Monday, September 27, 2004
ONE WEEK TO GO
Here are my picks, with my mid-season rankings in brackets. It's pretty interesting how much the AL has changed in since July. And for those of you upset with a pitcher at the top (the first since Pedro in 2000 to earn the distinction in my opinion), let me ease your minds a bit: I would have been sorely tempted to vote for my preseason pick had he hit all 38 of those homers in the AL.
AL MVP
Johan Santana MIN (-)
AL Cy Young
Johan Santana MIN (-)
AL ROY
Bobby Crosby OAK (2)
NL MVP
Barry Bonds SF (1)
NL Cy Young
Randy Johnson ARI (3)
NL ROY
Khalil Greene SD (-)
Gary Sheffield NYY (-)
Alex Rodriguez NYY (5)
Manny Ramirez BOS (2)
Vladimir Guerrero ANA (1)
Ichiro Suzuki SEA (-)
Hideki Matsui NYY (-)
Travis Hafner CLE (-)
Miguel Tejada BAL (-)
Carlos Guillen DET (4)
Curt Schilling BOS (1)
Brad Radke MIN (-)
Mariano Rivera NYY (-)
Joe Nathan MIN (-)
Shingo Takatsu CHW (3)
Zack Greinke KC (-)
Jim Edmonds STL (-)
Scott Rolen STL (2)
Albert Pujols STL (7)
Adrian Beltre LA (-)
Bobby Abreu PHI (3)
J.D. Drew ATL (5)
Lance Berkman HOU (4)
Mark Loretta SD (-)
Adam Dunn CIN (8)
Roger Clemens HOU (2)
Carlos Zambrano CHC (5)
Jason Schmidt SF (3)
Ben Sheets MIL (1)
Jason Bay PIT (2)
Akinori Otsuka SD (3)