TPSG 2011 MLB Post Season Awards

AL MVP
I'm a firm believer that the MVP winner should come from a playoff team, that being the case, my vote here goes to Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (.344 ave, 30 HR, 105 RBI, 1.033 OPS, .586 SLG, .448 OBP) over Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays (.302, 43 HR, 103 RBI, 1.056 OPS, .608 SLG, .447 OBP).

NL MVP
This one comes down to 2 Brewers IMO, Ryan Braun (.332 ave, 33 HR, 111 RBI, .994 OPS, .597 SLG, .397 OBP) and Prince Fielder (.299 ave, 33 HR, 120 RBI, .981 OPS, .566 SLG, .415 OBP).  I give the edge to Ryan Braun, his numbers are stronger and he just seemed to be the straw that stired the drink in Milwaukee.  Matt Kemp of the Dodgers (.324 ave, 39 HR, 126 RBI, .986 OPS, .586 SLG, .399 OBP) would get my 3rd place vote followed by Joey Votto or the Reds (.309 ave, 29 HR, 103 RBI, .947 OPS, .531 SGL, .416 OBP).

AL CY YOUNG
Justin Verlander of the Tigers is the easy choice here, he had by far the best season (24-5, 2.40 ERA, 250 K in 251 IP).  Jared Weaver of the Angels (18-8, 2.41 ERA, 198 K in 235.2 IP), CC Sabathia of the Yankees (19-8, 3.00 ERA, 230 K in 237.1 IP) and Jose Valverde of the Tigers (49 saves in 49 opportunities, 2.24 ERA) are distant 2nd, 3rd and 4th in my voting. 

NL CY YOUNG
Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers is my choice in a much closer race than in the AL, he had an outstanding year on a team that struggled some (21-5, 2.28 ERA, 248 K in 233.1 IP). Roy Halladay had yet another outstanding year (19-6, 2.35 ERA, 220 K in 233.2 IP) and get's get my runner up vote over Ian Kennedy of the Diamondbacks (21-4, 2.88 ERA, 198 K in 222 IP). 

AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
My vote goes to Jeremy Hellickson of the Rays (13-10, 2.95 ERA, 117 K in 189 IP) over 1B-Eric Hosmer of the Royals (.293 ave, 19 HR, 78 RBI, .799 OPS, .465 SLG, .334 OBP) and 1B-Mark Trumbo of the Angels (.254 ave, 29 HR, 87 RBI, .768 OPS, .477 SLG, .291 OBP). 

NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
1B-Freddie Freeman of the Braves (.282 ave, 21 HR, 76 RBI, .795 OPS, .448 SLG, .346 OBP) get's my nod here over 2B-Darwin Barney of the Cubs (.276 ave, 2 HR, 43 RBI, .666 OPS, .353 SLG, .313 OBP).

AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR
This is a tough one but I'm going with Jim Leyland of the Tigers (95-67) over Joe Girardi of the Yankee's (97-65) and Ron Washington of the Rangers (96-66).  The fact that Girardi has the highest payed line up in baseball worked against him IMO.  Expectation for the the Rangers seemed a bit higher than for the Tigers to start the season (not by much though) so I gave Leyland the nod over Ron Washington.  Joe Maddon of the Rays probably deserves some consideration here too given the great September run by the Rays. 

NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR
This is an easy one, it has to be Kirk Gibson of the Diamondbacks (94-68), he led the Diamondbacks from worst to first.  He really changed the culture of that team with his hard nosed take no prisoners approach.  Ron Roenicke of the Brewers (96-66) also did a nice job.