Sportsmeat

First of all, a reminder: NFL picks are below.

Now, a day late on the predictions, but never too late for postseason awards. To avoid East Coast bias, Big Thunder (California) and I (Connecticut) have debated for the last couple of days over the MVP (BT's argument: Rollins isn't the best player on his own team; mine: Holliday's home and road splits) to any legit Manager of the Year candidates in the AL, and so on.

Here are our picks:

NL MVP
BT: 1. Matt Holliday 2. Prince Fielder 3. Chase Utley / David Wright (tie)
EJ: 1. Jimmy Rollins 2. Matt Holliday 3. David Wright

NL Cy Young
BT: 1. Jake Peavy 2. Brandon Webb / Brad Penny / John Smoltz (three-way tie)
EJ: 1. Jake Peavy 2. Brandon Webb 3. Brad Penny

NL Rookie
BT: 1. Ryan Braun 2. Troy Tulowitzki 3. Yovani Gallardo
EJ: 1. Troy Tulowitzki 2. Ryan Braun 3. Hunter Pence

NL Manager
BT: 1. Bob Melvin 2. Clint Hurdle 3. Charlie Manuel
EJ: 1. Bob Melvin 2. Clint Hurdle 3. Charlie Manuel

AL MVP
BT: 1. Alex Rodriguez 2. David Ortiz 3. Vlad Guerrero / Magglio Ordonez / Carlos Pena (tie)
EJ: 1. Alex Rodriguez 2. Magglio Ordonez 3. Vladimir Guerrero

AL Cy Young
BT: 1. C.C. Sabathia 2. John Lackey / Fausto Carmona (tie), 4. Dan Haren 5. Josh Beckett
EJ: 1. C.C. Sabathia 2. Josh Beckett 3. John Lackey

AL Rookie
BT: 1. Jeremy Guthrie 2. Dustin Pedroia 3. Brian Bannister / Daisuke Matsuzaka (tie)
EJ: 1. Brian Bannister 2. Dustin Pedroia 3. Daisuke Matsuzaka

AL Manager
BT: 1. Eric Wedge 2. Mike Hargrove 3. Joe Torre
EJ: 1. Eric Wedge 2. Mike Sciossia 3. Joe Torre

Now the playoff picks:

BT: Indians over Yankees; Red Sox over Angels; Indians over Red Sox
Cubs over D'Backs; Phillies over Rockies; Phillies over Cubs
World Series winner: Cleveland Indians

EJ: Yankees over Indians; Red Sox over Angels; Red Sox over Yankees
D'Backs over Cubs; Rockies over Phillies; D'Backs over Rockies
World Series winner: Boston Red Sox