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Sky Sports football pundit Paul Merson has given us his thoughts on the race for the PFA Fans Player of the Month award for January. The Premier League shortlist has been narrowed down to three candidates - Tottenham striker Harry Kane, Liverpools Roberto Firmino and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney.There is still time for you to cast your vote this month (voting closes at midnight, with the winner announced on Tuesday, February 9), and you could win the chance to meet and present the award to the winning player. As well as the Barclays Premier League award, you can also vote for the PFA Fans Player of the Month in the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two. Vote now! Vote now for your January Player of the Month And if you are still undecided, Merse thinks Rooneys return to form in front of goal deserves to get the nod this month, despite Kanes outstanding form and Firminos goals for Liverpool.Heres why...Harry Kane - Tottenham Harry Kanes performances have helped Tottenham rise to second in the Premier League MERSE SAYS: What can you say about Harry Kane? Im a huge fan of his. Hes put in some superb performances this month. He scores goals with ease and is a proper centre forward. Hes been outstanding in Spurs rise up the table.Roberto Firmino - Liverpool Roberto Firmino scored four Premier League goals in January for Liverpool MERSE SAYS: Roberto Firmino has taken time to settle into the Premier League but started to find the back of the net in January. He scored two in the draw with Arsenal, including a superb second against the Gunners, and grabbed another double in the thriller at Norwich. However, for me its not his month.Wayne Rooney - Manchester United Wayne Rooney has scored seven goals in his last eight appearances for Man Utd MERSE SAYS: Wayne Rooney is back playing near his best. He has five goals in his last six Premier League games. Hes a player that could hit 10 goals in as many games because when hes hot, he can go on a real streak. Hes that type of player. Hes been outstanding and hes my pick to win it. He wasnt playing that well before but to switch it on and score seven goals in eight games in all competitions is a superb return to form.Have your say NOW - vote at www.skysports.com/pfafanvoteTo be eligible for the prize, voters must be 18 or over and be a resident of UK or ROI. Travel costs are not included as part of the prize. Click or tap here to read the full terms and conditions. Also See: Premier League - Vote Now! Championship - Vote Now! League One - Vote Now! League Two - Vote Now! Discount Adidas Canada . 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The New York Mets, who won Sunday, are one game ahead of the Giants in the race for the first wild-card team.All three teams have 13 games left to play.This is playoff baseball already for us, Cardinals second baseman Kolton Wong said. Were playing every single game like its our last.In the series opener with the Rockies, the Cardinals will start Carlos Martinez, who is 14-8 with a 3.15 ERA. The Cardinals have won five of his past six starts. They lost the last one Wednesday at Chicago, when he gave up eight hits and four runs in six innings with no walks and nine strikeouts, and the Cubs won 7-0.Martinez didnt face the Rockies when the Cardinals won two of three games from Colorado in St. Louis from May 17-19.Martinez is 1-0 with an 8.04 ERA in six games, two starts, against the Rockies and 1-0 with a 6.75 ERA in two games, one start, at Coors Field. That start was June 10, 2015, a 7-2 Cardinals win in which Martinez allowed eight hits and two runs in 6 1/3 innings.Tyler Anderson will start Monday for the Rockies. A 26-year-old rookie who made his major league debut June 12, Anderson has been remarkably consistent and a huge addition to the Colorado rotation.But he is coming off a poor outing last Monday at Arizona, a 12-9 loss to the Diamondbacks in which Anderson did not factor in the decision after allowing nine hits and six runs, five earned, in 4 1/3 innings.In his three prior starts before that game, Anderson was 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA and six walks and 117 strikeouts in 18 2/3 innings.ddddddddddddAnderson, who has never faced the Cardinals, is 5-5 with a 3.65 ERA in 17 starts and is 5-1 with a 3.04 ERA in 11 starts at Coors Field. He has pitched at least six innings in 12 starts and has pitched seven or more four times.I think in a lot of ways hes well beyond his years, his experience level, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. The pitchability, the demeanor, the confidence, the competitiveness -- he doesnt look like a rookie when hes out there on the mound.He understands how to upset timing -- speed hitters up, slow them down, put sequences together. He gets all that. Its one thing to understand it, but to be able to execute it, thats the next level. And thats what hes been able to do. He makes pitches.The Rockies are coming off a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres and will finish their homestand with the series against the Cardinals. At 72-77, the Rockies wont be playing in the postseason. But they have exceeded their 68-win total from last year and are three wins shy of their most victories since 2010, when they last finished above .500 with 83 wins.Recent history and the ultimate won-lost record this season are bookkeeping matters compared with the more tangible opportunity for the Rockies to make it more difficult for the Cardinals to reach the postseason.Theres always a reason to be motivated to play well, no matter what, and thats the way it always should be, Weiss said. Of course, the Cardinals -- its a great franchise, one of the best teams in the National League year after year, so we have to play at a high level to win that series. You always get up especially for teams like that. ' ' '