Diamond Hoggers 2011 BBA Award Vote

Before the season I gave you all my predictions.

Of those I am most proud of, it’s the Brewers (unfortunate) NL Central title. I also said Ryan Braun and Clayton Kershaw would win the NL’s most prestigious awards of NL MVP and NL Cy Young. And don’t forget we elected Ben Zobrist as AL Comeback Player of the Year. How are we looking now? Let’s find out how our final votes work out.

I am a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, and one of the best parts of being in the BBA is that you get a vote for several different seasonal awards around Major League Baseball.

Here are the awards we’ll be voting on today:

Connie Mack Award (Manager of the Year)
Willie Mays Award (Rookie of the Year)
Goose Gossage Award (Reliever of the Year)
Walter Johnson Award (Cy Young)
Stan Musial Award (MVP)

Connie Mack Award (Manager of the Year)
National League:
First Place Vote – Kirk Gibson (Arizona)
Second Place Vote- Ron Roenicke (Milwaukee)
Third Place Vote – Tony LaRussa (St. Louis)

American League

First Place Vote – Joe Maddon (Tampa Bay)
Second Place Vote – Jim Leyland (Detroit)
Third Place Vote – Joe Girardi (New York)

Willie Mays Award (Rookie of the Year)
National League:
First Place Vote – Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta)
Second Place Vote – Freddie Freeman (Atlanta)
Third Place Vote – Vance Worley (Philadelphia)
American League:
First Place Vote – Michael Pineda (Seattle)
Second Place Vote – Jeremy Hellickson (Tampa Bay)
Third Place Vote – Mark Trumbo (Anaheim)

Goose Gossage Award (Reliever of the year)

National League:
First Place Vote – Johnny Venters (Atlanta)
Second Place Vote – Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta)
Third Place Vote – John Axford (Milwaukee)

American League:
First Place Vote – Jose Valverde (Detroit)
Second Place Vote – Mariano Rivera (New York)
Third Place Vote – Brandon League (Seattle)

Walter Johnson Award (Cy Young):

National League:
First Place Vote – Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles)
Second Place Vote – Roy Halladay (Philadelphia)
Third Place Vote – Cole Hamels (Philadelphia)
Fourth Place Vote – Ian Kennedy (Arizona)
Fifth Place Vote – Cliff Lee (Philadelphia)

American League:
First Place Vote – Justin Verlander (Detroit)
Second Place Vote – CC Sabathia (New York)
Third Place Vote – Jered Weaver (Anaheim)
Fourth Place Vote – Josh Beckett (Boston)
Fifth Place Vote – James Shields (Tampa)

Stan Musial Award (Most Valuable Player):

National League:
First Place Vote – Justin Upton (Arizona)
Second Place Vote – Ryan Braun (Milwaukee)
Third Place Vote – Matt Kemp (Los Angeles)
Fourth Place Vote –  Joey Votto (Cincinnati)
Fifth Place Vote – Jose Reyes (New York)
Sixth Place Vote – Pablo Sandoval (San Francisco)
Seventh Place Vote – Prince Fielder (Milwaukee)
Eighth Place Vote – Starlin Castro (Chicago)
Ninth Place Vote – Alberto Pujols (St. Louis)
Tenth Place Vote – Ryan Zimmerman (Washington)

American League:
First Place Vote – Curtis Granderson (New York)
Second Place Vote – Jacoby Elsbury (Boston)
Third Place Vote – Evan Longoria (Tampa Bay)
Fourth Place Vote – Jose Bautista (Toronto)
Fifth Place Vote – Miguel Cabrera (Detroit)
Sixth Place Vote – Robinson Cano (New York AL)
Seventh Place Vote – Adrian Gonzalez (Boston)
Eighth Place Vote – Alex Gordon (Kansas City)
Ninth Place Vote – Ian Kinsler (Texas)
Tenth Place Vote – Ben Zobrist (Tampa Bay)