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Awards week starts tomorrow

Posted by: Sam Borden - Posted in Misc on Nov 15, 2009 Print This Post Print This Post | Email This Post Email This Post

Although the Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers have been given out, baseball still has some individual hardware to distribute beginning Monday. The Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young and MVP awards for each league will be announced by MLB and the Baseball Writers Association of America (whose members vote on the honors) over the following eight days. Here’s the schedule:

Monday: AL & NL Rookie of the Year
Tuesday: AL Cy Young
Wednesday: AL & NL Manager of the Year
Thursday: NL Cy Young
Nov. 23 (next Monday): AL MVP
Nov. 24 (next Tuesday): NL MVP

We’ll have a preview post for each award in the morning before it’s announced (including predictions), then get you the winner and instant analysis as soon as it comes down.

 
 

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38 Responses to “Awards week starts tomorrow”

  1. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    mlb trade rumors, mentions possibility of BJ Upton being available.

    possibility?

    I definitely believe in BJ Upton – the player

  2. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    Sam:

    thank you for all you do, for this site.

  3. Mike from queens November 15th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    AL & NL Rookie of the Year – Elvis Andrus, Chris Coghlan
    AL Cy Young – Greinke
    AL & NL Manager of the Year – Mike Scioscia, Charlie Manuel
    NL Cy Young – Adam Wainwright
    AL MVP – Joe Mauer
    NL MVP – Pujols, Albert

    Thats what I think

  4. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    Girardi deserves to get manager of the year.

    however, he will probably settle for 2009 CHAMPION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  5. Erin November 15th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    vinny-b
    November 15th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
    Girardi deserves to get manager of the year.

    however, he will probably settle for 2009 CHAMPION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *******************
    vinny-I agree- I think Girardi should get MOY, but I don’t think he’ll mind too much if he doesn’t. ;)

    I know it’s unlikely, but I hope Jeter gets MVP

  6. Doreen November 15th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Girardi would get MOY in a year where Mike Scioscia didn’t have to manage a team to recover from the death of teammate and multiple injuries to his starting rotation to begin their season, and end up playing for the AL Championship. Both did superb jobs this season. Scioscia’s job was the more obvious; Girardi’s much more subtle – remaking a bullpen and the biggest job of all, keeping his aging players healthy and rested and strong for a post-season run.

  7. Kevin S. November 15th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    My ballot:

    AL Rookie of the Year – Elvis Andrus
    NL Rookie of the Year – Colby Rasmus
    AL Cy Young – Zack Greinke
    NL Cy Young – Tim Lincecum
    AL MVP – Joe Mauer
    NL MVP – Albert Pujols (in a squeaker over Chase Utley)

    My predictions:

    AL Rookie of the Year – Andrew Bailey
    NL Rookie of the Year – JA Happ
    AL Cy Young – Zack Greinke
    NL Cy Young – Chris Carpenter
    AL Manager of the Year – Mike Scioscia
    NL Manager of the Year – Jim Tracy
    AL MVP – Joe Mauer
    NL MVP – Albert Pujols

  8. jonathan November 15th, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    classic jet loss

  9. bigmitch November 15th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    couldnt agree more jonathan

  10. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 4:06 pm

    jets fans need to look at the postive:

    - they have a WR who looks spectacular

    - a running back who looks like he will be a world-beater (Shonn Greene)

    - and a quaterback who will be a very good one

    patience…

  11. G November 15th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    Who deserves it:

    AL & NL Rookie of the Year – Andrew Bailey, Coughlan
    AL Cy Young- Greinke
    AL & NL Manager of the Year- Soscia, Tracy
    NL Cy Young- Wainwright
    AL MVP- Mauer
    NL MVP- Pujols

  12. bigmitch November 15th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

    i know its just tough to lose to the jaguars and give away so many games late in the game this season that they should have easily won.

  13. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    that said. I will not listen to WFAN tonight. Have noticed fans in new york don’t accept losing and always have to look for a scape-goat

  14. Erica - always OPPC November 15th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    DT – OPPC member
    November 15th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
    I found an answer – that Google thing is pretty amazing…

    Published Friday –
    http://tinyurl.com/yaed75q

    Erica was on the right track.

    “City officials initially said demolition of the stadium would begin in 2008 and finish this year, and then a park would be built in its place. But NY1 has learned the Department of Buildings issued a permit to tear down the stadium just two weeks ago.

    Officials say the delay was partly due to a months-long squabble between the city and the team over who would profit from selling seats and other memorabilia that would be removed.”
    ********

    DT-

    I am in fact, a genius :-)

  15. JGS November 15th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    ROY–Andrew Bailey and Tommy Hanson
    MOY–Mike Scioscia and Jim Tracy
    CY–Zack Greinke and Adam Wainwright (should be Lincecum, but teh wins!!1!)
    MVP–Mauer and Pujols, and I will be very upset if either race is close

  16. Stan November 15th, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    The Yankees got the only (real) award that counts when they hoisted the World Championship trophy.

  17. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    The Yankees got the only (real) award that counts when they hoisted the World Championship trophy
    —————————————–

    yup. The only one that counts : )

  18. Erica - always OPPC November 15th, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Erin
    November 15th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
    Off topic-

    Erica, if you’re there, I have two Muppet related things:

    When your DVD comes, proceed with caution when you get to the season 9 highlights. There’s a segment called “scenes from Hawaii” where they’re on the beach and Mr. Hooper in a bathing suit is not a pretty picture. LOL

    And I bought myself a couple of early Christmas presents today-Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (Amazon had it really cheap) and Muppet Family Christmas (the one where they all go to Fozzie’s mom’s farm and the whole Sesame Street gang shows up along with Fraggle Rock).
    ******

    OOOH!!!!!!

    I LOVE Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. I have it on DVD. I sort of watch it every Christmas Eve. LOL

    I don’t have the Muppet Family Christmas though. I saw that a few years ago again, when the Museum of Television and Radio was doing a Jim Henson exhibit. (We also watched the episode of Sesame Street when Mr. Hooper died and Big Bird didn’t understand why he couldn’t give him the picture he drew.. major tissue alert). Anyway, I was not aware that was on DVD. I need to look into that. If memory serves, that was the only time the Muppets, Sesame Street, and the Fraggles all appeared together.

  19. Terry from NH November 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    How can a manager who’s team won the World Series not be “MOY”?..It’s the ultimate achievement and the manager guides them to it..

  20. Erica - always OPPC November 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Terry from NH
    November 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
    How can a manager who’s team won the World Series not be “MOY”?..It’s the ultimate achievement and the manager guides them to it..
    *******

    These awards are determined before the postseason

  21. JGS November 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    “How can a manager who’s team won the World Series not be “MOY”?..It’s the ultimate achievement and the manager guides them to it..”

    all a matter of expectations. The Angels did what they did despite losing most of the staff at various points, not to mention the Adenhart tragedy. Hence why Scioscia will win it

  22. vinny-b November 15th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    all a matter of expectations. The Angels did what they did despite losing most of the staff at various points, not to mention the Adenhart tragedy. Hence why Scioscia will win it
    ———————————————-

    edit: today’s loser receives a parting gift

  23. Erin November 15th, 2009 at 4:26 pm

    Erica-I had to buy a used copy of Muppet Family Christmas because appearantly it’s not being distributed anymore. I had a copy on VHS but really wanted it on DVD. That’s required viewing for me at Christmas. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem do the best version of “Jingle Bell Rock” EVER!

    I’m so excited to see Christmas Eve on Sesame Street again-I can’t even remember the last time I watched it.

  24. Erica - always OPPC November 15th, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Terry from NH
    November 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
    How can a manager who’s team won the World Series not be “MOY”?..It’s the ultimate achievement and the manager guides them to it..
    *******

    Managing also depends a lot on the team. Personally, I always wonder a lot about this. Here’s why:

    Take Dave Trembley, Orioles Manager. He has never managed a winning team. In fact, they have been horrifically bad. Does that mean he is a bad manager? If the Orioles managed to have a +.500 season despite a lack of playing talent, would that make him a great manager?

    I think Manager awards are way too subjective

  25. Kevin S. November 15th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    “How can a manager who’s team won the World Series not be “MOY”?..It’s the ultimate achievement and the manager guides them to it..”

    Because the ballot’s are submitted before the playoffs start.

  26. Kevin S. November 15th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    *ballots… I have no idea why I made that a possessive. *facepalm*

  27. Erica - always OPPC November 15th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    Erin
    November 15th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
    Erica-I had to buy a used copy of Muppet Family Christmas because appearantly it’s not being distributed anymore. I had a copy on VHS but really wanted it on DVD. That’s required viewing for me at Christmas. Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem do the best version of “Jingle Bell Rock” EVER!

    I’m so excited to see Christmas Eve on Sesame Street again-I can’t even remember the last time I watched it.
    ******

    I understand. I have “Don’t Eat the Pictures” (when Sesame Street got locked in the Metropolitan Museum of Art) on VHS for that very reason. I’d kill to have it on DVD. Such a classic when Ernie and Bert do the Egyptian dance.. lol

  28. Erin November 15th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    Erica – always OPPC
    November 15th, 2009 at 4:29 pm

    I understand. I have “Don’t Eat the Pictures” (when Sesame Street got locked in the Metropolitan Museum of Art) on VHS for that very reason. I’d kill to have it on DVD. Such a classic when Ernie and Bert do the Egyptian dance.. lol

    ***************
    LOVE the Egyptian dance. :) That’s another special I haven’t seen in forever.

  29. damon enjoy 27...think 28 November 15th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Because of the predjudged hatred for anything Yankees ,and their payroll.
    Joe will most likely not get Manager of the year.I’ve heard sports host(through out the year) on different Tv and Radio shows say,”How hard is it to not win with a 200mm plus payroll?”

    He should get it,but ignorance will prevail.

  30. Erin November 15th, 2009 at 4:44 pm

    damon enjoy 27…think 28
    November 15th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
    Because of the predjudged hatred for anything Yankees ,and their payroll.
    Joe will most likely not get Manager of the year.I’ve heard sports host(through out the year) on different Tv and Radio shows say,”How hard is it to not win with a 200mm plus payroll?”

    He should get it,but ignorance will prevail.

    ******************
    agree. I’ve also heard the “well, why wouldn’t he win with the players he had, yada yada yada”. But like I said before, I have a feeling he won’t be too broken up about it if it does end up going to Scioscia.

  31. Joe from Long Island November 15th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    Joe will have something that every other major league manager wishes they would have for this year, and neither ESPN nor anyone else will be able to take that away.

  32. damon enjoy 27...think 28 November 15th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    Joe -

    A World Series win.Sweeeeeet!!

  33. jake November 15th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    The last hour for me has been great…searched all of the NL East Champion Phillies and Let’s win the world series vids for the Phillies on youtube and gave a “thumbs down” and wrote “Go Yanks, 27th Heaven, for the boss ” on every comment…Gotta love it :D

    Anyways…in response to all of this pre-winter meeting drama with the free agents and the trades. I think the Yanks need to make a hard push for Halladay and then sign Jason Bay and Damon.

    Roation:
    CC
    Halladay
    AJ
    Pettite
    Hughes/ Wang

    Lineup:
    Jeter SS
    Damon DH
    Tex 1B
    Arod 3B
    Bay LF
    Posada C
    Cano 2B
    Swisher RF
    Melky CF

  34. Drive 4-5 November 15th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Is it too crazy to nominate A Rod as the Comeback Player of the Year? You’d be pretty hard pressed to find anyone who came back from injury in ’09 more spectacularly than he did.

  35. Kevin S. November 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    Well, Comeback Player awards have already been issued, so yeah, it would be pretty crazy to nominate him. :-P

  36. Joe from Long Island November 15th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

    new post

  37. jennifer November 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    baseball has truely become a year round sport! Awards aren’t over till Thanksgiving than the hot stove gets burning hot. Thank god for baseball since my football teams season officially ended today. Just End The Season.

  38. TLVP November 16th, 2009 at 4:19 am

    I guess one way of looking at things is to see what the “experts” expected ahead of the season…

    I seem to remember a lot of people picking the Red Sux and the Rays. Everyone predicted a tight three way race in AL East. Not so much… We beat Boston by 8 wins and the Rays by 19.

    A lot of things went into that, but Girardi did a lot of things right. You can say he got lucky with no injuries, but a manager makes his own luck to some extent.

    Not sure he should get it, but if he doesn’t it’s kind of a fact that no Yankee manager can ever get it since he’s got too good a team to work with

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