Young comes up short

The official AL Rookie of the Year award doesn't come out until next month. But if what the people on the field think is similar to what the baseball writers vote, Rays RF Delmon Young is not going to be the AL Rookie of the Year and Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia is.

Pedroia was named the winner Thursday of the Players Choice top rookie award, which is voted by the players and presented through their union. Pedroia also won the Sporting News award, overwhelmingly, which is voted by the players and managers. Milwaukee's Ryan Braun won the NL award.

1B Carlos Pena, however, is a strong candidate for the Players Choice AL Comeback Player of the Year award, which will be announced Friday.