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We’re just a couple weeks away from the final game of the 2023 Major League Baseball regular season. As postseason races start to take shape, putting a bow on the year that was is necessary. 2023 represented a return to normal baseball for the first year in a while, and we got plenty of highlight performances to watch along the way.

 

 

 

I didn’t write a preseason prediction piece this year, but shared some award thoughts on Twitter. A few of these appear to have aged well, while more have gone completely off the rails. In turning in my IBWAA Award Ballot, here’s what I came up with.

American League MVP: Shohei Ohtani (Runner Up: Corey Seager)

National League MVP: Ronald Acuna Jr.(Runner Up: Mookie Betts)

American League Cy Young: Gerrit Cole (Runner Up: Sonny Gray)

National League Cy Young: Blake Snell (Runner Up: Justin Steele)

American League Rookie of the Year: Gunnar Henderson (Runner Up: Royce Lewis)

National League Rookie of the Year: Corbin Carroll (Runner Up: Matt McLain)

American League Manager of the Year: Brandon Hyde (Runner Up: Bruce Bochy)

National League Manager of the Year: Brian Snitker (Runner Up: Craig Counsell)

American League Reliever of the Year: Felix Bautista (Runner Up: Jordan Romano)

National League Reliever of the Year: David Bednar (Runner Up: Josh Hader)

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stringer bell

stringer bell 25,810

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I can't see Royce finishing in the top three in ROY with under 70 games played. I also doubt Sonny Gray gets #2 in Cy Young as a result of his ERA, but he has been outstanding this season. 

Logi_Clevs

Logi_Clevs 163

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1979 had co-MVPs with Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez sharing the NL award. I wonder how close we get to that again with Betts and Acuna this year. 

Seth Stohs

Seth Stohs 27,888

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How can you have McLain ahead of Spencer Steer??

 

Trov

Trov 4,781

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On 9/20/2023 at 10:09 AM, Logi_Clevs said:

1979 had co-MVPs with Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez sharing the NL award. I wonder how close we get to that again with Betts and Acuna this year. 

Betts and Acuna have similar WAR, but Acuna has the better offense numbers, Betts makes up the difference on defense.  Acuna being the 5th ever 40-40 player, leading league in most offensive numbers will give him the nod. 

Trov

Trov 4,781

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21 hours ago, Seth Stohs said:

How can you have McLain ahead of Spencer Steer??

 

Bwar has McLain ahead of Steer.  McLain has better OPS+ and OPS generally.  He plays much better defense. The only reason Steer has better counting numbers is because he has 200 more at bats. They are close, but I would go McLain over Steer too. 

Seth Stohs

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44 minutes ago, Trov said:

Bwar has McLain ahead of Steer.  McLain has better OPS+ and OPS generally.  He plays much better defense. The only reason Steer has better counting numbers is because he has 200 more at bats. They are close, but I would go McLain over Steer too. 

That's fair... also think that the 200 more ABs matters too. 

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