This post is just gonna be a little bit on what I have to say about the MVP, CY, and ROY awards.
Let's start with the MVP's.
The winner of the N.L. MVP was Shohei Ohtani. (What a surprise)
I have nothing against the man, but it's not that exciting seeing the same guy win the MVP every year. He won in 2021, 2023, and 2024. The only reason he didn't win in 2022 was because that was the year Aaron Judge broke the single season home run record, by a non-cheater. I don't like seeing Shohei win the MVP every year, but you can't give it to anyone else when he leads the league in, runs, home runs, runs batted in, on base percentage, slugging, OPS, and total bases. Shohei Ohtani clearly won this award.
The winner of the A.L. MVP is Aaron Judge.
Also a very obvious decision. He led the league in, home runs, RBI, walks, OBP, slugging, OPS, total bases, intentional walks, and grounded into double plays. Maybe that last one wasn't very impressive, but the other ones were definitely good enough for him to win the award. With Ohtani now in the national league, Judge is gonna win every MVP for the next five years, while Shohei is gonna win every MVP for the N.L. for the next five years.
The winner of the N.L. Cy Young award was Chris Sale.
Chris Sale was a no brainier, considering he won the triple crown with, 18 wins, 225 strikeouts, and a 2.38 ERA. He had his best season and only CY award as a 35 year old, practicly a senior for a current athlete. Seems everyone is only talking about his CY, and triple crown, even he also won the gold glove award, with a 2.09 FIP, a perfect fielding percentage, 22 assists, and 9 putouts.
The winner of the A.L. CY was Tarik Skubal.
Tarik Skubal also won the triple crown. Didn't put up quite as good stats as Sale, but he had 18 wins, 228 strikeouts, and a 2.39 ERA. He didn't win the gold glove award like Sale, but he did also lead the league in FIP, with 2.49. He also pitched to a 2.37 ERA in the postseason through 19 innings, but he had quite the bad day against the Indians, in game 5 of the ALDS. In that game he gave up 5 earned runs in 6 innings.
Tarik Skubal also won the triple crown. Didn't put up quite as good stats as Sale, but he had 18 wins, 228 strikeouts, and a 2.39 ERA. He didn't win the gold glove award like Sale, but he did also lead the league in FIP, with 2.49. He also pitched to a 2.37 ERA in the postseason through 19 innings, but he had quite the bad day against the Indians, in game 5 of the ALDS. In that game he gave up 5 earned runs in 6 innings.
The winner of the N.L. ROY was Paul Skenes.
(I do not own a card of Paul Skenes)
Skenes had 170 strikouts in 133 innings in his first season in the majors. I think it helps if you throw 104 M.P.H. He also pitched to a 1.96 ERA and a .947 WHIP. He also won 11 games and only lost 3, for a pretty dang bad team, that gave him next to no run support.
The winner of the A.L. ROY was Luis Gil.
(I do not own a card of Luis Gil)
Luis Gil was not even close to as good as Paul Skenes. Gil had a 1.54 point higher ERA, led the league with 77 walks, and had a lower win/loss percentage while playing for a way better team, had Judge, and Soto, so he had plenty of run support, and still managed to lose significantly more games than Skenes
That's all for today.
Should have been Mason Miller :)
ReplyDeleteA. It might be boring to see the same guy win an award year in and year out... but on the bright side... we get to witness a once in a generation kind of player. If they can put up great numbers and dominate the league at the plate, I'd have no problem with Judge and Ohtani winning the next 5 MVP awards for their leagues.
ReplyDeleteB. Didn't realize both Cy Young Award winners did it in triple crown fashion. Very cool.
C. Skenes seemed to be the popular pick throughout the year. As a Padres fan, I was hoping Merrill would win... but didn't have any problem with Skenes. Not really familiar with Gil... outside of the fact that he won the AL ROY Award recently.