Slant

LDS
Yankees over Twins in 5
Rays over Rangers in 5
Phillies over Reds in 3
Giants over Braves in 5

LCS
Yankees over Rays in 6
Phillies over Giants in 5

World Series
Phillies over Yankees in 5
MVP: Utley

2/3rd's of the NL Season Awards

July is nearing its end, leaving August and September for players and teams to jockey for awards and playoff positioning. When we hit the proverbial half way point, we were ready to give David Price the Cy Young, Miguel Cabrera the MVP, and Austin Jackson the Rookie of the Year. Things do change in a month's time.



Rookie of the Year
It's a loaded field. Neftali Feliz has been not ...

MLB.com has a poll up asking fans to vote for who they'd like to see in the annual Home Run Derby, with results "in no way" determining which players actually take part in the event. It's a start, I guess, that they let us vote for this, seeing that we can't even vote for pitchers in the All-Star game.





Now if you want to vote for the .176-hitting Carlos Pena, go right ahead. If you want to vote for the ...

Here is how the candidates stack up.


1. Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies



24 innings, 3-0, 1.12 ERA, 21 strikeouts, 2 walks

The Doctor is in the house. Halladay has to be the leader in the Cy Young race in the National League thus far. Through 3 starts, he has 3 wins and ...

1. Doug Fister - Fister? I barely knew her.




2. Randy Johnson, a.k.a. "The Big Unit"




3. B.J. Upton




4. Albert Pujols

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