baseball MVP & CY YOUNG: who do you like?

they also have a -48 run differential...

how did they manage to win 89 games?

Good managing, I guess.

i glanced at their game log and quite a few lopsided losses jumped out, including a 16-1 shellacking by the Padres.

when they lost, they often did so in spectacular fashion...

👍 👍

winners announced...

AL CY: Robbie Ray

NL CY: Corbin Burnes

You nailed it with Ray, Region. ✅

I went 0-2 on this one. 😫

i watched him silence the red sox lineup in july (6 IP, 0 runs, 2 hits).

very impressive...

MVP winners announced...

AL: Shohei Ohtani

NL: Bryce Harper

(espn)

This year we were not that accurate.
The voters were wrong, one has to suppose. 🤷🏻‍♂️

OK, here goes nothin'...

AL MVP ..... Aaron Judge .......... (Ohtani a distant second)
AL CY ..... Framber Valdez .......... (teammate Verlander a close second)

NL MVP ..... Paul Goldschmidt .......... (better year than Freeman)
NL CY ..... Sandy Alcantara .......... (Julio Urias a close second)

wouldn't mind seeing Wacha (11-1, 2.61 ERA) get a couple AL CY votes...

Time has come.

I'll predict, but also tell my opinion.

AL MVP
1. Aaron Judge
2. Shohei Ohtani
3. José Ramírez

In all due justice, I don't think Ohtani should get ANY first place votes, but he will.

AL Cy Young
1. Justin Verlander
2. Dylan Cease
3. Framber Valdez

I think Region has a point with Valdez and his string of quality outings

AL ROY
1. Julio Rodríguez
2. Adley Rutschman
3. Vinny Pasquantino

NL MVP
1. Paul Goldschmidt
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Nolan Arenado

NL Cy Young
1. Sandy Alcántara
2. Julio Urías
3. Max Fried

I think Urías deserves the Cy Young, but maybe I'm biased.

NL ROY
1. Michael Harris
2. Spencer Strider
3. Brandon Donovan

Just because Joey Meneses didn't have enough time.

pitching will be the reason Ohtani gets those votes.
he had a no-no through 7-2/3 last night...

Freeman has closed the gap a bit since i posted my picks...

Ohtani is the rare complete baseball player (I suppose he also can field).
That is awesome in the full sense of the word.
But we’re talking MVP, here.
The NYY without Judge would not be division champs.
The LAA without Ohtani would be just a litlle more inconsequential,

2/2 on RoY...

you are 2/2 on CY... i got AL wrong... both were unanimous!

We did good this year!

You went 3 out of 4 and I made 6 out of 6. And a couple of trifectas.

Much better than last year.

<fist bump>

i am losing interest in baseball (all sports, really), so this will probably be my final entry...

AL MVP ..... Shohei Ohtani
AL CY ......... Gerrit Cole

NL MVP ..... Ronald Acuna Jr.
NL CY ........ Justin Steele

My predictions, and we agree, mostly.

AL MVP
1. Shohei Ohtani
2. Corey Seager
3. Kyle Tucker

NL MVP
1. Ronald Acuña
2. Mookie Betts
3. Freddie Freeman

AL CY YOUNG
1. Gerrit Cole
2. Luis Castillo
3. Zach Eflin

NL CY YOUNG
1. Blake Snell
2. Justin Steele
3. Spencer Strider

ROY AL
1. Gunnar Henderson
2. Masataka Yoshida
3. Josh Jung

ROY NL
1. Corbin Carroll
2. Matt McLain
3. Kodai Senga

Interesting to hear that. I share the feeling but wonder if your rea$on$ are the $ame a$ my rea$on$?
As in, wtf is RS Verdugo behavior all about?