Season 61 Awards Voting

 After a season away, the annual look at end of season awards have returned 😊 As I have done in past years, I will start by using Wins Above Replacement to compare the candidates, and added in some bonus points for those who led Stickball in various categories to come up with a metric that I call the "Importance Score". Here's how the ballots shake out this season:

AL MVP

• Carlos Romero (RF-Jackson), 9.10 WAR...0.17 for 3Bs, 0.66 for OPS = 9.93 Importance Score
• Lance Vogelbach, 5.10 WAR...0.66 for RBI = 5.76 Importance Score
• Groucho Wolf, 4.57 WAR...0.33 for H = 4.90 Importance Score
• Alejandro Lugo, 2.69 WAR...0.17 for AB = 2.86 Importance Score
• Geovany Toregas, 4.71 WAR...no bonus points = 4.71 Importance Score

NL MVP

• Francisco Chavez, 8.37 WAR...0.66 for HR, 0.33 for SLG = 9.36 Importance Score
• Max Campos, 8.20 WAR...0.50 for R = 8.70 Importance Score
• Joe Lange, 8.57 WAR...0.17 for 2B, 1.00 for AVG = 9.74 Importance Score
• Isaac Holland, 7.72 WAR...no bonus points = 7.72 Importance Score
• Emil Vazquez, 6.36 WAR....no bonus points = 6.36 Importance Score

AL Cy Young

• Wladimir Campos, 6.14 WAR...no bonus points = 6.14 Importance Score
• Magglio Garza, 1.95 WAR...no bonus points = 1.95 Importance Score
• Brad Jensen, 3.24 WAR....no bonus points = 3.24 Importance Score
• Addison Mieses, 1.33 WAR...no bonus points = 1.33 Importance Score
• Jerome McClain, 3.60 WAR....no bonus points = 3.60 Importance Score

NL Cy Young

• Julio Pujols, 5.52 WAR...0.33 for W = 5.85 Importance Score
• AJ Moreno, 7.29 WAR...0.33 for K, 0.33 for OAVG, 0.33 for OppOBP, 0.33 for OppSLG, 0.33 for WHIP, 0.66 for ERA = 9.60 Importance Score
• Jimmie Urbina, 6.55 WAR...0.09 for t-CG, 0.17 for t-SHO, 0.33 for IP = 7.14 Importance Score
• Felipe Lee, 5.19 WAR....no bonus points = 5.19 Importance Score
• Giancarlo Colome, 1.20 WAR...no bonus points = 1.20 Importance Score

AL Rookie of the Year

• Danys Uribe, 3.37 WAR...no bonus points = 3.37 Importance Score 
• Cesar Chantres, 1.75 WAR...no bonus points = 1.75 Importance Score
• Juan Romero, 3.77 WAR...no bonus points = 3.77 Importance Score
• Ernest Stone, 0.53 WAR...no bonus points = 0.53 Importance Score
• Luis Tejada, 1.35 WAR...no bonus points = 1.35 Importance Score

NL Rookie of the Year

• Ernest McPherson, 3.93 WAR...no bonus points = 3.93 Importance Score
• Ismael Figueroa, 1.24 WAR...no bonus points = 1.24 Importance Score
• Woody DeLucia, 3.51 WAR...no bonus points = 3.51 Importance Score
• Esteban Lopez, 2.22 WAR...-0.09 "bonus" points for t-CS = 2.14 Importance Score
• Edgar Bastardo, 2.60 WAR...no bonus points = 2.60 Importance Score