AL
MVP: Josh Hamilton (TEX) -- Highest hitter WAR, despite only playing 5/6 months of the season? Yeah, he deserves it.
Cy Young: Felix Hernandez (SEA) -- To heck with ERA and Wins. Hernandez's 2010 was better than his 2009, which was already undeniably elite.
ROY: Neftali Feliz (TEX) -- Agree with Sexy Rexy, but maybe it's because I have a deep seeded hatred for Austin Jackson.
SOY: David Price (TB)
Rolaids Reliever: Matt Thornton (CHW) -- Sorry Joakim Soria, but Thorton was the AL's Carlos Marmol (only with better control and a few less strikeouts per nine)...
NL
MVP: Troy Tulowitzky (COL) -- Tulo had an amazing season and his counting stats, already very good, were only truncated due to injury-limited playing time. Despite barely accruing 500 PA, he was top 10 in WAR amongst all MLB hitters. This kid deserves it, no doubt.
Cy Young: Roy Halladay (PHI) -- You can't really dispute this one, but Lincecum was almost as good and his season will likely be overlooked due to an awful August (sadly).
ROY: Jason Heyward (ATL) -- Sure, Posey plays the more premium position and had a comparable WAR, if pro-rated. Still, Heyward had the better season. Further, Heyward, at age 20, draw 91 walks (14.6% BB%). That's top 10 in the history of baseball for players under age 21. Heyward's season was something special and this is no knock on Posey here, but Heyward was just the better player.
SOY: Tommy Hanson (ATL) -- Chalk up a +4.4 WAR for the young pitching talent. Hanson's 2010 (3.37 ERA) had a few bumps (4.04 xFIP, 7.68 K/9), but it was still the best of any NL Sophomore...including Casey McGehee (+3.7 WAR).
Rolaids Reliever: Carlos Marmol (CHC) -- His 15.99 single season K/9 is a major league record.
*SOY = Sophomore Of The Year
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Awards Kerry Collins Can Actually Win
Kerry Collins may not be NFL MVP worthy, but there are several fictional awards that do capture his true essence. He can win the "QB of the best team through the first 12 games" award this season but thats truly not the MVP. Sexy Rexy won that award in 2006 and we all know how that turned out. espn's promotion of collins as the MVP was most likely based on the assumption that football is the ultimate team sport, hence winning is more important than individual stats. However, they convientely overlook the fact that collins isnt even the best player on the best team. The only players/coaches less valuable than him are his wide recievers. I'd give the MVP to cortland finnegan 50 times over before collins comes to mind. More fictional awards that collins can win are the "best hand-off to the running back" award or the "i'm more valuable than justine gage" award or the "i'm less suicidal than vince young" award
