The 2013 season is officially underway, and you all know what that means, our annual MMO preseason predictions. Each year our tireless staff of writers send in their predictions for the 2013 season, and the player with the most votes gets our pre-season nod for all that shiny MLB hardware. Later today, we will have the NL Awards and in the coming days will have plenty more of fun and interesting predictions! So without further ado, here are our award winners in the American League:
American League Cy Young Award
Felix Hernandez
Big King Felix took the Cy Young Award with five votes from our staff. In second was Justin Verlander with three and third was Chirs Sale with two. Jared Weaver, the imperfect Yu Darvish, Matt Harrison, Josh Johnson all had one vote a piece.
American League MVP
Mike Trout
Mike Trout took home seven MMO votes to take our MVP award, and to think, he could have been a Met ;-). Albert Pujols was second with three and the new Jay-Z client Robinson Cano was third with two.
AL Home Run Champ
Jose Bautista
Brief but former Met Jose Bautista received six votes to become our preseason home run king. Prince Fielder was second with three tallies.
AL Batting Champion
Mike Trout and Robinson Cano
We have a tie! At four votes a piece, Mike Trout and Robinson Cano were voted co-batting champs. Miguel Cabrera was behind them at three. Josh Hamilton and Joe Mauer had two.
AL Stolen Base Leader
Mike Trout
I’m starting to see a theme here, something seems a little fishy. Mike Trout leads the American League with five votes. Michael Bourn with his new Indians at four and former-met speedster Jose Reyes in third at two picks.
AL Rookie Of The Year
Wil Myers
Now Tampa Bay Rays prospect Wil Myers is our choice for ROY at seven votes. Trevor Bauer had three, and Jurickson Profar and Dylan Bundy nabbed two a piece.
AL Comeback Player Of The Year
Mariano Rivera
Mariano Rivera gets our nod for Comeback Player at five tallies. Jose Bautista had himself four votes. Lance Berkman, Jacoby Ellsbury took home two a piece, hell even Jason Bay got thrown a bone from Jessep!
So that’s our 2013 A.L. Award predictions, hope you enjoyed… We’ll have the National League posted later today. In the mean time, here is how our staff voted individually. Feel free to comment with your own AL predictions!
Joe D.
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL Homerun Champ: Prince Fielder
AL Batting Leader: Robinson Cano
AL Stolen Base Leader: Mike Trout
AL ROY: Trevor Bauer
AL Comeback Player: Jacoby Ellsbury
Paul Zinn
AL Cy Young – Felix Hernandez
AL MVP – Robinson Cano
AL Homerun Champ – Albert Pujols
AL Batting Leader – Miguel Cabrera
AL Stolen Base Leader – Jose Reyes
AL Rookie of the Year -Trevor Bauer
AL Comeback Player – Mariano Rivera
Clare Laferty
AL Cy Young – Felix Hernandez
AL MVP – Mike Trout
Michael Barrett
AL Cy Young – David Price
AL MVP – Mike Trout
AL Homerun Champ – Mark Trumbo
AL Batting Leader – Miguel Cabrera
AL Stolen Base Leader – Mike Trout
AL Rookie of the Year -Jurickson Profar
AL Comeback Player – Mariano Rivera
Vinny B.
AL Cy Young – Jered Weaver
AL MVP – Albert Pujols
AL HR Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader -Robinson Cano
AL Stolen Base Leader – Desmond Jennings
AL Rookie of the year – Will Myers
AL Comeback player of the year – Lance Berkman
Matt Balasis
AL Cy Young – David Price
AL MVP – Jose Bautista
AL Homerun Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader – Joe Mauer
AL Stolen Base Leader – Jose Reyes
AL Rookie of the Year – Wil Myers
AL Comeback Player – Jose Bautista
Joe Spector
AL Cy Young – Justin Verlander
AL MVP – Albert Pujols
AL Homerun Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader – Robinson Cano
AL Stolen Base Leader – Brett Gardner
AL Rookie of the Year – Dylan Bundy
AL Comeback Player – Jose Bautista
Jessep
AL Cy Young – Felix Hernandez
AL MVP – Prince Fielder
AL Homerun Champ – Prince Fielder
AL Batting Leader – Mike Trout
AL Stolen Base Leader – Jose Altuve
AL Rookie of the Year – Trevor Bauer
AL Comeback Player – Jason Bay
Rob (Tie Dyed)
AL Cy Young – Chris Sale
AL MVP – Mike Trout
AL Homerun Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader – Billy Butler
AL Stolen Base Leader – Jose Reyes
AL Rookie of the Year – Wil Myers
AL Comeback Player – Jose Bautista
Connor
AL Cy Young – Justin Verlander
AL MVP – Miguel Cabrera
AL Homerun Champ – Adam Dunn
AL Batting Leader – Joe Mauer
AL Stolen Base Leader – Michael Bourn
AL Rookie of the Year – Dylan Bundy
AL Comeback Player – Eric Hosmer
Clayton Collier
AL Cy Young – Matt Harrison
AL MVP – Robinson Cano
AL Homerun Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader – Miguel Cabrera
AL Stolen Base Leader – Michael Bourn
AL Rookie of the Year – Wil Myers
AL Comeback Player – Victor Martinez
Gerry Silverman
AL Cy Young: Felix Hernandez
AL MVP: Mike Trout
AL Homerun Champ: Prince Fielder
AL Batting Leader: Mike Trout
AL Stolen Base Leader: Mike Trout
AL ROY: Jurickson Profar
AL Comeback Player: Jacob Ellsbury
Adam Rossi
AL Cy Young – Yu Darvish
AL MVP – Mike Trout
AL Homerun Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader – Mike Trout
AL Stolen Base Leader – Mike Trout
AL Rookie of the Year – Wil Myers
AL Comeback Player – Jose Bautista
Dan Valis
AL Cy Young – David Price
AL MVP – Jose Bautista
AL Homerun Champ – Jose Bautista
AL Batting Leader – Josh Hamilton
AL Stolen Base Leader – Michael Bourn
AL Rookie of the Year – Wil Myers
AL Comeback Player – Mariano Rivera
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AL Cy Young – Justin Verlander
AL MVP – Evan Longoria
AL Homerun Champ – Josh Hamilton
AL Batting Leader – Josh Hamilton
AL Stolen Base Leader – Emilio Bonafacio
AL Rookie of the Year – Wil Myers
AL Comeback Player – Mariano Rivera
Gregg Hopps
AL Cy Young -Josh Johnson
AL Batting Leader -Mike Trout
AL Comeback Player -Mariano Rivera
Jim Mancari
AL Cy Young – Chris Sale
AL MVP – Albert Pujols
AL Homerun Champ – Albert Pujols
AL Batting Leader – Robinson Cano
AL Stolen Base Leader – Michael Bourn
AL Rookie of the Year – Jurickson Profar
AL Comeback Player – Lance Berkman
