Adrián Beltré, a five-time Gold Glove winner and four-time Silver Slugger recipient at third base, and former batting champions Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday in the 80th balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and tabulated by Ernst…
The late Gerry Fraley, whose writing style was crisp, insightful, and punchy, matching his feistytemperament, was elected the 2024 winner of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award. He will be honoredwith the award that is presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseballwriting” during the National Baseball Hall of…
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…
