The Baseball Writers Affiliation of America introduced the finalists for the 2024 awards. These are high three vote getters (listed in alphabetical order) for the 4 largest awards: MVP, Cy Younger, Rookie of the Yr and Supervisor of the Yr. Winners shall be revealed subsequent week, as will every voter’s particular person poll.
MVP
American League
Nationwide League
Cy Younger
American League
Nationwide League
Rookie of the Yr
American League
Nationwide League
Supervisor of the Yr
American League
A.J. Hinch (Tigers)
Matt Quatraro (Royals)
Stephen Vogt (Guardians)
Nationwide League
Carlos Mendoza (Mets)
Pat Murphy (Brewers)
Mike Shildt (Padres)
There’s some intrigue with the Cy Younger finalists particularly. Clase touchdown within the high three over a starter like Corbin Burnes or Cole Ragans is considerably stunning. Cleveland’s nearer had an all-time nice displaying — awards are voted on earlier than his shaky postseason efficiency — however it’s uncommon for a more in-depth to get into this territory. Clase turns into the primary reliever since Francisco RodrÃguez in 2008 to earn a top-three end.
Within the Nationwide League, the largest improvement is Skenes touchdown within the high three for Cy Younger. The Pittsburgh righty had a sensational rookie season, posting a 1.96 ERA whereas hanging out practically a 3rd of batters confronted. He solely began 23 video games and logged 133 innings after being known as up in Might, nonetheless, so it wasn’t clear if his workload was ample to get into finalist territory. Skenes is the primary rookie to safe a high three Cy Younger end since José Fernández in 2013.
The rest of the balloting got here and not using a ton of suspense. Ohtani and Decide are anticipated to win the MVP, whereas Skubal and Sale ought to safe the primary Cy Younger wins of their respective careers. Ohtani would change into the thirteenth participant in historical past to win MVP 3 times and would be a part of Frank Robinson as the one gamers to win the award in every league. It’d be Decide’s second such win.
Issues are extra open with the awards for the highest rookies and managers. There wasn’t a dominant rookie displaying within the American League. All three NL finalists would have been prohibitive favorites to win the award in the event that they performed within the AL. (Even Shota Imanaga and Masyn Winn, who had been squeezed out of a loaded NL discipline, would possibly’ve gained within the American League.)Â
Supervisor of the Yr is at all times one of the troublesome to foretell given the issue in quantifying a supervisor’s influence when a group outperforms normal expectations.
The awards shall be introduced as follows:
Nov. 18: Rookie of the Yr
Nov. 19: Supervisor of the Yr
Nov. 20: Cy Younger
Nov. 21: MVP
