Comeback Player of the year predictions

As promised, here are my National League Comeback Player of the year award predictions

1. Carlos Delgado-New York Mets
2. Ryan Ludwick-St. Louis Cardinals
3. Manny Ramirez-Boston Red Sox/Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Christian Guzman-Washington Nationals
5. Brian Giles-San Diego Padres

It was difficult choosing a comeback player in this league, as so many players qualified for it. I chose five, but the order could have gone any way. I gave it to Delgado, as everyone pretty much thought he was washed up after last season's .258 year, in which he only hit 24 homers and didn't even get 90 RBI's. Well we were all wrong. The former Blue Jay and current Met slugger went deep 38 times this year and drove in 115, while hitting a very capable .271. Ryan Ludwick had an incredible season for Ton LaRussa and the Cards. Last year he hit 14 homers and drove in 52 in what was his best year to date. That was to date. But did he break out this year. He hit .299 with 37 homers and 113 runs batted in. Manny Ramirez always has good years, so one would think he would never qualify for a comeback player, but last year was Manny's down year. He only hit .296 with 20 homers and 88 rbi's. But this year, between the Red Sox and Dodgers, dont get me started on that one, he hit .332 (3rd in the majors in hitting), belted 37 homers and drove in 121. Christian Guzman only played 46 games for Washington last year with 2 homers and with Felipe Lopez manning his position, it didn't look like there was a need for him to play when he became healthy. That is unless he hit. Wow, did he hit. To the tune of .316 with 9 homers and 55 rbi's in 138 games. The 5th choice came down to Brian Giles and Jim Edmonds. I chose Giles because he played 26 more games this year, drove in 12 more runs, walked 23 more times, struck out 9 less times and his average went up from .271 to .306.