Season Eight Awards

NL MVP
Johan Chouinard continued his dominance of 23Mattingly23 by earning the third MVP award of his career. Chouinard posted a .343 batting average, slugged 54 Homeruns and drove in 146 in 156 games. Chouinard was 40/59 in stolen base opportunities and scored 159 runs while leading Dover to another World Series appearance.

AL MVP
San Antonio's Ed Martin set new career highs by slugging 61 homers and 173 RBI enroute to his second MVP award. Martin drew 95 walks while batting .285 and scored 105 runs, leading the Six Shooters to the AL Championship Series.

NL Cy Young, Rookie of the Year
25-year old Edgardo Montero not only proved himself to be the National League's best rookie, but its best pitcher as well. Montero won 16 games in 196.2 innings for Atlanta while holding opponents to a .212 OAV. He surrendered just 44 walks while striking out 151 and posting a 2.29 ERA.

AL Cy Young
18-game winner Fransisco Guerrero and Charlotte closer Aramis Sosa will have to settle for joint custody of the Cy Young this offseason.

Guerrero posted a 3.49 ERA in 31 starts for Durham last season while striking out 185 batters and holding opponents to a .234 average against. Sosa, meanwhile, saved 42 games for the Fake Empire while only blowing five chances. He posted a 2.14 ERA and held batters to a .190 average. He struck out 53 batters in 63 innings while only walking 10.

AL Rookie of the Year
Boston left fielder Glenn Stark batted .304 and hit 26 homeruns while patrolling in front of the Green Monster. Stark scored 87 runs and drove in 105 runs, posting a .377 OBP for the Red Sox.