And the winner is!..........

With two weeks left to go in the MLB regular season, the Around The Horn staff has voted on the AL / NL CY Young Award candidates and AL / NL MVP Award candidates (if the season ended today).

Looking at it objectively, in our eyes there really isn’t anything that can happen from here on out that would change the voting.

Here’s how the voting played out.

NL MVP

1 - Pujols, Albert - 1B - STL
2 - Ramirez, Hanley - SS - FLA
3 - Kemp, Matt - CF - LA
4 - Fielder, Prince - 1B - MIL
5 - Howard, Ryan - 1B - PHI
6 - Lee, Derrek - 1B - CHC / Dunn, Adam - LF - WAS (tie)

AL MVP

1 - Mauer, Joe - C - MIN
2 - Jeter, Derek - SS - NYY
3 - Teixeira, Mark - 1B - NYY
4 - Cabrera, Miguel - 1B - DET
5 - Morales, Kendry - OF - ANA
6 - Figgins, Chone - 3B - ANA

NL Cy Young

1 - Lincecum, Tim - SP - SF
2 - Carpenter, Chris – SP - STL
3 - Haren, Dan - SP - ARI
4 - Wainwright, Adam - SP - STL
5 - Vazquez, Javier - SP - ATL
6 - Johnson, Josh - SP - FLA

AL Cy Young

1 - Greinke, Zack - SP - KC
2 - Hernandez, Felix - SP - SEA
3 - Halladay, Roy - SP - TOR
4 - Sabathia, CC - SP - NYY
5 - Verlander, Justin - SP – DET
6 - Lester, Jon - SP - BOS

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Another No Decision For Greinke

Last Sunday Mike Cardano posted Zack Greinke wins the 2009 AL Cy Young Award. The main point of the post was that Greinke is putting up one of the best years in baseball history but won’t get anywhere near 20 wins (but his team’s offensive ineptness shouldn’t keep him from winning the Cy Young.)

Last night Greinke threw another gem. 7 Innings - 1 Run – 0 Walks – 4 Hits – 6 K’s and was hung with another no decision. That’s the 8th time this year that this has happened! (I guess he should be thankful that the one run he let up didn’t result in a loss.)

Greinke now sports a 2.19 ERA in the American League which is Pedro Martinez, 1999-2000-like. Unfortunately he is the ace of my rotisserie staff and with my team leader only having 13 wins I once again find myself in the basement of the win category. But what else is new. - Peter Costa
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Pete is a serious Rotisserie participant playing the same league with the same guys for 17 years. Not only has Peter never finished in the money; he’s finished last 13 times and no higher than 10th (in a league with 14 guys). Join us in following Peter’s trials, tribulations and frustrations, as he attempts to navigate his way out of the basement in 2009.

Have a Fantasy Football or Rotisserie baseball question? Want to know who to pick up, who to activate and who the hot prospects are? Ask Dr. Roto. Let Dr. Roto guide your team to a league championship.