Ichiro Suzuki, a veritable hits machine on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, became the first Japanese player to gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame when he was elected Tuesday to the Class of 2025 alongside pitchers CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner by the Baseball Writers’ Association…
Thomas Boswell, who for 52 years at the Washington Post as a baseball beat writer and later a columnist became one of the most notable and recognizable names in sports writing, was elected the 2025 winner of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. He will be honored with the award that…
Los Angeles’ Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani was the unanimous selection for the NL MVP award, adding a third MVP to the two he won in the American League. Ohtani, who earned MVP honors in the American League in 2021 and 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels, becomes the second player…
New York Yankees’ outfielder Aaron Judge won his second American League MVP Award, sweeping all 30 votes. Judge, who also won this award in 2022, is the 17th multiple winner in the American League. He joins a list that features three-time winners Jimmie Foxx (1932-33, 1938), Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941,…
Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal was unanimously selected as the American League Cy Young Award winner. For the third consecutive year, the AL Cy Young Award winner has been a unanimous choice. Skubal’s election follows those of Gerrit Cole in 2023 and Justin Verlander in 2022. The only other time…
Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award. Sale, who led National League pitchers in victories (18-3 record), earned run average (2.38) and strikeouts (225), is the ninth “triple crown” winner in the league to capture the Cy Young Award. Sandy Koufax won the triple crown…
Pat Murphy is the first Milwaukee Brewers manager to win the Manager of the Year Award in BBWAA voting dating to 1983. In previous elections, Brewers managers placed second seven times. Murphy’s predecessor, Craig Counsell, was the National League runner-up four times (2018-19, 2021, 2023) before moving on to helm…
Cleveland Guardians’ manager Stephen Vogt was named American League Manager of the Year. This election marks the third time in the American League and the 10th time overall that the award went to someone who was in his first season as a major league manager. The other first-year AL winners…
New York Yankees’ right-hander Luis Gil won a tight election to take the American League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award, winning by just five points. Since the BBWAA went to a three-player ballot in Rookie of the Year voting in 1980 following the 1979 tie in the American…
Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes won the National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award. Only four players received votes, the fewest in National League Rookie of the Year voting since the BBWAA went to a three-player ballot in 1980. The previous low had been five, in 2001 when Albert…
