I also think either Matsuzaka or Pedroia wins. My initial reasoning was that Bannister plays in KC and most writers forgot they had a team. Then I remembered the whole Berroa/Matsui s***. Whatever, it's not important.
On the other side, holy f***ing s*** Ryan f***ing Braun. What the f***? I mean he didn't come out of nowhere, he was a fairly highly regarded prospect, but still, nobody could have expected this. In just 355 at bats, more than 100 less than Ortiz, he has the same amount of homers as Papi. And his OPS is over 1.000.