AL

MVP – Alex Rodriguez - Alex Rodriguez was the best hitter in the American League this year. It’s just that simple. Rodriguez lead the league in OPS among batters with at least 500 plate appearances, and [...]]]> I have to do this, and I have to beat ESPN, so here goes….

AL

MVP – Alex Rodriguez - Alex Rodriguez was the best hitter in the American League this year. It’s just that simple. Rodriguez lead the league in OPS among batters with at least 500 plate appearances, and one of the top wOBA in the league. You could definitely throw Joe Mauer and Carlos Quentin in here, especially if you want to give it to a playoff team, but in the end I’ll give it to Arod. 

Cy Young – Cliff Lee - I’m not looking at wins or era so how does this guy win? Easy. He has great control, can get the strikeouts, and keeps the ball in the park. Add that all together and he leads Major League Baseball in tRA.

ROTY – Evan Longoria - He may be a little overrated, actually he is, but he lead AL rookies in HR, OBP, and OPS so he’s an easy pick for this award.

Reliever of the year – Mariano Rivera - Saves are a stupid category, the bottom line is that Rivera dominated like few pitchers have and is the best reliever in the league. Krod is very overrated. 

NL 

MVP – Albert Pujols - I don’t have to qualify this. Pujols. Is. God. 

Cy Young – Tim Lincecum – This might be surprising, as I had Brandon Webb winning this a month ago. However over the last month, Lincecum has dominated while Webb has fallen apart. This lead to Lincecum’s tRA ending up better than Webb and his strikeout lead getting even more insane. 

ROTY – Jay Bruce – Like Longoria, Bruce is an easy pick here and the guy we expected to win at the start of the year. Lead NL rookies in HR and finished second in SLG and OPS. 

Reliever of the year – Brad Lidge - Like Rivera, he didn’t lead his league in saves but he was just the best pitcher to close out games this season. He is the NL reliever of the year.