Throughout the season, I'll be handing out awards to Sox players for numerous categories. Some categories will appear every week, and others I'll make up on the fly as I see fit. Anyway, here are some predictions as to who will take home the most awards in each category at season's end.
Player of the Week: Jim Thome. I've been impressed with his approach all throughout Spring Training. Even ignoring the home run outburst in the last week of spring, he's had an eagle eye at the plate. Almost everytime he swung early, he made square contact.
Player of the Weak: Brian Anderson. No offense, it's just the safe pick. I'm not sure yet if a gimpy Pods would count.
Pitcher of the Week: Mark Buehrle. Once again, the safe pick. He should be fine.
Pitcher of the Weak: Jose Contreras. Oh, I think he'll be fine overall, but he has the potential to have the worst weeks at a time.
Fire Man of the Week: Neal Cotts. He's been the most consistent reliever all spring long.
Gas Can of the Week: Bobby Jenks. A bit risky, but nobody can be that comfortable with him starting the ninth until he shows us something different.
Super sub: Alex Cintron. Rob Mackowiak tends to use his best weeks up in one month; Cintron might be more consistent throughout the whole year.
Super scrub: We can't blame Timo anymore, so it's gonna be
Pablo Ozuna. Worst bat on the bench, and his glove isn't better than the others, either.
Gold Glove: Juan Uribe. Hopefully he'll claim the real award at season's end as reparations for last year's scam.
Hands of Stone: Jermaine Dye. Tadahito Iguchi will get more chances to make mistakes, but Jermaine struck me as awkward in the field last year, and he's only getting older.