The thirteenth season of Around The Horn was our first as a public world, and the Awards Ballot for the first year of the "Public Era" can be seen below. As always, if there are players you are curious about just give me a shout via World Chat, Sitemail or Trade Chat and I'll add them in as Honorable Mentions. Without further ado, your S13 nominees:
AL MVP
Pascual Molina (1B-Charlotte), 5.64 WAR
Albert Moya (CF-Kansas City), 3.92 WAR
Dan Thomas (1B-Texas), 3.62 WAR
Kenneth Rocker (CF-Louisville), 4.28 WAR
Slash Murphy (1B-Burlington), 2.84 WAR
NL MVP
Junior Vizquel (LF-San Juan), 6.72 WAR
Orber Manuel (1B-Hartford), 5.66 WAR
Chris Stone (LF-Las Vegas), 5.41 WAR
Kolten Machado (LF-Iowa City), 8.00 WAR
Wandy Garza (1B-Iowa City), 5.27 WAR
AL Cy Young
Yadier Rodriguez (SP-Nashville), 5.29 WAR
Enny Canseco (SP-Albuquerque), 3.22 WAR
Les Coleman (SP-Louisville), 4.99 WAR
Kevin Conger (SP-Albuquerque), 3.43 WAR
George Ondrusek (SP-Texas), 2.15 WAR
NL Cy Young
Brandon Meyers (SP-St. Louis), 4.30 WAR
Dorssys Nunez (RP-San Juan), 3.45 WAR
Steve Rowand (RP-San Juan), 3.02 WAR
Jose Del Rosario (RP-San Juan), 5.34 WAR
Vladimir Mercedes (SP-Ottawa), 3.83 WAR
AL Rookie of the Year
Antonio Kimura (SP-Detroit), 4.35 WAR
Henry Maduro (DH-Albuquerque), 2.13 WAR
Wilfredo Garza (SP-Charlotte), 3.22 WAR
Matthew Spivey (RP-Trenton), 2.04 WAR
Vinnie Graham (RP-Honolulu), 1.03 WAR
NL Rookie of the Year
Rubi Cruz (SP-Las Vegas), 1.89 WAR
James Hudson (2B-Chicago), 1.70 WAR
Neifi James (3B-Las Vegas), 2.69 WAR
Pedro Javier (SP-Las Vegas), 2.73 WAR
Derek Rose (RF-Las Vegas), 2.69 WAR