New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Dmitri Young of the Washington Nationals are the recipients of the 2007 Comeback Player of the Year Award.

Pena, who was a non-roster invitee to Rays' spring training, established franchise records in home runs (46), RBI (121), walks, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. His 46 homers placed him fourth in the majors and his 121 runs batted in placed sixth.

A first-round draft pick of Texas back in 1998, Pena played just 18 games in the majors in 2006. After being released by the Tigers in spring training, he was signed to a minor-league deal with the Yankees in April, but was released in August and signed with Boston. With the Red Sox, Pena hit one homer and drove in three runs while batting .273. His last full season in the majors came in 2004 with the Detroit Tigers, where he hit .241 with 27 homers and 82 RBI in 142 games.

Young, who was also a non-roster invitee to Nationals camp, earned his second career All-Star selection. He finished with a career-best .320 average, batting above .300 against both left-and-right-handed pitching. The switch- hitting infielder hit 13 home runs and knocked in 74, and his 38 doubles were the most since a 48-double season in 1998.

The 1991 first-round choice of the St. Louis Cardinals had a tumultuous season last year with the AL-champion Detroit Tigers. Young batted .250 with seven homers and 23 RBI in 48 games as he battled legal troubles and alcoholism before the club released him in early September.

Jim Thome of the Chicago White Sox and Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the award last season.