A former Most Valuable Player Award winner and three-time batting champion, another batting titlist, three MVP runners-up, a Cy Young Award winner, a World Series home-run record holder and the only pitcher to total double-digit complete games in a season this century are among a group of 12 new candidates…
Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves unanimously won the NL MVP Award, marking the first time in BBWAA voting for Most Valuable Player dating to 1931 that the winners in both leagues were unanimous selections. Acuna is the eighth unanimous winner in the NL, joining Orlando Cepeda (1967), Mike Schmidt…
Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani was a unanimous selection as the 2023 AL MVP. This election marks the 12th time the AL MVP Award winner was a unanimous choice, and the second time for Ohtani, who was also a unanimous MVP in 2021. He is the first player to win…
Yankees’ right-hander Gerrit Cole unanimously won the American League MVP Award, marking the 11th time an AL pitcher has swept the voting. The others were Justin Verlander in 2011 and 2022, Johan Santana in 2004 and 2006, Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000, Roger Clemens in 1986 and 1998, Ron…
Padres’ left-hander Blake Snell, a previous winner in the American League with the Rays in 2018, won the National League Cy Young Award. He joined the company of Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Max Scherzer, Gaylord Perry and Roy Halladay as Cy Young Award winners in both leagues. Clemens…
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, who was the runner-up to Terry Francona in the 2022 election, was named the American League Manager of the Year. Hyde is the ninth Manager of the Year Award winner who did not play in the major leagues. The others: four-time winner Buck Showalter, three-time winners…
Marlins first-year manager Skip Schumaker won the 2023 NL Manager of the Year Award. This election marks the seventh time in the NL and ninth time overall that the award went to someone who was in his first full season as a major league manager. The other first-year NL winners…
Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll is the 14th player to win the NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award by a unanimous vote. The others: Frank Robinson (1956), Orlando Cepeda (1958), Willie McCovey (1959), Vince Coleman (1985), Benito Santiago (1987), Mike Piazza (1993), Raul Mondesi (1994), Scott Rolen (1997) Albert…
Gunnar Henderson is the 13th player to win the AL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award by a unanimous vote and the first for the Orioles. The other unanimous choices: Carlton Fisk (1972), Mark McGwire (1987), Sandy Alomar Jr. (1990), Tim Salmon (1993), Derek Jeter (1996), Nomar Garciaparra (1997),…
Once again, the BBWAA will be announcing the winners of its annual awards live on MLB Network. The winners will be announced in according to the schedule below. Each announcement show begins at 6 p.m. ET. The top three finishers for each award are listed alphabetically below. Voting took place…
