MLB BBWAA Award Finalists

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• NL MVP
  • Pete Crow Armstrong
  • Shohei Ohtani
  • Brice Turang
• AL MVP
  • Yordan Alvarez
  • Junior Caminero
  • Bobby Witt Jr.
• NL ROY
  • Carson Benge
  • Sal Stewart
  • JJ Wetherolt
• AL ROY
  • Kevin McGonigle
  • Parker Messick
  • Payton Tolle
• NL Cy Young
  • Jacob Misiorowski
  • Chris Sale
  • Christopher Sanchez
• AL Cy Young
  • Cam Schlitter
  • Dylan Cease
  • Parker Messick
• NL Relievers of the Year
  • Jhoan Duran
  • Trevor Megill
  • Mason Miller
• AL Reliever of the Year
  • Bryan Baker
  • Cade Smith
  • Louie Varland
• NL Manager of the Year
  • Don Mattingly (Phillies)
  • Pat Murphy (Brewers)
  • Walt Weiss (Braves)
• AL Manager of the Year
  • Kevin Cash (Rays)
  • Will Venable (White Sox)
  • Chad Tracy (Red Sox)

Any thoughts, takeaways or predictions of winners?  One that suprised me was Brice Turang being a finalist for MVP in the National League. He had a great season, but he was 6th in the NL in F-War and his numbers don't jump out to you that much. He would definitely be on my ballot somewhere, but probably not as high as third. Pete-Crow Armstrong should win that one running away anyway. Another thing that jumped out to me was that 3 of the 6 finalists on the Reliever of the Year list were former Twins and were traded away by the Twins. I also would have liked to see Cam Schlitter as a finalist for the AL MVP, but I understand the people who are against having pitchers on MVP lists. Curious to here your thoughts and takeaways. Winners are announced next week starting on Nov 9