Who Will Win The World Series MVP?

When the World Series ends an MVP will have to be declared. Let's take a look at the candidates:

Yankees hitters:

• Johnny Damon is tied for the series lead with 8 hits, has scored a team-high 5 runs and is 3-3 in stolen base attempts. His 2-out approach in Game 4 and his double steal puts him in the spotlight and a big game tonight to seal the deal could give him the MVP.

• Derek Jeter also has 8 hits in the series and if he has a big hit to win the game tonight or picks up 3+ hits, you could see him sneaking in and winning it. Mostly because of "intangibles". But the GIDP in Game 5 will hurt him. But winning the MVP would be very Jeterian.
  

• Hideki Matsui will be back in the lineup tonight and the Yankees have missed him in their regularly. Matsui has an awesome .556/.600/1.222 line (yes, that's a 1.822 OPS) with 2 HR this postseason and if he keeps up that fire tonight, he has a chance of winning it. Being only available to pinch hit for all three games in Philly may hurt him

• A-Rod just missed out on winning the ALCS MVP but he has a chance to take home the World Series MVP with a big Game 6. He has had a ton of big hits this postseason and few more may vault him over the top. His no-show in Games 1 and 2 may hurt the cause, however. If he does win, I wonder if he has to split it with Kate Hudson?

Phillies Hitters:

• Chase Utley is having a monster World Series. I came in praising the job he has done without as much critical acclaim as Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins or many of his other teammates, but Utley is truly a beast. As Sporting News and Big League Stew point out, Utley could win it without his team winning the World Series for only the second time in MLB history. If he hits another home run tonight, he may seal it.

• Jayson Werth has a very outside shot of winning it. But let's say he hits two more home runs against Andy Pettitte tonight to win Game 6 and produces big in a Game 7 win...don't you have to think about giving it to him at that point? That also means that Chase Utley can't do any more damage than he's done now so this is a very outside shot

Yankees Pitchers:

• Andy Pettitte could win it with an 8 inning, 1 run game tonight (or something like that). That would give him two out of four wins for the World Series, including yet another clincher.

• Mariano Rivera could win it with a big save tonight. Let's say he gets 7 outs tonight. That would give him 3 saves and 6 innings pitched. I think he would have earned it, too.
  

• CC Sabathia would need a huge Game 7 to win it. But imagine if he finishes the World Series with a huge Game 7 and a low ERA. He would have pitched 3 really good games for the Yankees, though I wonder if he'll get punished for getting an L and an ND in the other two.
  

Phillies Pitchers:

• Cliff Lee could win it by coming out of the bullpen tomorrow night and closing out the World Series for the Phillies. If he does that a la Randy Johnson, I think you have to give him the hardware.

• Ryan Madson is a dark sleeper here but let's say he gets two huge saves in the final two games. That would mean he would pitch in 6 of 7 games and get 3 saves. I don't know if it'll ever come to that, but it would be an interesting choice.
  

Who do you think is going to win it? I've put a new poll up on the right. Put your vote there but let us know in the comments why you chose that player.