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Originally posted by Animalman:
The only guy I see close is Manny Ramirez, and he probably won't get any first place votes because of the whole sickness incident.
Sports Illustrated did their picks this week, and they didn't even have Manny in the top ten! They had two other Boston players, Nomah and Bill Mueller, in there, though. This is probably a sign that the media REALLY dislikes Manny at this point, which sucks because, like you said, he's the only one close to ARod.

A fan poll on ESPN.com recently had the MVP as:
1) ARod
2) Manny

So it would appear that this is strictly a media thing to shut Ramirez out.

Another name out there that's getting no respect is Frank Thomas. Like Giambi, he's had a low batting average this year but high home runs and RBIs, and has been clutch. Maybe he's not #1, but when you talk about a team's dependence on one player, I don't see how you can't throw Thomas in there.

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Moyer(who only has one more start so he can't win 22) and Halladay are the two prime candidates for the AL Cy Young
What about Esteban Loaiza? I've heard his name more than Moyer's the past couple of weeks.

I'd put down my own picks but I haven't paid enough attention this year. I mean, I haven't even seen a Halladay game this year, so I'm hardly an authority as to whether he deserves Cy Young...