Baseball's been berry berry good to me...
If the season were to end right now, a case could be made to have the AL MVP and AL Cy Young winners both coming the Blue Jays.
We all know about Roy (Doc) Halladay. Doc has posted the numbers this season - and being a former winner never hurts your chances either. He's currently leading the league in wins, complete games and has a pretty darn good ERA to date. It will have to take a great effort from the other pitchers in the second half of the season to pull a 2nd Cy Young away from Halladay.
We've witnessed some great pitching here in Toronto over the last couple of years. Halladay had phenominal start to 2005 and would have easily won the Cy Young had he not been injured. So let's take a quick look back.
Blue Jays Cy Young Winners
Roy Halladay - 2006 ???
Roy Halladay - 2003
Roger Clemens - 1998
Roger Clemens - 1997
Pat Hentgen - 1996
But what about the MVP I mentioned. First and foremost - and having watched the Jays quite a bit - Halladay could (or maybe that's "should") be the AL MVP as well. He is the Jays' most valuable player, coming in the tough stretches, picking the team up and putting them on his shoulders. But pitchers rarely win the MVP and that's why there's the Cy Young award. The Jays may finally had their potential MVP caliber player blossom this year. Yes indeed Vernon Wells is the real deal. It's taken a while but he's made it. Although he's not leading league in every category he's posted very decent power numbers, as well as stolen bases, a high batting average and some very good defense in the outfield. I'm sure there will be people backing David Ortiz and his 30+ HR's at the break but Wells has been a more effective all-around player this year. Aside from the stats - he's a team leader even to the point of publicly defending his team mates to some the GM's comments [and which Riccardi later retracted]. His heart is in the game, in Toronto, in the Jays and he's playing some great ball in 2006. To me, that's what makes an MVP.
Time for a couple of major awards to come back to Toronto... and hopefully that nice World Series trophy too. [a guy can dream, can't he?!?]
We all know about Roy (Doc) Halladay. Doc has posted the numbers this season - and being a former winner never hurts your chances either. He's currently leading the league in wins, complete games and has a pretty darn good ERA to date. It will have to take a great effort from the other pitchers in the second half of the season to pull a 2nd Cy Young away from Halladay.
We've witnessed some great pitching here in Toronto over the last couple of years. Halladay had phenominal start to 2005 and would have easily won the Cy Young had he not been injured. So let's take a quick look back.
Blue Jays Cy Young Winners
Roy Halladay - 2006 ???
Roy Halladay - 2003
Roger Clemens - 1998
Roger Clemens - 1997
Pat Hentgen - 1996
But what about the MVP I mentioned. First and foremost - and having watched the Jays quite a bit - Halladay could (or maybe that's "should") be the AL MVP as well. He is the Jays' most valuable player, coming in the tough stretches, picking the team up and putting them on his shoulders. But pitchers rarely win the MVP and that's why there's the Cy Young award. The Jays may finally had their potential MVP caliber player blossom this year. Yes indeed Vernon Wells is the real deal. It's taken a while but he's made it. Although he's not leading league in every category he's posted very decent power numbers, as well as stolen bases, a high batting average and some very good defense in the outfield. I'm sure there will be people backing David Ortiz and his 30+ HR's at the break but Wells has been a more effective all-around player this year. Aside from the stats - he's a team leader even to the point of publicly defending his team mates to some the GM's comments [and which Riccardi later retracted]. His heart is in the game, in Toronto, in the Jays and he's playing some great ball in 2006. To me, that's what makes an MVP.
Time for a couple of major awards to come back to Toronto... and hopefully that nice World Series trophy too. [a guy can dream, can't he?!?]
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