Awards this week
morehardball.blogspot.com 6 days ago — As the week approaches, it is time to hand out more hardware to the players and coaches of Major League Baseball. The week and awards is as follows: ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AL (Monday): Shortstop Elvis Andrus was pretty much as advertised. But Detroit's Rick Porcello won 14 games and was a ...

Sportswriters Blow It Again. Not a Surprise.
bringingheat.com 5 days ago — Who’s surprised to see Tommy Hanson not win the Rookie of the Year award? Anyone? I’m not saying Chris Coghlan didn’t deserve some votes, but what I am saying is that Tommy Hanson was hands down my pick for the Rookie of the Year award. It’s pretty tough to ignore a guy ...

Andrew Bailey, Chris Coghlan Win Rookie of the Year Awards
bizofbaseball.com 5 days ago — Andrew Bailey Wins AL Award Oakland right-hander Andrew Bailey, who emerged as the Athletics’ closer in his first major league season, was voted the American League winner of the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award. Bailey, 25, was listed first on 13 ballots submitted by two writers in ...

My MLB Awards Picks Part 1
noyoureatowel.net 5 days ago — As Sam Borden writes , today starts awards week. Let's take a look at who I think should be in the conversation for the awards. I will do the MVP's tomorrow but for now, here's the others: American League Cy Young Zack Grienke - I could go with King Felix or Grienke here and be OK with it ...

Bailey, Coghlan Named AL & NL Rookies of the Year
soxanddawgs.com 5 days ago — The 2009 baseball award season from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America got underway on Monday and the first awards to be handed out were the American League and National League Rookies of the Year. Closer Andrew Bailey of the Oakland Athletics was named the American League ...

Rangers have trade chips in pitchers — Major League Baseball News 12 days ago
The Rangers normally go into a winter looking for pitching, but the depth they have accumulated over the past three years could give general manager Jon Daniels some flexibility and something to talk about as he headed to the GM Meetings in Chicago on ...

Rangers' GM open to trading pitching for roster help — Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com 11 days ago
CHICAGO - The biggest storyline of the Texas Rangers' 2009 season was a pitching revolution that saw the club spend more than a month in first place and remain in contention...

Braves pursuing extension for Vazquez — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 11 days ago
Sporting News staff reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the Braves are exploring a contract extension with right-hander Javier Vazquez. Vazquez is entering the final ...

The Atlanta Braves' Tradeable Players Put Chips on Their Table — Bleacher Report - MLB 12 days ago
So, we've already gotten through the Adam LaRoche situation . Now, let's talk about the guys the Braves could be shipping out for some hole-filling. Here are the guys who shoul be on the block from the Braves' '09 payroll. Derek Lowe  ...

Feldman is Rangers' Pitcher of the Year — Major League Baseball News 11 days ago
Scott Feldman was named the Texas Rangers' Pitcher of the Year for 2009 by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, it was announced on Tuesday.