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MVP and Cy Young takes?
I'd say for MVP in the AL, Manny and Ortiz from Boston are reasonable choices, but they'll both probably split votes and pave the way for Sheffield vs. Guerrero. If Anaheim makes the playoffs, Guerrero gets a nice case, but Sheffield has been the leader of the Yankees all year long, and the baseball writers really seem to like him now. National League: Barry Bonds.
AL Cy Young is between Santana and Schilling. It's obvious if you're going on raw stats to give Santana the Cy. He's 13-0 with a 1.18 ERA since the break, and he's led Minnesota into the playoffs. But Schilling is 39 [around that anyway], he's a gamer and a workhorse, was the first pitcher to 20 wins, and baseball might consider giving him his first Cy Young before he retires. I think Santana will win and should win, but don't count out Schilling. In the NL, it was Jason Schmidt until he pitched terribly last month and basically ruined his chances. It was Carl Pavano for a while last month, but he's dropped out of the race. Unit would win on stats, but he doesn't have the wins. Roy Oswalt has had a big second half and he's now a candidate, but Roger Clemens now looks like the favorite. He's 18-4 with a 2.90 ERA and 200+ strikeouts.
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