That’s officially a wrap on the 2025 MLB season.
The hot stove season is already burning, but even amid the roster shuffling for the 2026 season, we had one last bit of 2025 business: handing out the major awards.
The most prestigious are the four major honors determined by BBWAA voting. These awards will have a lasting impact on baseball history books and Hall of Fame résumés.
On Monday, Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz was unanimously selected as the American League Rookie of the Year, and Atlanta Braves rookie catcher Drake Baldwin earned the National League honor.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy and Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt each won their second consecutive Manager of the Year Award on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal won his second straight AL Cy Young Award. In the NL, the Pittsburgh Pirates‘ Paul Skenes won his first Cy Young — unanimously.
Thursday capped off awards week as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Shohei Ohtani secured his third consecutive MVP award — and fourth in five years, all unanimously — in the NL. In the AL, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge narrowly beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh to win his second straight MVP.
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MVP: AL | NL
Cy Young: AL | NL
Rookie of the Year: AL | NL
Manager of the Year: AL | NL
American League MVP
Winner: Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Final tally: Judge 355 (17 first-place votes), Cal Raleigh 335 (13), Jose Ramirez 224, Bobby Witt Jr. 215, Tarik Skubal 139, Julio Rodriguez 136, George Springer 125, Garrett Crochet 74, Junior Caminero 37, Jeremy Pena 32, Byron Buxton 30, Nick Kurtz 29, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 14, Cody Bellinger 7, Maikel Garcia 7, Bo Bichette 5, Riley Greene 3, Aroldis Chapman 1, Yandy Diaz 1, Jacob Wilson 1
Doolittle’s pick: Raleigh
Takeaway: In the race between numbers and narrative, the numbers won in this case. But as I wrote leading up to Thursday’s announcement, there was no wrong answer here. Since we’ve already delved into the Judge vs. Raleigh debate, let’s focus here on Judge’s win and what it means for a career resume that keeps getting more impressive.
With a third MVP, Judge becomes the 13th player to win at least three MVP awards. Fittingly for a Yankees captain, he joins a club that features a trio of the franchise’s all-time greats — Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra also won three MVP awards. Alas, Judge didn’t gain on Shohei Ohtani, who won his fourth MVP on Thursday, but now that MLB’s star duo have both repeated in winning the honor, it only cements their co-status as the game’s biggest stars and best players.
Judge, somehow, just keeps getting better. His move out of center field paid off in improved defensive numbers, at least until the elbow injury that limited him in the field during the second half. Judge will never be a low-strikeout hitter but as he has aged, he has continued to slice into his whiff rate while maintaining his all-time elite power numbers and, at the same time, becoming one of baseball’s best hitters for average. Through the age of 28, Judge had a career batting average of .272; since then, he has hit .306. In 2025, he hit .331 to win his first batting title, part of a career-first sabermetric Triple Crown (leading the league in all three slash categories).
Judge’s 9.7 bWAR gives him three seasons of 9.5 or better, one of just 11 position players to do that. The list Judge joins serves as a signpost for where he’s headed when he retires: Babe Ruth, Rogers Hornsby, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Mike Trout, Mickey Mantle, Carl Yastrzemski. And where is it that Judge is headed? Cooperstown.
You can’t take it for granted that Judge will keep going at this clip for much longer, as he turns 34 next April. But over the last four seasons, he has hit .311/.439/.677 with an average of 59 homers, 131 RBIs and 133 runs per 162 games played. If Judge has begun to slow, you sure can’t see it in the results.
Here’s how my AXE leaderboard had it:
1. Aaron Judge, Yankees (164 AXE, finalist)
2. Cal Raleigh, Mariners (150, finalist)
3. Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (145)
4. Jose Ramirez, Guardians (138, finalist)
5. Julio Rodriguez, Mariners (134)
6. Jeremy Pena, Astros (132)
7. George Springer, Blue Jays (131)
8. Byron Buxton, Twins (129)
9. Maikel Garcia, Royals (128)
10. Gunnar Henderson, Orioles (128)
Note: AXE is an index that creates a consensus rating from the leading value metrics (WAR, from FanGraphs and Baseball Reference) and contextual metrics (win probability added and championship probability added, both from Baseball Reference), with 100 representing the MLB average.
MVP must-reads:
What it’s really like facing Aaron Judge
Can Yankees build a title-winning team around Aaron Judge?
National League MVP
Winner: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers (unanimous)
Final tally: Ohtani 420 (30 first-place votes), Kyle Schwarber 260, Juan Soto 231, Geraldo Perdomo 196, Trea Turner 102, Paul Skenes 83, Corbin Carroll 83, Fernando Tatis Jr. 78, Pete Crow-Armstrong 63, Francisco Lindor 61, Pete Alonso 48, Christian Yelich 34, Freddie Freeman 29, Brice Turang 23, Cristopher Sanchez 16, Michael Busch 11, Manny Machado 11, Matt Olson 7, Nico Hoerner 5, Seiya Suzuki 3, Will Smith 3, Ketel Marte 2, Elly De La Cruz 1
Doolittle’s pick: Ohtani
Takeaway: You know that old saying about how you shouldn’t say things can’t get any worse because, before you know it, they will? What’s the opposite of that? Because whatever the term is for that phenomenon, it serves as a warning for ever thinking that we’ve seen peak Ohtani.
This MVP award — Ohtani’s third in a row, and fourth in five years — gives him more than any player in history not named Barry Bonds. Bonds won seven times and if you don’t think Ohtani can catch him, you haven’t been paying attention. That’s especially true now that Ohtani has moved to the NL, where he’s no longer competing with Aaron Judge or Bobby Witt Jr., among others, for what promises to be a high bar in the AL MVP races to come.
Ohtani’s bat has reached another level since he moved over from the Los Angeles Angels. In two seasons with the Dodgers, he has managed one unthinkable feat after another. Last year, there was the 50/50 season that included the 6-for-6, three-homer, 10-RBI, two-steal game that got him into the club. This year, Ohtani reached a new career high in homers (55) while, as a leadoff hitter, scoring 146 runs. After two seasons in Chavez Ravine, Ohtani now owns the top two single-season home run totals in franchise history, and his 2025 run total is a Dodger record for the modern era.
And he pitched! Ohtani eased back into mound work in 2025 after coming back from surgery but was effective when he threw, with a 2.87 ERA over 14 appearances for 1.1 fWAR. The Dodgers probably won’t push him into a heavy pitching load at any point, but there is more WAR on that side of the ball in his future.
Ohtani is just indescribably good. After another historic regular season, he went on to post two of the greatest performances in postseason history, all while helping the Dodgers repeat as World Series champs.
In the NLCS clincher against the Milwaukee Brewers, he went six shutout innings and struck out 10 batters to earn the win — and hit three homers along the way. Then, in the epic 18-inning Game 3 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, he homered three more times and doubled twice, convincing Jays manager John Schneider to avoid him like a mime with a bad cough: Ohtani was walked five times. His nine times reaching base tied the record for any game and was three more than had ever been done in the postseason.
So was that peak Ohtani? Don’t bet on it. Because when you think things can’t get any worse — for Dodgers opponents — Ohtani will make sure they will.
Here’s how my AXE leaderboard had it:
1. Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers (157 AXE, finalist)
2. Geraldo Perdomo, Diamondbacks (141)
3. Juan Soto, Mets (140, finalist)
4. Francisco Lindor, Mets (137)
5. Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres (136)
6. Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks (135)
7. Trea Turner, Phillies (134)
8. Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs (131)
9. Nico Hoerner, Cubs (130)
10. Matt Olson, Braves (129)
11. Kyle Schwarber, Phillies (128, finalist)
MVP must-reads:
2025 MLB most exciting player bracket: Ohtani, Judge, more
The improbability of Shohei Ohtani’s greatness
American League Cy Young
Winner: Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers
Final tally: Skubal 198 (26 first-place votes), Garrett Crochet 132 (4), Hunter Brown 80, Max Fried 61, Bryan Woo 26, Carlos Rodon 5, Aroldis Chapman 4, Jacob deGrom 2, Trevor Rogers 1, Drew Rasmussen 1
Doolittle’s pick: Skubal
Takeaway: Skubal becomes the first back-to-back Cy Young winner since Jacob deGrom with the Mets in 2018 and 2019, and the first in the AL to do it since Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000. The only other Tigers hurler to win multiple Cy Young Awards was Denny McLain (1968 and 1969). Not bad for a pitcher who entered last season with a career record of 23-27.
Skubal’s dominance and efficiency have become must-see viewing during the regular season. His average game score (64.2) led the majors, and he led the AL in ERA and FIP for a second straight season while again making 31 starts. Although he didn’t repeat as the circuit’s strikeout king, he upped his total from 228 to 241 while posting a ridiculous 7.3-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. That’s pure dominance.
Skubal has reached the point where he can attack the strike zone with precision and without giving up damage, allowing him to get deep into games even as his strikeout total soars. Skubal had six starts in which he struck out at least 11 batters without throwing 100 pitches. Against Cleveland on May 25, he threw a two-hit shutout and struck out 13 on just 94 pitches while putting up a game score of 96, tied for the highest of 2025.
Despite all of this, I didn’t see this race as a no-brainer. That’s how good Crochet was during his first Red Sox season and the first in which he made the transition from a potential ace to a right-now stopper. His league-leading total of 205⅓ innings nearly doubled his career total, and his 255 strikeouts topped Skubal for the MLB lead.
That Crochet did all of this while winning 18 games and not winning the Cy Young is another data point underscoring the demise of the win statistic. But his breakout showed that if Crochet can stay healthy, the considerable prospect haul the Red Sox sent to the White Sox to acquire him will have been worth it.
Here’s how my AXE leaderboard had it:
1. Tarik Skubal, Tigers (153 AXE, finalist)
2. Garrett Crochet, Red Sox (151, finalist)
3. Hunter Brown, Astros (143, finalist)
4. Trevor Rogers, Orioles (136)
5. Max Fried, Yankees (135)
6. Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers (134)
7. Carlos Rodon, Yankees (130)
Cy Young must-reads:
The extraordinary mystery of the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal
National League Cy Young
Winner: Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh Pirates (unanimous)
Final tally: Skenes 210 (30 first-place votes), Cristopher Sanchez 120, Yoshinobu Yamamoto 72, Logan Webb 47, Freddy Peralta 44, Nick Pivetta 7, Jesus Luzardo 5, Andrew Abbott 4, Zack Wheeler 1
Doolittle’s pick: Sanchez
Takeaway: The pitcher win is truly dead. And that’s fine. Never again will we have a stretch like the early 1980s when a string of AL Cy Young trophies were handed out to pitchers with relatively pedestrian run prevention figures but inflated win totals. Skenes wins because he is the game’s most dynamic young pitcher who, with a measure of health, is on track to become an all-time great.
That Skenes went 10-10 is but an amusing footnote and an indictment of the team with which he was surrounded. Still, his Cy Young is historic in that he becomes the first starter to land a Cy Young with a non-winning record. Here’s another historic note that ranks all pitchers in history by ERA with a minimum of 50 games started since 1901:
1. Ed Walsh, 1.82 (1904 to 1917)
2. Addie Joss, 1.89 (1902 to 1910)
3. Paul Skenes, 1.96 (2024 to 2025)
We’re looking at two complete careers compared with Skenes’ first two campaigns, but you still have to go back to the dead ball era to find this kind of career-long run prevention. When you shift the leaderboard to ERA+, which adjusts for league and ballpark context, and stick with the 50-start minimum, here’s what you get:
1. Paul Skenes, 215
2. (tie) Clayton Kershaw, 154
Pedro Martinez, 154
4. Jacob deGrom, 151
5. Jose Fernandez, 150
Sure, Skenes has nowhere to go but down from here — probably. But he already has built up a heck of a buffer against the pack. He’s the fifth pitcher to win a Cy Young within his first two big league seasons, and just the third Pirates hurler to win, joining Vern Law (1960) and Doug Drabek (1990).
As for my pick, Sanchez: He and Skenes were very close in terms of total runs prevented. Skenes had a decided edge in ERA, but their FIP figures were close, and Sanchez had more volume, which allows him to catch Skenes in the runs-prevented aggregate. So, if their runs prevented are similar, then what you have left is consistency and context.
In terms of consistency, Sanchez had a better quality start percentage, but I don’t put much stock in that because you have to go six innings to get a QS, and the Pirates weren’t letting Skenes go deep over the last months of the season. But their contexts were very different, as Sanchez starred for a division champion, whereas Skenes toiled for a cellar-dweller.
Not Skenes’ fault, but it’s what happened.
Here’s how my AXE leaderboard had it, with the decimals broken out for Sanchez and Skenes, who were in a virtual tie for the top:
1. Cristopher Sanchez, Phillies (159.5 AXE, finalist)
2. Paul Skenes, Pirates (159.4, finalist)
3. Andrew Abbott, Reds (138)
4. (tie) Freddy Peralta, Brewers (137)
Zack Wheeler, Phillies (137)
6. Nick Pivetta, Padres (136)
7. Logan Webb, Giants (135)
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13. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers (123, finalist)
Cy Young must-reads:
How young aces Skenes, Skubal dominate
American League Rookie of the Year
Winner: Nick Kurtz, Athletics (unanimous)
Final tally: Kurtz 210 (30 first-place votes), Jacob Wilson 107, Roman Anthony 72, Noah Cameron 54, Colson Montgomery 23, Carlos Narvaez 21, Jack Leiter 6, Will Warren 5, Luke Keaschall 3, Braydon Fisher 2, Shane Smith 2, Cam Smith 2, Chandler Simpson 1, Luis Morales 1, Jasson Dominguez 1
Doolittle’s pick: Kurtz
Takeaway: Before the season, Kurtz’s name wasn’t near the top of the list for AL Rookie of the Year candidates. He didn’t lack hype — he was viewed by many as the Athletics’ top prospect — but his meteoric rise was unexpected.
Kurtz, the fourth pick in 2024, played just 12 minor league games and another 13 in last year’s Arizona Fall League before this season. So, it made sense that he began the season in Triple-A, where he posted a 1.000-plus OPS, which he has done every step of the way.
Kurtz debuted in the majors April 23, and 117 games later, his 1.002 rookie-season OPS ranks as the fifth best for a rookie (minimum 480 plate appearances) behind Aaron Judge, Ted Williams, Albert Pujols and Ryan Braun. But none of those greats matched Kurtz’s accomplishment against the Astros on July 25, when he hit four homers, finished with six hits and tied Shawn Green’s big league record for total bases in a game (19).
The ninth Rookie of the Year in Athletics history, Kurtz’s slash line (.290/.383/.619) at 22 is evidence that he’s the complete package at the plate and still might improve. But even if he doesn’t, and this is what he is going forward, he’s one of the best hitters in the majors.
The other two finalists — Anthony and Wilson — were both high on preseason lists for the award and validated that anticipation with fine rookie seasons. Wilson’s .311 average ranked third in the majors. He was one of seven qualifying hitters in the majors to hit at least .300. Anthony lived up to massive hype upon his arrival at Fenway Park, but he suffered an oblique injury Sept. 2, ending his chances of overtaking Kurtz for the award.
Here’s how my AXE leaderboard had it:
1. Nick Kurtz, Athletics (126 AXE, finalist)
2. Jacob Wilson, Athletics (118, finalist)
3. (tie) Roman Anthony, Red Sox (115, finalist)
Noah Cameron, Royals (115)
Colson Montgomery, White Sox (115)
6. Carlos Narvaez, Red Sox (110)
7. Shane Smith, White Sox (109)
ROY must-reads:
Passan Awards: Nick Kurtz wins ‘Individual Performance of the Year’
How a swing tweak has Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony rolling
National League Rookie of the Year
Winner: Drake Baldwin, Atlanta Braves
Final tally: Baldwin 183 (21 first-place votes), Cade Horton 139 (9), Caleb Durbin 69, Isaac Collins 62, Daylen Lile 17, Agustin Ramirez 10, Chad Patrick 9, Jakob Marsee 8, Jack Dreyer 4, Matt Shaw 4, Jacob Misiorowski 2, Nolan McLean 2, Heriberto Hernandez 1
Doolittle’s pick: Baldwin
Takeaway: The voters favored Baldwin’s full-season production over Horton’s remarkable second half. It was a tough call, but Baldwin established himself as one of the game’s outstanding young catchers. Baldwin hit .274/.341/.469 over 124 games, numbers strong enough to earn him regular DH time on days he wasn’t catching. That’s key, because Atlanta still has veteran Sean Murphy under contract for three more years.
Like his AL counterpart Kurtz, Baldwin was considered his organization’s top prospect by many when the season began, but he was expected to make his big league debut late in 2025 or in 2026. Baldwin got his chance when Murphy suffered a cracked rib in spring training. The Braves had several journeyman backups in camp, but Baldwin was so impressive that he started behind the plate on Opening Day.
Baldwin is the first catcher to win NL Rookie of the Year since Buster Posey in 2010. The only other Braves catcher to win the award was Earl Williams (1971), though Williams divided his time between catching and the infield.
If Horton had a first half that matched his post-All-Star-break performance, he might have been a unanimous pick and even entered the Cy Young debate. In 12 second-half starts, Horton went 8-1 with a 1.03 ERA, allowing just 33 hits while striking out 54 over 61⅓ innings. He allowed one run or fewer in 11 of those outings. Horton’s efforts helped the Chicago Cubs, who were scrambling to make the postseason with a short-handed rotation. This shows up in his probability stats: Horton ranked 12th among all NL pitchers in win probability added and 13th in championship probability added.
Durbin was a vital cog in the Brewers’ run to a franchise-best 97 wins. He was also one of several rookies in Milwaukee who were key contributors to the Brewers’ run to the NLCS. If “Brewers rookie” was an option on the ballot, “Brewers rookie” should have won.
Here’s how my AXE leaderboard had it:
1. Drake Baldwin, Braves (115 AXE, finalist)
2. Caleb Durbin, Brewers (113, finalist)
3. Cade Horton, Cubs (112, finalist)
4. Isaac Collins, Brewers (111)
5. Chad Patrick, Brewers (110)
6. Jakob Marsee, Marlins (109)
7. Braxton Ashcraft, Pirates (108)
American League Manager of the Year
Winner: Stephen Vogt, Cleveland Guardians
Final tally: Vogt 113 (28 first-place votes), John Schneider 91 (10), Dan Wilson 50 (2), Alex Cora 7 (1), A.J. Hinch 6, Joe Espada 3
Doolittle’s pick: Schneider
Takeaway: The AL Manager of the Year race remained murky to me up to and including the day that awards finalists were announced. EARL, an algorithm that seeks to create order out of the chaotic process of rating managers, was all over the place through the season. Hinch, who was favored in many of the betting markets until he turned out to not be a finalist, was submarined by his team’s drastic midseason fall-off (though he should have received credit for side-stepping a complete collapse and earning a playoff spot).
That left last year’s winner, Vogt, whose Guardians made a stirring run to overtake the Tigers in the AL Central, as well as Wilson, skipper of the AL West champion Mariners, and Schneider, who guided the Blue Jays to the East crown. In the end, the voters were picking between the AL’s three division-winning managers.
Worst to first is always a great narrative — and perhaps the best argument in favor for Schneider after the Blue Jays rebounded from 2024’s last-place finish to win Toronto’s first division title in a decade, one that was validated with a postseason run all the way to extra innings of Game 7 of the World Series. Schneider was strong in wins versus Pythagorean-based expectation (94 wins for a win expectation of 88.5) and record in one- and two-run contests (43-30).
But Vogt beat him in both areas, and the same held true in terms of preseason expectations. Toronto beat its preseason over/under consensus by 10 wins, the fourth-best performance in the majors. Third best? Vogt, at 10.5. Vogt becomes the fourth manager to win back-to-back awards, minutes after the Murphy in the NL became the third.
Worst to first: Great story. Coming back from 15½ games back on July 8? Even better.
Here’s how my EARL leaderboard had it:
1. A.J. Hinch, Tigers (108.3 EARL)
2. John Schneider, Blue Jays (107.8, finalist)
3. Joe Espada, Astros (107.0)
4. Stephen Vogt, Guardians (105.2, finalist)
5. Dan Wilson, Mariners (103.5, finalist)
6. Matt Quatraro, Royals (101.8)
7. Mark Kotsay, Athletics (99.6)
Note: EARL is a metric that looks at how a team’s winning percentage varies from expectations generated by projections, run differential and one-run record. While attributing these measures to managerial performance is presumptive, the metric does tend to track well with the annual balloting.
Manager of the Year must-reads:
The magic chemistry of the Blue Jays clubhouse
National League Manager of the Year
Winner: Pat Murphy, Milwaukee Brewers
Final tally: Murphy 141 (27 first-place votes), Terry Francona 49 (2), Rob Thomson 32 (1), Craig Counsell 24, Clayton McCullough 22, Torey Lovullo 1, Mike Shildt 1
Doolittle’s pick: Murphy
Takeaway: The measures that feed EARL anointed Murphy pretty early in the season. Though the Brewers were a division winner in 2024, when Murphy won the award in his first full season as a big league manager, they were pegged for a .500-ish baseline entering the season. Instead, Milwaukee raced to a franchise record, a 17-win surplus against expectation that was the most in the majors. (McCullough’s Marlins were plus-15, hence his presence in the EARL leaderboard below.)
Murphy creates a fun, positive clubhouse atmosphere, keeping things light when it’s warranted, and getting heavy when it’s needed. He treats everyone the same, from the journeyman roster fill-in to franchise cornerstone Christian Yelich, not to mention everyone else in the great ecosystem of baseball that comes across his path on a daily basis. His skill set in building an upbeat culture doesn’t get enough attention — it’s an essential trait for a club that’s always iterating its roster.
One sign of a good manager is the ability to integrate rookies. Well, this season Milwaukee easily led the majors in rookie WAR, even as the Brewers chased another division crown. They played an exciting brand of offensive baseball that featured plenty of action on the basepaths and adherence to situational execution. They deployed one of the game’s top defenses. All of these things are hallmarks of a well-managed squad.
The Brewers remain perhaps baseball’s best-run franchise, a distinction that requires aptitude from the front office to the dugout, where Murphy presides. He becomes the first back-to-back NL Manager of the Year winner since Bobby Cox (2004-05), who did it with the Braves. The only other back-to-back winner was Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash, the AL’s honoree in 2020-21. Murphy, who managed San Diego on an interim basis in 2015, is the first skipper to win in his first two full seasons.
Here’s how my EARL leaderboard had it:
1. Pat Murphy, Brewers (113.7 EARL, finalist)
2. Clayton McCullough, Marlins (106.9)
3. Oliver Marmol, Cardinals (106.1)
4. Rob Thomson, Phillies (103.9, finalist)
5. Craig Counsell, Cubs (103.4)
6. Mike Shildt, Padres (103.2)
7. Terry Francona, Reds (101.7 finalist)
Manager of the Year must-reads:
Welcome to ‘Milwaukee Community College’: How the Brewers built a $115 million juggernaut
Why Terry Francona, Bruce Bochy came back to managing in MLB
Other awards
Just a run-through of my picks, leaving aside the Comeback Player category, which is tough to attack analytically:
Executive of the Year: Matt Arnold, Brewers. I have a metric I use to track organizational performance. It looks at things such as the performance of acquired players, organizational records and the value produced by rookies. Arnold’s club topped the charts. Arnold won this award last year, so we’ll find out if there is an Arnold fatigue at work here. If Arnold doesn’t win, I’d lean toward Seattle’s Jerry Dipoto.
All-MLB: My All-MVP first team, courtesy of AXE:
1B: Matt Olson, Braves
2B: Nico Hoerner, Cubs
SS: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals
3B: Jose Ramirez, Guardians
C: Cal Raleigh, Mariners
OF: Juan Soto, Mets
OF: Aaron Judge, Yankees
OF: Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks
DH: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers
LHP: Tarik Skubal, Tigers
RHP: Paul Skenes, Pirates
RP: Aroldis Chapman, Red Sox
Hank Aaron Award: Aaron Judge (AL, Yankees); Shohei Ohtani (NL, Dodgers)
Mariano Rivera Award: Aroldis Chapman, Red Sox
Trevor Hoffman Award: Edwin Diaz, Mets
Gold Gloves: The winners have been announced and can be found here. My quibbles: I would have gone with Toronto’s Alejandro Kirk at AL catcher over Detroit’s Dillon Dingler. On the NL side, I’d have liked to find a spot for Washington’s Jacob Young, but the insistence on LF/CF/RF distinctions ruled that out. All in all, another pretty solid job in an awards category that used to be rife with absurdities.
