Ryan Howard was named the Philadelphia Phillies Player of the Year and Roy Halladay was chosen as the club’s top pitcher, according to a vote put together by MLB.com.
Howard hit 33 home runs and drove in 116 runs for the Phillies, helping the team set a franchise record with 102 regular-season wins. Halladay won 19 games and posted a 2.35 ERA as the ace of the pitching staff.
Vance Worley was selected as the Breakout Player of the Year, after winning 11 games as the team’s fifth starter.
The official MLB awards come out within the next several weeks. Halladay is considered one of the frontrunners for the NL Cy Young award and Charlie Manuel has a shot to win the NL Manager of the Year. Worley could also draw some consideration for the league’s Rookie of the Year.
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Well, now that MLB has spoken about player of the year for the Phillies, we can at least rejoice in Halladay’s selection. Ryan Howard as the most valuable player is just too much. The Howard strike out guy is too much. The Phillie payment to him for such a long term has cost in so many ways that the Team will struggle for several years until they can get rid of him. To make a guess NO ONE would consider a trade for him, although I suspect the Phillies would love to trade him, or bench him as he has done to himself. So distressing after watching all the missed opportunities he had this year while everyone else is at least trying. Give us Shane that makes some sense.