I’m not really big on awards. When I was a kid, sure, I was pumped that Justin Morneau beat out Derek Jeter for the AL MVP in 2006 and Joe Mauer’s MVP was a huge deal as well. Regarding Johan Santana, he should have had three Cy Youngs on his mantle but only received two because the voters were more enticed by Bartolo Colon’s wins than Santana’s utter dominance in 2005.
Perhaps it was that Cy Young in ‘05 that started to change my opinion, along with Morneau’s MVP win in...