My 2007 BBWAA Ballot ...

[HecDel]

If I had an opportunity to vote as part of the BBWAA, my ballot tonight would look like this - if you had a chance to vote what what yours look like ?


2007 American League Most Valuable Player

1st - Álex Rodríguez, NY-A
2nd - David Ortiz, BOS
3rd - Magglio Ordóñez, DET
4th - Vladimir Guerrero, LA-A
5th - Jorge Posada, NY-A
6th - Mike Lowell, BOS
7th - Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
8th - Curtis Granderson, DET
9th - Víctor Martínez, CLE
10th - Derek Jeter, NY-A


2007 American League Manager of the Year

1st - Eric Wedge, CLE
2nd - Joe Torre, NY-A
3rd - Mike Scioscia, LA-A


2007 American League Cy Young Award

1st - C.C. Sabathia, CLE
2nd - Josh Beckett, BOS
3rd - John Lackey, LA-A


2007 American League Rookie of the Year

1st - Dustin Pedroia, BOS
2nd - Delmon Young, TAM
3rd - Reggie Willits, LA-A


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2007 National League Most Valuable Player

1st - Jimmy Rollins, PHI
2nd - Matt Holliday, COL
3rd - Prince Fielder,MIL
4th - David Wright, NY-N
5th - Chase Utley, PHI
6th - Ryan Howard, PHI
7th - Alfonso Soriano, CH-N
8th - Eric Byrnes, ARI
9th - Hanley Ramírez, FLA
10th - Troy Tulowitzki, COL


2007 National League Cy Young Award

1st - Jake Peavy, SD
2nd - Brandon Webb, ARI
3rd - Aaron Harang, CIN


2007 National League Manager of the Year

1st - Bob Melvin, ARI
2nd - Clint Hurdle, COL
3rd - Lou Pinella, CH-N


2007 National League Rookie of the Year

1st - Troy Tulowitzki, COL
2nd - Ryan Braun, MIL
3rd - Chris Young, ARI

[geezer]

agree on the top choices, except the NL MVP, I think is Holliday over Rollins.

[KCGHOST]

If Rollins wins this award you just may as well rename it the John Kruk/ESPN hype award. David Wright and Matt Halliday had better years.

[GiambiJuice]

If Rollins wins this award you just may as well rename it the John Kruk/ESPN hype award. David Wright and Matt Halliday had better years.

Do you think any baseball writers whoi take themselves seriously really care what John Kruk has to say?

[ChrisLDuncan]

If Rollins wins this award you just may as well rename it the John Kruk/ESPN hype award. David Wright and Matt Halliday had better years.

Ehh...Rollins had 122 RC and whereas Wright had 136 and Holliday had 129, and I think Rollins is 14 runs better than Wright with the glove.

[GiambiJuice]

Ehh...Rollins had 122 RC and whereas Wright had 136 and Holliday had 129, and I think Rollins is 14 runs better than Wright with the glove.

But isn't each run a bit less valuable in that bandbox in Phillie than pitcher-friendly Shea Stadium?

[ChrisLDuncan]

What the heck:

AL MVP:
Alex Rodriguez
Magglio Ordonez
Jorge Posada
Mike Lowell
David Ortiz
Carlos Pena
Vladimir Guerrero
Victor Martinez
C.C. Sabathia
Curtis Granderson

AL CYA:
C.C. Sabathia
Fausto Carmona
Johan Santana

AL ROY:
Dustin Pedoria
Delmon Young
Jeremy Guthrie

AL MOY:
Eric Wedge
Mike Scoisia
Jim Leyland



NL MVP:
Matt Holliday
Jimmy Rollins
Hanley Ramirez
Miguel Cabrera
Ryan Howard
Eric Byrnes
Prince Fielder
Alphonso Soriano
Chase Utley
Troy Tulowitzki

NL CYA:
Jake Peavy
Brandon Webb
Aaron Huarang

NL ROY:
Troy Tulowitzki
Ryan Braun
Hunter Pence

NL MOY:
Bob Melvin
Clint Hurdle
Lou Pinella

[skyking162]

Ehh...Rollins had 122 RC and whereas Wright had 136 and Holliday had 129, and I think Rollins is 14 runs better than Wright with the glove.

Runs created does not hold players accountable for all the outs they used. You need to subtract out how many runs a replacement level player would have created with the same number of outs. Rollins falls way down the list.

As for fielding, SS is worth about 5 more runs than 3B and a dozen more runs than LF. But Wright and Rollins are both slightly above-average fielders (+5?) while Holliday's been about +15 runs, making the defensive contributions all about equal

[geezer]

I agree with Duncan's picks.