Who are your Mid-Season MLB Award Winners?

[Austin]

American League

MVP - Miguel Cabrera (.366 avg, 30 homers, 94 rbi, leading in WAR at 5.3, plus Chris Davis is hitting .118 in July)

Cy Young - Max Scherzer (13-1 updated, first in wins and strikeouts in AL)

Rookie of the Year - Jose Iglesias (.387 in 50 games, awesome fielder in a weak AL rookie class)

Most Surprising Player - Raul Ibanez (41 years old with 24 first-half homers)

Most Disappointing Player - Josh Hamilton (.229 and 39 rbi, but he's starting to finally get hot.)


National League

MVP - Paul Goldschmidt (.313, 21 homers, 76 rbi leads NL)

Cy Young - Adam Wainwright (12-5, 2.30 ERA - 1st in wins, 3rd in Ks, 3rd in ERA)

Rookie of the Year - Shelby Miller (9-6, 2.92 ERA)

Most Surprising Player - Patrick Corbin (11-1, 2.35 ERA)

Most Disappointing Player - B.J. Upton (.177 avg. negative-1.5 WAR)

 

[Super Mario]

YADI-MVP
Wano-CY
Shelby-ROY
Surprising-Matt Carpenter
Disappointing-Chris Carpenter


Yeah, I'm a homer, but the first four I honestly believe.

Last one was just to make it all Cardinals.

 

[gt2590]

Geez Sam, your Yadi-crush is showing again.

It'll be interesting to see if Grilli gets any mid-year CY votes. And IF he keeps it up, how many he gets at the end of the Season...

 

[Austin]

Geez Sam, your Yadi-crush is showing again.

ESPN's Jayson Stark thinks Yadi is the first half MVP too, so Sam's crush is justified, although I would pick Goldschmidt slightly above Yadi so far.

 

[Super Mario]

ESPN's Jayson Stark thinks Yadi is the first half MVP too, so Sam's crush is justified, although I would pick Goldschmidt slightly above Yadi so far.

I had just got done reading the Stark article.

 

[gt2590]

I'm not saying Yadi isn't a qualified candidate, just that Sam's "problem" is affecting his vote...:lol:

 

[TNP777]

I had just got done reading the Stark article.

With or without your pants on?

 

[Topnotchsy]

Starks argument for Kershaw is pretty compelling in my mind.

 

[pootshwan]

Most surprising in the AL has to be Chris Davis. 34HRs 86RBIs and a .310avg

 

[hive17]

The most surprising in the NL is Jean Segura. It's not really close.

 

[gt2590]

The most surprising in the NL is Jean Segura. It's not really close.

The entire Pirates bullpen and Corbin would disagree...

 

[Crewfan82]

The most surprising in the NL is Jean Segura. It's not really close.

I agree with Segura, but Corbin has to be right up there.

Pirates bullpen isn't even in the discussion. They have been good, but I can't consider any rp all that surprising. Rp are hit or miss every year.

 

[Austin]

Wow, 187 views to this thread and a full day later, and NOT ONE person wants to give their choices from both leagues?
Seriously?
A baseball-related thread that everyone is knowledgeable enough to give an opinion on?
The participation on this board is absolutely pathetic.

 

[hive17]

Wow, 187 views to this thread and a full day later, and NOT ONE person wants to give their choices from both leagues?
Seriously?
A baseball-related thread that everyone is knowledgeable enough to give an opinion on?
The participation on this board is absolutely pathetic.

Maybe people think it's a boring and predictable thread...

 

[Austin]

Maybe people think it's a boring and predictable thread...

Since when is it boring to pick award winners, especially on a baseball card board? It's just a fun thread to give opinions. Nothing more.
And the only thing predictable in this thread is your choice of a Brewer.

 

[Y4NK335]

American League


MVP - Miguel Cabrera


Cy Young - Max Scherzer


Rookie of the Year - Jose Iglasias


Most Surprising Player - Chris Davis


Most Disappointing Player - Josh Hamilton




National League


MVP - Paul Goldschmidt


Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw


Rookie of the Year - Shelby Miller


Most Surprising Player - Jean Segura


Most Disappointing Player - Ike Davis

 

[hive17]

Since when is it boring to pick award winners, especially on a baseball card board? It's just a fun thread to give opinions. Nothing more.
And the only thing predictable in this thread is your choice of a Brewer.

That doesn't make me wrong.

 

[Ryan The Orange]

Mark my words, Shelby Miller will be useless by September if the Cardinals don't reduce his workload. His effectiveness has reduced dramatically in the past few weeks. I compare his early season performance to Lance Lynn's early success in his first year as a starter... He, like Lynn had, needs a reduced workload (month in the bullpen) to come back strong for September and August. As a result, I do not predict him to end up with the Rookie of the Year award at the end of the year. With that being said, he would be my choice if the season ended today. /endrant

NL MVP - Yadier Molina
NL Cy - Adam Wainwright
NL ROY - Shelby Miller (if Puig keeps it up, he will win at end of year)
NL Surprising - Patrick Corbin and Matt Carpenter
NL Disappointment - BJ Upton

AL MVP - Miguel Cabrera
AL Cy - Max Scherzer
AL ROY - Not informed enough to choose
NL Surprising - Bartolo Colon and Chris Davis
NL Disappointment - Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, and RA Dickey

 

[gt2590]

Since I root against the Braves, and despite being a former fan of his brother, I finally got to see Stark's write-up on BJ Upton being his LVP. Wow, just wow...

"We'll never know exactly what the Braves thought they were buying when they promised to deposit $75.25 million in B.J. Upton's checking account (the biggest contract in franchise history, by the way) over the next five years. But we know this: They sure didn't think they were buying a fellow who was about to go out and … hit .177, the lowest batting average by any qualifying major league regular so far this year … slug .300, the sixth-lowest slugging percentage by any qualifying major league regular (lower than Adeiny Hechavarria, Jose Altuve and Ben "Never Homered In My Career" Revere!) … hit .164/.235/.233 against left-handed pitching … hit .103, with a .176 slugging percentage, with runners in scoring position … go 0-for-the-season (0-for-21) with runners on third base … go 1-for-38 (.026) with runners in scoring position and two outs … go 51 consecutive games without stealing a base in one stretch (and 33 games in a row without even attempting to steal a base) … and rack up a defensive rating in center field of minus-three runs saved.

It has been so painful to watch that one scout who covers the Braves said recently, "He makes me not enjoy watching baseball." If you were looking for a way to put into words what LVP-hood is all about, um, I'd say that about covers it.

 

[Wes]

American League

MVP - Miguel Cabrera

Cy Young - Max Scherzer

Rookie of the Year - Jose Iglesias

Most Surprising Player - Josh Donaldson

Most Disappointing Player - Josh Hamilton/RA Dickey


National League

MVP - Clayton Kershaw

Cy Young - Clayton Kershaw

Rookie of the Year - Yasiel Puig

Most Surprising Player - Jeff Locke

Most Disappointing Player - Matt Kemp/Matt Cain