2012 MLB Awards
As the season comes to an end, not only is the playoff chase heating up, but so is the race for all of the awards. For the most part, every award has at least 2 people that deserve it, so the final votes could be determined this week.
The awards given out in both leagues are Manager of the Year, Rookie of the year, MVP, Comeback Player of the Year, Cy-Young, and Gold Glove. In my opinion, the gold-glove is given out on the quality of the name above the quality of play, so I do not put much stock into that.
MVP
AL- M. Cabrera. Trout and Hamilton will get votes, but Cabrera's year just cannot be overlooked.
NL- R. Braun with his 2nd award in a row. Posey will get a lot of votes, but Braun is putting up monster numbers, above what he did last year, and he will win the award.
Cy-Young
AL- David Price wins. Sale, Verlander, and Weaver will get votes, but even with TB not making the playoffs, I still see Price winning the award
NL- Gio Gonzalez will win. If I had a vote, I would give it to Kimbrel, and he will receive some votes, but not enough to win the award. Dickey and Cueto have not pitched to great the second half and that is what will stop either of them from winning the award.
ROY
AL- Mike Trout. No one else is even close
NL- Bryce Harper will get it. He has fallen off a little bit in the 2nd half, and I think Wade Miley will get some votes, but Harper is too big of a name not to get the award.
Comeback player of the year
AL- The kids call him the Big Donkey, we call him Adam Dunn. He wins in a landslide.
NL- Carlos Beltran. I do not think there is a close second.
Manager of the year
AL- Buck Showalter wins this. Melvin will get some votes, but what Buck has done with the Orioles will lead him to win this award.
NL- Davey Johnson deserves this award. Not only will he lead his team to the best record in baseball, but he stuck by his guns and benched Strasbug and was still able to win.
