As the days of this regular season dwindle away, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at what some of the experts predicted for this year's big awards.
| NL MVP | NL CY | NL ROTY | AL MVP | AL CY | AL ROTY | |
| Alan Schwarz | Albert Pujols |
Roy Oswalt |
Chris Young (AZ) |
Alex Rodriguez |
Johan Santana |
Alex Gordon |
| Dan Patrick | Jose Reyes |
Carlos Zambrano |
Alex Rodriguez |
Rich Harden |
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| Keith Olbermann | Jeff Francoeur |
John Smoltz |
David Ortiz |
Justin Verlander |
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| Peter Gammons | Jose Reyes |
Roy Oswalt |
Grady Sizemore |
Johan Santana |
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| Tom Singer | Carlos Zambrano |
Kevin Kouzmanoff |
Daisuke Matsuzaka |
Delmon Young |
On the NL side, neither Oswalt nor Zambrano are in any kind of contention for the Cy Young. And it's not Jose Reyes, but his teammate David Wright who is now being bandied about as a possible NL MVP.
Looking at the AL, not a single person mentioned Beckett or Sabathia (the two frontrunners) for Cy Young- but the A-Rod predictions are looking solid. Alex Gordon fizzled as a ROTY candidate, but Delmon Young put on a great showing.
