extremely late...
Yeah I know, I dropped the ball a bit haha...
I haven't written in a week, but school's been kicking the life out of me...so this is the only time I can get to write about the million things that have happened in the past week.
First things first: Matt Holliday has been traded to the Oakland A's. Interesting...I didn't think they were in that whole fiasco...oh well, he was asking for too much anyway...
Next, to the various awards that have been handed out...
Manager of the Year: not Charlie Manuel, but Lou Pinella. They had based it on the regular season, when the Cubs did have the best record in the NL, so it's understandable...Mr. Manuel did come in second though, so it's not a total loss.
AL Manager of the Year was Joe Maddon, and respectably so.
Cy Young Award: AL, Cliff Lee; NL, Tim Lincecum.
Brad Lidge placed 4th in voting.
Silver Slugger: Yay for Chase Utley for winning this award the third year in a row!!!! He is the best second baseman, let's be serious.
The other winners were, by position~
1B-AL, Justin Morneau..NL, Albert Pujols
2B-AL, Dustin Pedroia..NL, Chase Utley :D
3B-AL, Alex Rodriguez..NL, David Wright
SS-AL, Derek Jeter..NL, Hanley Ramirez
C-AL, Joe Mauer..NL, Brian McCann
OF-AL, Josh Hamilton; Carlos Quentin; Grady Sizemore..NL, Ryan Braun; Matt Holliday; Ryan Ludwick
P-NL, Carlos Zambrano
DH-AL, Aubrey Huff
~~The League MVP's will be handed out on Tuesday.
Now going onto the latest offseason activity...
Jamie Moyer is definitely planning to stay with the Phillies. Whooooo :)
CC Sabathia has gotten a hefty offer from the Yankees.
Pat Burrell's future is still unknown, as of right now. :(
Kerry Wood has not resigned with the Cubs.
The biggest question right now: Who wants Manny?
And that seems to be it, aside from the many others who have filed for free agency
If I can get a chance, and something huge comes up, you will see it here :)
How BOUT them Phillies?!
The offseason's a big question mark every year with these guys. But in the modern free agency era, we've never gone in as the defending champions. So it's still a toss-up.
All I have to say is now is not the time to be cheap. The winning windows in Philly close fast, so instead of saying "Ok, we won it all, we're good for another 25 years." We need to establish a winning tradition.
The best way to do this is to make this already great team even better. We still have flaws at the back end of the lineup and probably in left field is Burrell doesn't come back. We also need another solid starter to back up Hamels. Myers is solid but inconsistent, Moyer is a old-pro (with an emphasis on the old) and Blanton is clutch, but we need a SOLID #2-#3 starter.
Point is, we need to make a move and pick up somebody. I'm not saying Manny and/or Sabathia (although, that has a nice ring to it) but someone like Burnett or Lowe can make our great team a LEGENDARY team!
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