# MLB award ballots at (nearly) the Break

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 4, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675 "2013-07-04T23:58:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/1 "2013-07-04T23:58:58Z")

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AL MVP (Top 3)

Cabrera  
Davis  
Machado  
AL Cy Young (Top 4)

Sale  
Masterson  
Shields  
Scherzer

NL MVP (Top 6)

CarGo (Big lead)  
Gomez  
Goldschmidt  
Cuddyer (nipping at heels)  
Votto  
Segura

NL Cy (flawed) (Top 3)  
Kershaw  
Wainwright  
Zimmerman

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/2 "2013-07-05T13:34:53Z")

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Pardon my ignorance, but why do you say “NY Cy (flawed)”?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/3 "2013-07-05T14:42:09Z")

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It left off Matt Harvey.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/4 "2013-07-05T19:22:41Z")

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I messed up including all relevant stats.

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**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/5 "2013-07-06T01:11:22Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> It left off Matt Harvey.

Left Darvish off the AL list too. Is he even trying? Not sure.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/6 "2013-07-06T03:55:39Z")

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Darvish is also a contender. (I’m _not_ trying, merely providing food for thought) 😉

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-award-ballots-at-nearly-the-break/662675/7 "2013-07-07T00:33:06Z")

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I’m not sure about the MVP and Cy Young awards, but they ought to just give Puig the NL Rookie of the Year award now and get it over with.