It’s almost the end of April, so let’s take a look around Major League Baseball and see who would be winning the end-of-season awards.

NL Most Valuable Player: Chase Utley. This should be no surprise. Utley leads the Majors in home runs, and slugging percentage, and is second in OPS and runs scored. In addition, he’s been playing great defense, making the second-most plays out of his zone among qualified second basemen with nine; Milwaukee’s Rickie Weeks has ten.

Runners-up: Chipper Jones, Albert Pujols.

AL Most Valuable Player: Cliff Lee. Besides Manny Ramirez, there aren’t too many stand-out AL hitters, so a pitcher gets the MVP nod here. The last pitcher to win an MVP award was Dennis Eckersley in 1992 as a closer. Lee has pitched 31 and two-thirds innings of impeccable baseball, allowing only thirteen base runners (11 hits, 2 walks) for a 0.411 WHIP and striking out 29.

Runners-up: Manny Ramirez, Zack Grienke.

NL Cy Young Award: Brandon Webb. He hasn’t been as dominant as Lee, but a 1.98 ERA (218 ERA+) and a 1.049 WHIP with 34 strikeouts in 41 innings speak highly of Webb. His team has won all six of his starts and all of his starts have been quality starts (6+ IP, < 3 runs allowed). He’s not the only reason the D-Backs are performing so well but he is responsible for just under one-third of their 19 wins.

Runners-up: Jake Peavy, Carlos Zambrano.

NL Rookie of the Year: John Lannan. On a terrible Washington Nationals team that is giving him an average of just over two runs of support per game, Lannan has a 2.64 ERA, a 1.370 WHIP, and 24 strikeouts in 30 and two-thirds innings. Four of his five starts are quality starts and in his last two starts, he’s pitched 14 innings without giving up a single run.

Runners-up: Kosuke Fukudome, Geovany Soto.

AL Rookie of the Year: Jacoby Ellsbury. As tempting as it is to give it to Evan Longoria in his 15 games, Ellsbury has played the entire month and has performed well. He has a 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio, which is great given his nearly-.400 on-base percentage (.396). Only 25% of his hits are extra-base hits, but he’s stolen 8 bases out of 8 opportunities.

Runners-up: Evan Longoria, Armando Galarraga.

NL Manager of the Year: Bob Melvin. He has to get credit for managing the best team in baseball. The Diamondbacks, unlike last season, are keeping pace with their Pythagorean record, due to leading the National League both in average runs scored (5.88) and in average runs allowed (3.69).

Runners-up: Fredi Gonzalez, Lou Piniella.

AL Manager of the Year: Bob Geren. The Athletics were expected to be epic failures but instead have risen to the occasion and put up a 17-10 record, best in the American League. They have the third-best runs per game average (4.96) and the best runs allowed average (3.48). Unlike some other teams, the A’s haven’t benefitted from slow starts from expected powerhouses, as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are right behind them at 16-11.

Runners-up: Mike Scioscia, Joe Maddon.

NL Rolaids Relief Award: Brad Lidge. Under the weight of a demanding sports town in Philadelphia and thousands of skeptics, Lidge has converted all six of his save opportunities and has yet to allow a single earned run in eleven innings. He’s allowed eleven baserunners (5 hits, 6 walks) for an even 1.000 WHIP and he’s struck out 12.

Runners-up: Brandon Lyon, Brian Wilson.

AL Rolaids Relief Award: Joakim Soria. He might be the most underrated relief pitcher in baseball. In ten innings, he’s converted all six of his save opportunities and has only allowed three hits and no walks in ten innings (0.300 WHIP), to go along with eleven strikeouts.

Runners-up: Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon.

NL Silver Slugger Awards:

C: Ryan Doumit (.358/.397/.597)

1B: Albert Pujols (.382/.538/.629)

2B: Chase Utley (.359/.433/.757)

3B: Chipper Jones (.433/.480/.711)

SS: Hanley Ramirez (.337/.405/.625)

LF: Pat Burrell (.349/.467/.721)

CF: Nate McLouth (.333/.414/.627)

RF: Justin Upton (.323/.371/.559)

P: Micah Owings (.389/.421/.444)

AL Silver Slugger Awards:

C: Victor Martinez (.365/.397/.419)

1B: Casey Kotchman (.326/.392/.565)

2B: Dustin Pedroia (.324/.369/.450)

3B: Adrian Beltre (.293/.381/.511)

SS: Edgar Renteria (.324/.352/.461)

LF: Manny Ramirez (.347/.413/.643)

CF: Josh Hamilton (.333/.385/.581)

RF: Magglio Ordonez (.305/.391/.537)

DH: Jim Thome (.214/.365/.476)

An hours-later addendum: I forgot to list the AL Cy Young Award winner, but that would be the winner of the AL MVP Award: Cliff Lee. The runners-up would be starter Zack Grienke and closer Joakim Soria.