Here’s one poll we won’t need to conduct. Two first basemen — Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena and Washington’s Dmitri Young — have been named Comeback Player of the Year. We’ve previously identified Pena’s re-emergence as one of baseball’s biggest surprises of 2007, and his selection was a no-brainer. Young also has had plenty to overcome in his return to prominence.
Congrats to both men on their achievement.
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3 opinions for Pena, Young Named Comeback Players of the Year
SaberTJ
Oct 3, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I think they made the right decision however I think Fausto Carmona could have won it too.
Geoff Young
Oct 3, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Carmona? He’d only pitched 75 big-league innings before this year. Doesn’t seem like much of a candidate for that particular award.
SaberTJ
Oct 3, 2007 at 5:21 pm
true, but he went from starter to closer disaster to a top 5 pitcher in the Al
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