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Steve Gould, Baltimore Sun
We’ll start by throwing pitchers out of the MVP talk for both leagues — deserving or not, they get overlooked by voters for what are, realistically, hitters-only awards.
In a tight American League MVP race, we’ll guess the three Red Sox contenders — Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez — steal enough votes from one another to eliminate them all. Jose Bautista has had a better season than Curtis Granderson by most measures, but Granderson gets the nod because he’s on a playoff team.
For that reason, Joey Votto, Matt Kemp and Troy Tulowitzki get pushed aside and the National League MVP goes to Justin Upton, who just turned 24 and is having a fantastic year for the surprising Diamondbacks.
Justin Verlander (no-hitter) edges CC Sabathia for the AL Cy Young Award. Your NL winner is Roy Halladay, and it’s not close.
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