The 2008 Met of the Year Award winner is...

By a landslide victory, Johan Santana was voted
The 2008 Met of the Year.For a larger image, click here.

Garnering almost 82 percent of the vote (295 total votes), Santana crushed challenger Carlos Delgado, who earned only 65 votes total.

Going 16-7 with a 2.53 ERA (and having at least 5 guaranteed wins taken away by the bullpen), Santana was more than deserving of the award.

Here is his personal plaque to hang on his mantle, likely next to his Cy Young's:
And here is the Met of the Year plaque, which will have each players named inscribed on it when they win:Thanks for voting. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

2008 Met of the Year Award: Championship Round voting

#1 Johan Santana vs. #1 Carlos Delgado -- May the best Met win.

Voting ends at MIDNIGHT.

2008 Met of the Year Award: Championship Round set

Here is your final matchup: #1 Johan Santana vs. #1 Carlos Delgado.

I guess I seeded them well.

It was a close match, with Delgado earning 56% of the vote (84 votes to 66) over #2 Mike Pelfrey.

Polls will open immediately and will close at midnight. Winner will be announced Thursday.

2008 Met of the Year Award: Final Four -- Piazza Division

With Johan Santana winning the Seaver Division, today is the day we vote for who will be facing him in the final.

Today's matchup: #1 Carlos Delgado vs. #2 Mike Pelfrey.

Voting can be based on anything from VORP to cuteness to game winning hits to game saving plays. Seriously, it's whatever you choose.

Here is the poll:

2008 Met of the Year: First Finalist: #1 Johan Santana

The top seed from the Seaver Division, Johan Santana crushed his Final Four opponent and will move on to the Championship Round.

Santana beat out #2 David Wright by 64 votes, raking in 73.53 percent of the votes (100 exactly). Wright garnered 26.47 percent (36 votes).

Santana will face the winner of #1 Carlos Delgado vs. #2 Mike Pelfrey match, beginning at 9:30 am.

2008 Met of the Year Award: Final Four -- Seaver Division

Today marks the first matchup of the Final Four round of The 2008 Met of the Year Award.For a larger image, click here.

Today will be the one matchup from the Seaver Division. Tomorrow will be the matchup from the Piazza Division, and on Wednesday (12/31) it will be the final vote to determine The 2008 Met of the Year, to be announced on Jan. 1, 2009. All results will be hidden.

Today's matchup pits 1. Johan Santana vs. 2. David Wright.

Remember, voting can be based on anything from VORP to cuteness, and anything in between. Here is the poll:

Voting ends at MIDNIGHT.

May the best Met win.

2008 Met of the Year: Black and Blue Brackets Elite 8 voting

Here are today's TWO matchups for the Elite 8 round:
1. Carlos Delgado vs. 12. Daniel Murphy AND 2. Mike Pelfrey vs. 3. Oliver Perez.

Voting closed. Final Four begins on Monday.

May the best Met win.

My prediction: Murphy topples Delgado, Pelfrey beats out Perez.

Voting ends at MIDNIGHT.

2008 Met of the Year: Elite 8 voting, Sweet 16 results

Inching closer and closer to the crowning of the 2008 Met of the Year.Click HERE for an large bracket.

Today we move into the first of two days of Elite 8 voting. The matchups will come coupled from the Orange and White Brackets (today) and the Black and Blue Brackets (tomorrow).

Here are today's matchups: 1. Santana vs. 4. Beltran and (oh boy) 2. Wright vs. 3. Reyes. Here are the polls:

Voting closed.

May the best Met win.

My prediction: Santana takes a 70-30 victory over Beltran, Wright squeaks out a win over Reyes.

2008 Met of the Year: Blue Bracket Sweet 16 voting

Here is the final set of matchups in the Sweet 16 round.

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you have time to get to the polls today.

Today's TWO matchups:



Voting ends at MIDNIGHT.

May the best Met win.

2008 Met of the Year: Black Bracket Sweet 16 voting

I'm out and about right now, but I will post the results from yesterday's polls when I get in.

Today and tomorrow's votes will be pretty low, I'm guessing, but some of you will still find time to make it over here and get the vote out.

Here are today's TWO matchups (#1 Delgado vs. #9 Tatis and #4 Wagner vs. #12 Murphy):



Voting ends at MIDNIGHT.

May the best Met win.

2008 Met of the Year Award: White Bracket Sweet 16 voting

Moving into the White Bracket (which, if what looks like will happen does come true, will be the most hotly debated matchup yet) as the second set of Sweet 16 votes gets underway.

Remember, voting is based on whatever you choose. Stats, cuteness, clutch-ness or anything else -- it's up to you.

Here are today's TWO sets of matchups:



Polls close at MIDNIGHT.

Enjoy and may the best Met win.

2008 MotY: Orange Bracket Round 2 results

Two blowouts, as expected.

Here are the results:

1. Johan Santana vs. 9. Fernando Tatis -- 98.53% to 1.47% (67-1)

5. Scott Schoeneweis vs. 4. Carlos Beltran -- 2.7% to 97.3% (2-72)

So Santana and Beltran move on to face each other in the Elite 8 round. That should be a pretty interesting matchup.

Next polls up at 9:30 am.

2008 Met of the Year Award: Orange Bracket Round 2 [3 hours left!!]

Let Round 2 begin!

Criteria for voting: Voting can be based on whatever you choose. Stats at the plate, play in the field, a game-winning hit at a game you attended, the fact that he signed your hat at the stadium, how cute he is, VORP -- whatever you choose!

Today's TWO matchups (scroll down for the second poll):

Polls closed.

Voting will end at MIDNIGHT.

My prediction: Santana in a romp over Tatis. Beltran destroys Schoeneweis. Top seeds move on.

2008 MotY: Blue Bracket results

Here are the results from the Blue Bracket Round 1 voting of The 2008 Met of the Year Award.

2. Mike Pelfrey vs. 15. Argenis Reyes -- 98.18% to 1.82% (54-1)

3. Oliver Perez vs. 14. Brian Stokes -- 67.35% to 32.65% (33-16)

7. Ryan Church vs. 10. Duaner Sanchez -- 95.83% to 4.17% (46-2)

6. Brian Schneider vs. 11. Luis Ayala -- 79.59% to 20.41% (39-10)

Here is an updated bracket, all the way through Round 1.

For a full-size image, click here.

I feel like I can predict who is going to win these next few matches, but 12-seeded Daniel Murphy has seemed to quickly garner a big following, as he was the biggest upset in Round 1, toppling the fifth-seed in John Maine.

Stay tuned. Voting in Round 2 begins tomorrow morning at 9:30 am. The matchups will be from the Orange Bracket.

2008 MotY: Blue Bracket voting

Voting closed. Here are the results.

This is the final voting in Round 1. The Blue Bracket in the Piazza Division.

Here are today's matchups. (There are four polls. I notice the top poll has more votes than the others, so make sure you scoll down for the others!)

2008 MotY: Black Bracket results

Here are the results from the first round of Black Bracket voting. We had our first big "upset" and also the closes match so far.

4. Billy Wagner vs. 13. Nelson Figueroa -- 79.07% to 20.93% (34-9)

5. John Maine vs. 12. Daniel Murphy -- 31.71% to 68.29% (13-28)

8. Damion Easley vs. 9. Ramon Castro -- 44.44% to 55.56% (20-25)

1. Carlos Delgado vs. 16. Nick Evans -- 97.62% to 2.38% (41-1)

2008 MotY: Black Bracket voting

Update: Polls fixed. Vote away!

Here are your polls for the Black Bracket Round 1 voting.

4. Billy Wagner vs. 13. Nelson Figueroa -- VOTE!

5. John Maine vs. 12. Daniel Murphy -- VOTE!

8. Damion Easley vs. 9. Ramon Castro -- VOTE!

1. Carlos Delgado vs. 16. Nick Evans -- VOTE!

To make up for the delayed voting, this poll will run until 9:00 am on Dec. 21.

Enjoy!

2008 MotY: White Bracket Round 1 results

Sorry for the delay everyone. The site I use, PollDaddy, was down for a long time and I just got yesterday's results. I'm also fighting a might sickness, so sorry for the sparse posting.

Here are the results from the White Bracket Round 1:

6. Joe Smith vs. 11. Angel Pagan -- 82.56% to 17.44% (213-45)

3. Jose Reyes vs. 14. Endy Chavez -- 98.04% to 1.96% (250-5)

7. Pedro Feliciano vs. 10. Pedro Martinez -- 66.4% to 33.6% (166-84)

2. David Wright vs. 15. Jorge Sosa -- 98.41% to 1.59% (247-4)

Not surprised as all the favorites won yesterday. Nice to see Martinez get a handful of votes though.

Results and next vote coming soon

The website I use to run the polls is down for maintenance right now.

As soon as it's back up, I will post the White Bracket results and the Black Bracket polls.

2008 Met of the Year Award: White Bracket voting

Here is the second groupings of votes in the 2008 Met of the Year Award tourney.If you're behind, check out the original post and the results from the Orange Bracket.

Today's matchups:

[Voting is over.]

Make sure you vote for the correct Pedro!

Voting ends at 11:59 pm.