The MLB Blog Poll votes on the MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of Year candidates in each league throughout the regular baseball season. In doing so, you get a cumulative snapshot of the award winners, instead of the single end of the year vote. The Blog Poll voters are shown at the end of this post. In this weeks voting, we vote on the National League. Be sure to click on the images to see the enhanced visual view of the results.
National League Most Valuable Player Vote Week #2
- Albert Pujols - 162 points
- Pat Burrell - 143 points
- Justin Upton - 134 points
The player ranked first on a ballot is assigned 14 points, the player ranked second is assigned 9 points, and the player ranked third is assigned 8 points.
Albert Pujols - After all of the fear in spring training, he’s proven to be just as good as ever. Not only is he hitting close to .400 with a few HR & steals, but he also has 12 BB’s to only 4 K’s on the year…and an awesome 1.200 + OPS” — Ken, Roto Advice
National League Cy Young Vote Week #2
- Ben Sheets - 76 points
- Jake Peavy - 65 points
- Cole Hamels - 45 points
The player ranked first on a ballot is assigned 5 points, the player ranked second is assigned 3 points, and the player ranked third is assigned 1 point.
“There’s no shortage of impressive pitching in the NL right now, but Ben Sheets is making it easy to overlook the usual suspects that populate the Senior Circuit’s Cy Young ballots” — Ryan , CardinalsDiaspora
National League Rookie of the Year Vote Week #2
- Kosuke Fukudome - 95 points
- Johnny Cueto - 83 points
- Geovany Soto- 44 points
The player ranked first on a ballot is assigned 5 points, the player ranked second is assigned 3 points, and the player ranked third is assigned 1 point.
“Kosuke Fukudome - Slow start in spring training didn’t seem to matter, huh?” — Evan, Fire Brand of American League
The following blogs are the 2008 voters and contributed to the Blog Poll results:
- Baseball Happenings
- Baseball Musings
- Seth Speaks
- Fire Brand of American League
- Brock For Broglio
- Brew Crew Ball
- Beyond The Boxscore
- Greener On Other Side
- RotoRob
- Over the Monster
- No Bias Baseball
- Outs Per Swing
- Bugs & Cranks
- Talking Chop
- Roto Junkie
- Baseball Time In Arlington
- Warning Track Power
- CardinalsDiaspora
- Statistically Speaking
- Tiger Tales
- Kranepool Society
- Cubs F/X
- Roto Advice
- Chicago Cubs Online
- Baseball Legends
- Fake Teams
- Roto Professor

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