MLB Postseason Awards

Last week Major League Baseball announced their postseason awards.  Mike Trout of the L.A Angels and Bryce Harper of the Washington Nationals were clear winners of the American and National League, Rookie of the Year.  The Next day Davey Johnson who led the Nationals to a 98 win season and a division title, won Manager of the Year for the second time in his career as he brought DC its first postseason run in 79 years.  Over in the American League Bob Melvin who guided the young Oakland Athletics to 94 wins and an AL West title on the final day of the regular season won the award.  In AL MVP (Most Valuable Player) voting Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, who won the first Triple Crown in 45 years beat out Rookie of the Year winner Mike Trout, in a vote that was not as close as some expected.  Over in the NL, Buster Posey of the World Champion San Francisco Giants took home the award.  As for the Cy Young, in the AL Tampa Bay Rays lefty beat out the Tigers Justin Verlander to take home the hardware.  In the NL Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets who led the league in strikeouts and ranked second in wins and ERA took the award, to become the first Knuckleballer to win a Cy Young.  Now after another Marlins fire sale (the Miami Marlins traded everyone who makes any money to the Toronto Blue Jays for prospects) we begin the long winter, as we wait to see what free agency brings.