Baseball is about as individual a sport as a team game can be, and so here we’ll pick out our choices on who should be honored with their own hardware. We’ll also be making our picks on who will take home the most important title of them all; World Series Champion. Hope on board after the jump and please leave a comment letting us know everything we’re wrong about. Then, in late September, we’ll get a chance to take a look back and see just how wrong we were, because if there is anything you can count on with the baseball season, it’s that ANYTHING can happen.
First up, a recap of the divisional races:
AL East
Boston Red Sox
Tampa Bay Rays
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles
AL Central
Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
AL West
Oakland Athletics
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Texas Rangers
Seattle Mariners
NL East
New York Mets
Philadelphia Phillies
Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves
Washington Nationals
NL Central
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Colorado Rockies
San Diego Padres
ALDS
Boston Red Sox over the Oakland Athletics 3-0
Tampa Bay Rays over the Chicago White Sox 3-2
NLDS
Chicago Cubs over the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2
New York Mets over the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1
ALCS
Boston Red Sox over the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3
New York Mets over the Chicago Cubs 4-2
World Series
Boston Red Sox over the New York Mets 4-1
World Series MVP
Jason Bay
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Individual Awards
AL MVP
- BJ Upton
- Mark Teixeira
- Kevin Youkilis
AL Cy Young
- CC Sabathia
- Roy Halladay
- Jon Lester
AL Rookie of the Year
- Travis Snider
- David Price
- Matt Wieters
AL Manager of the Year
- Trey Hillman (Kansas City)
- Ron Gardenhire (Minnesota)
- Terry Francona (Boston)
AL Comeback Player of the Year
- Jorge Posada
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NL MVP
- David Wright
- Hanley Ramirez
- Manny Ramirez
NL Cy Young
- Johan Santana
- Tim Lincecum
- Brandon Webb
NL Rookie of the Year
- Cameron Maybin
- Colby Rasmus
- Jason Motte
NL Manager of the Year
- Fredi Gonzalez (Florida)
- Dusty Baker (Cincinnati)
- Bob Melvin (Arizona)
NL Comeback Player of the Year
- Chris Carpenter
The Slanch Report 
As a Reds fan, I hope you’re right – but I have a difficult time believing this team is capable. As I post today, too many “ifs” (in my opinion). Oh well.
Given the long season, your predictions are as valid as anyones. Good luck.
May I point out that your prediction of Dusty Baker as manager of the year caused massive brain-hemorrhaging all over this nation.
The blood of the innocents are on your hands, Slanch.
Travis Snider as AL ROY? Hmmmm…. that doesn’t have anything to do with you owning him in 4 leagues, does it?
Well, yes, I suppose in part. I drafted Snider for my fantasy teams exactly because I DO think he’ll be the RoY. If Wieters were to play a full season, I’d probably pick him, but with he and Price in the minors to start the year, I think Snider will get the credit for 2+ more months in the bigs…
And I only have Snider in 3 leagues!