Fantasy Baseball Awards Time!!! (Three exclamation marks because I'm that excited this thing is almost done and we can get back to football....you know, what really matters).
MVP-
Josh Hamilton
.362 BA 26HR 81R 80RBI 8 SB
Considering where he was drafted, he has to be the MVP and is definitely a league winner if you had him.
Honorable mention:
Miguel Cabrera
.340 28HR 96RBI
No offense to Albert Pujols, but Cabrera is the best hitter in baseball. To put up these numbers, especially the homers, in Detroit....filthy. Only knock is his draft position, and the fact that there are a lot of good 1B's in the game.
Cy Young-
Adam Wainwright
17-6 1.99ERA 158K 5CG
Want some weird stats? Wainwright is 11-0 at home and 6-6 on the road this year. Wainwright is 36-5 against the NL Central the last two seasons. Wainwright eats 27 green M&Ms with his left hand before every start. OK, two of those are true.
Honorable mention:
Doc Halladay
15-8 2.24ERA 175K 8CG
Dominance, thy name is Doc. If the Phillies had hit at all for two months, he'd have at least 18 wins. A guy this good coming to the NL is a joke. He'll win 24 next year.
Breakout Offensive Player:
Carlos Gonzalez
.321BA 25HR 79RBI 19SB
Those are first round numbers and he was taken far later in most drafts. He'll be next year's Matt Kemp, hopefully with better numbers in '11.
Honorable Mention:
Delmon Young
.316BA 14HR 84RBI
Nice to see Delmon commit himself to the game. Also nice to see a trade pay dividends for both teams, as Matt Garza has been huge for the Rays.
Breakout Pitcher:
David Price
15-5 2.85ERA 141K
There are guys with better peripherals, but for this guy to put up these numbers in that division for a team neck and neck with the Yankees makes him the clear winner.
Honorable Mention:
Matt Latos
12-5 2.32ERA 134K
Another young guy leading his team in the midst of a tight division race. No one thought the Padres would score enough runs to be this good, but the pitching has been even better than expected. Latos has the best stuff on a terrific staff.
(There are really a ton of good, young pitchers in the bigs now. It's an exciting time to be a fan, especially for some historically bad teams that have up and coming arms.)
Rookie of the Year:
Neftali Feliz
29 Saves 3.48ERA
Technically I'm pretty sure he still qualifies. Feliz took over the closer's role in April and hasn't looked back. He's a big reason the Rangers have run away and hidden in that division.
HM:
Jaime Garcia, Austin Jackson, Steven Strasburg, Jose Tabata, Mike Leake, Travis Wood....enough already.
Most disappointing:
Matt Kemp
2009 .297BA 26HR 101RBI 34SB
2010 .259BA 19HR 67RBI 16SB
I'm throwing out the Grady Sizemore's and Jacoby Ellsbury's who got hurt on this one. Kemp was drafted as a first rounder in most leagues and those numbers aren't first round caliber. This season's OBP of .315 is dreadful, and Kemp's strikeout numbers are sky high. He could be an interesting guy to look for in next year's pre-draft rankings, as he will certainly fall out of the first three rounds.
HM:
Chase Utley
Like how inconsistent my logic is. Utley was hurt too, I know, but his season certainly hasn't produced 1st round returns even when he wasn't.
Worst Injury:
Kendry Morales
KRod is an idiot, but even a torn thumb face punch of your soon to be father in law can't overcome the homerun celebration to literally end all homerun celebrations. Morales was on pace for close to a .300 average, 30+ homers and roughly 120 RBI. His injury killed the Halos. Clearly the winner, or loser, depending on how you look at it.
That's it folks. Ok, I'll have next year's watch list next week....and then we're really done. Football, here we come.
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