Alright, Brian called it, and I agree with both Gleeman and Baseball Prospectus. Colon wasn’t the best pitcher in the American League, so it’s a shame he walked away the Cy Young. He was outperformed in just about every category that counts by Johan Santana, and it’s just unfortunate the BBWA still puts so much weight on wins.
Joe Torre finished third to Ozzie Guillen and Eric Wedge for manager of the year. No real surprise here either. Whoever walked away with the AL Central was going to win the award, and Guillen edged Wedge (say that three times really fast) in the regular season standings and one of his prizes is the Manager of the Year award.
The Yanks bought out Tino Martinez. No real surprise here as Tino didn’t do all that great and would warrant the $3 million. Carlos Delgado is supposed to be available, so maybe we can get him on board, because Paul Konerko will most likely re-sign with the White Sox. There’s been some speculation that they’ll try moving Jorge Posada to first base and try to pick up a catcher, but I doubt if that’ll happen.
