Projected End-of-Year 2009 MLB Award Winners

Manny Ramirez, Brandon Webb and Cameron Maybin.

An eclectic group of current baseball personalities, but those three were my preseason National League picks to win the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year. In March, all of those seemed very feasible.

Then Ramirez got caught, Webb got hurt — and stayed hurt — and Maybin found out that players with little power, bankrupt of the ability to take walks and striking out 37 percent of the time they step to the plate don’t stay in the majors.

But, sports writers are stubborn. Part of the job is knowing that you are going to be wrong sometimes and still having no fear in expressing your opinions.

Earlier today, I posted my picks for MLB’s midseason award winners. Now, here is who I think will claim the awards at the end of the year. Statistics are through July 8.

I can guarantee that you won’t see any of the three aforementioned players on these lists.