Awards
National League MVP – all of these are plausible:
- 3 of us named Ronald Acuna Jr. Hitting in the 4-hole could definitely boost his RBI stats
- 1 vote for Freddie Freeman
- 1 vote for Max Scherzer
American League MVP
- 4 votes for Mike Trout, the $400 million man
- 1 vote for Mookie Betts
National League Cy Young Award Winner –
- 3 votes for Max Scherzer
- 2 votes for Jacob DeGrom
- Honestly, unless Aaron Nola goes off, I don’t see another real candidate at this point.
American League Cy Young Award Winner – this was all over the map
Yep – this one is wide open… and there are probably 2-4 additional candidates (including the defending champ Blake Snell, who wasn’t even named [he was my runner-up to Kluber]).
National League Rookie of the Year –
- 3 votes for Victor Robles
- 1 vote for Peter Alonso
- 1 vote for Bryse Wilson (that was Clint… his enthusiasm will not wane!)
American Le…. oh never mind: we all picked Vladimir Guerrero Jr., of course.
> Of note: Vladdie The Young does have the opportunity to crash and burn here. His conditioning has gotten out of control over the past year or so.
Fangraphs still has him listed at 6’1″/200 lbs. Baseball-reference has an update: 6’2″/250. That’s not muscle he’s added, either… some have suggested that even this ‘250’ number might be generous.
It’s probably not going to help that he’s on the shelf with an oblique injury right now, either. If he can’t get this figured out, his 1st season could be underwhelming… and that could give the trophy to… perhaps an Astro?
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