L-V-P! L-V-P! L-V-P!

In the last seven years, the Red Sox and Phillies certainly have had their share of individual accolades: MVPs (Dustin Pedroia, Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard), Rookies of the Year (Pedroia and Howard), Rolaids Relief Award (Brad Lidge), World Series MVPs (Cole Hamels, Mike Lowell and Manny Ramirez), LCS MVPs (Hamels, Josh Beckett and David Ortiz) and All-Star MVP J.D. Drew.

This year, it's too soon to say whether Raul Ibanez or Jason Bay will wind up with the MVP or whether Beckett will continue his surge toward a Cy Young.

But Jayson Stark says a couple of our players may be headed toward less desirable trophies: Least Valuable Player and Cy Yuk.

I can't quarrel that Jimmy Rollins and Daisuke Matsuzaka have been awful this year. But J-Roll's recent hot streak gives the feeling that he'll play well for the rest of the year. And I'm not forgiving him for participating in the stupid World Baseball Classic, but Dice-K was clearly injured. And Chien-Mang Wang has been just as bad.

Today's LVP: Brad Penny, who gave up six runs in five innings in a 6-2 loss against the Blue Jays. The red-hot Phillies continue their series against the Marlins tonight in a quest to wrap up the NL East by August.