rookie of the Half-Year:
Bobby Crosby, Oakland A's


NL MVP:
Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants

NL Cy Young: (Co-holders)
Jason Schmidt, San Francisco Giants
Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks

NL Rookie of the Half-Year:
Kaz Matsui, New York Mets

 

[CuseTroy]

Responding to my own...

AL MVP:
(TIE) Vladimir Guerrero, Anaheim Angels
Alfonso Soriano, Texas Rangers

AL Cy Young:
Mark Mulder, Oakland A's

AL Rookie of the Half Year:
Bobby Crosby, Oakland A's


NL MVP:
(TIE) Scott Rolen, St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Thome, Philadelphia Phillies

NL Cy Young:
Jason Schmidt, San Francisco Giants

NL Rookie of the Half Year:
Ryan Madson, Philadelphia Phillies

For those of you who don't know, Madson is a 23 year old 6'6" middle reliever who throws 90-94 with one of the nastiest circle changeups in the league. In 50.1 innings over 32 appearances, Madson has a 2.15 ERA and only 12 earned runs, allowing 49 hits, issuing only 11 walks, and striking out 39. If you take out his spot start against the White Sox when he allowed 6 runs in 2/3 of an inning, Madson has an ERA near 1.00 from the bullpen.

 

[TH]

AL MVP: Vlad the Impaler
NL MVP: Scott Rolen

AL Cy Young: Kenny Rogers
NL Cy Young: Roger Clemens

AL ROY: Lew Ford
NL ROY: Khalil Greene

AL Manager: Ozzie Guillen
NL Manager: Ned Yost