{"id":9765,"date":"2017-11-07T17:10:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2017-11-07T17:10:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:10:29","slug":"2017-mlb-awards-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/11\/07\/2017-mlb-awards-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 MLB Awards Finalists Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday the Baseball Writers’ Association of American (BBWAA) announced on the MLB Network the finalists for the 2017 BBWAA Awards. Three players have represented the American League and the National League.<\/p>\n

Rookie of the Year will be announced on November 13th at 6:00 p.m ET<\/p>\n

American League Rookie of the Year:<\/h3>\n

Andrew Benintendi<\/a><\/strong> (OF, Boston Red Sox<\/a>) .271, 20 HR, 90 RBI
\nAaron Judge<\/a><\/strong> (OF, New York Yankees<\/a>) .284, 52 HR, 114 RBI
\nTrey Mancini<\/a><\/strong> (OF, Baltimore Orioles<\/a>) .293, 24 HR, 78 RBI<\/p>\n

National League Rookie of the Year:<\/h3>\n

Josh Bell<\/a><\/strong> (1B, Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a>) .255, 26 HR, 90 RBI
\nCody Bellinger<\/a><\/strong> (1B, Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>) .267, 39 HR, 97 RBI
\nPaul DeJong<\/a><\/strong> (SS, St. Louis Cardinals<\/a>) .285, 25 HR, 65 RBI<\/p>\n

Manager of the Year will be announced on November 14th at 6:00 p.m ET<\/p>\n

AL Manager of the Year:<\/h3>\n

Terry Francona<\/a><\/strong> (Cleveland Indians<\/a>) 102-60
\nA.J. Hinch<\/a><\/strong> (Houston Astros<\/a>) 101-61
\nPaul Molitor<\/a><\/strong> (Minnesota Twins<\/a>) 85-77<\/p>\n

NL Manager of the Year:<\/h3>\n

Bud Black<\/a><\/strong> (Colorado Rockies<\/a>) 87-75
\nTorey Lovullo<\/a><\/strong> (Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>) 93-69
\nDave Roberts<\/a><\/strong> (Los Angeles Dodgers) 104-58<\/p>\n

Cy Young<\/a> Winner will be announced on November 15th at 6:00 p.m ET<\/p>\n

AL Cy Young:<\/h3>\n

Corey Kluber<\/a><\/strong> (Cleveland Indians) 18-4, 2.25 ERA, 265 strikeouts
\nChris Sale<\/a><\/strong> (Boston Red Sox) 17-8, 2.90 ERA, 308 strikeouts
\nLuis Severino<\/a><\/strong> (New York Yankees) 14-6, 2.98 ERA, 230 strikeouts<\/p>\n

NL Cy Young:<\/h3>\n

Clayton Kershaw<\/a><\/strong> (Los Angeles Dodgers) 18-4, 2.31 ERA, 202 strikeouts
\nMax Scherzer<\/a><\/strong> (Washington Nationals<\/a>) 16-6, 2.51 ERA, 268 strikeouts
\nStephen Strasburg<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Washington Nationals) 15-4, 2.52 ERA, 204 strikeouts<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player will be announced on November 16th at 6:00 p.m ET<\/p>\n

AL Most Valuable Player:<\/h3>\n

Jose Altuve<\/a><\/strong> (2B, Houston Astros) .346, 24 HR, 81 RBI
\nAaron Judge<\/strong> (OF, New York Yankees)\u00a0.284, 52 HR, 114 RBI
\nJose Ramirez<\/a><\/strong> (3B\/2B, Cleveland Indians) .318, 29 HR, 83 RBI<\/p>\n

NL Most Valuable Player:<\/h3>\n

Paul Goldschmidt<\/a><\/strong> (1B, Arizona Diamondbacks) .297, 36 HR, 120 RBI
\nGiancarlo Stanton<\/a><\/strong> (OF, Miami Marlins<\/a>) .281, 59 HR, 132 RBI
\nJoey Votto<\/a><\/strong> (1B, Cincinnati Reds<\/a>) .320, 36 HR, 100 RBI<\/p>\n

A few teams are being represented more than once in the MLB Awards.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Dodgers have three candidates.
\nThe Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees (Judge being a nominee two times) have two candidates.<\/p>\n

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