ROY Awards to be announced today

Today breaks in the awards season, with both the National and American League Rookies of the Year.

Leading candidates in the National League are the Braves' Jason Heyward and the Giants' Buster Posey.

The favorites for the American League are the Tigers' Austin Jackson and the Rangers' Neftali Feliz.

In a year that many rookies made a huge splash throughout the season, such as the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg, the above four players separated themselves as the season went on.

Heyward opened the season with the Braves and hit .277 with 18 homers and 72 RBI's in 142 games while helping the Braves to the NL Wild Card after injuries to Chipper Jones and Martin Prado. He was named to the NL All-Star team in his first year, but did not participate due to injury.

Posey came on to help the Giants win the World Series after starting the year in the minors. He hit .305 with 18 homers and 67 RBI's in 108 games with the Giants.

Jackson played in 151 games for the Tigers. The speedy centerfielder hit .293 with 34 doubles and 10 triples. Jackson also stole 27 bases in just 33 attempts.

Feliz stepped into the closer role for the Rangers this year and helped bring them to the World Series for the first time in franchise history. He converted 40 of 43 save opportunities.

The awards are set to be announced at 2 p.m. Monday.