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Today we reveal the Baseball Prospectus staff choices for the Internet Baseball Awards. First, the cumulative results. Individual staff ballots may be found below below the group tallies..

AL Player of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 POINTS
1 Mike Trout 38 1 541
2 Michael Brantley 7 10 4 2 6 2 2 227
3 Josh Donaldson 9 2 6 2 3 1 4 182
4 Corey Kluber 2 6 6 4 1 3 1 1 153
5 Jose Bautista 3 1 7 4 3 4 2 2 1 150
6 Alex Gordon 3 4 3 3 5 3 1 137
7 Jose Abreu 2 4 1 5 1 3 1 2 4 115
8 Victor Martinez 6 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 114
9 Felix Hernandez 1 4 5 4 3 2 1 106
10 Robinson Cano 3 1 1 4 1 3 2 2 1 94
11 Adrian Beltre 2 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 74
12 Jose Altuve 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 50
13 Miguel Cabrera 1 1 1 2 4 31
14 Kyle Seager 3 1 30
15 Adam Jones 1 2 1 28
16 Nelson Cruz 1 1 2 19
17 Chris Sale 1 3 1 17
18 David Price 1 14
19 Steve Pearce 1 1 8
20 David Ortiz 1 1 7
21 Ian Kinsler 1 1 6
22 Yan Gomes 1 4
T23 Nick Markakis 1 1
T23 Ben Zobrist 1 1
TOTAL 39 BALLOTS

AL Pitcher of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 Corey Kluber 33 6 372
2 Felix Hernandez 4 28 5 2 263
3 Chris Sale 1 1 21 5 4 141
4 Jon Lester 1 1 4 11 7 77
5 David Price 1 5 7 6 59
6 Max Scherzer 3 7 7 43
7 Phil Hughes 2 1 1 2 24
8 Garrett Richards 2 1 7
9 Wade Davis 1 3
T10 Alex Cobb 1 1
T10 Sonny Gray 1 1
T10 James Shields 1 1
TOTAL 39 BALLOTS

AL Rookie of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 Jose Abreu 39 390
2 Masahiro Tanaka 10 9 6 2 135
3 Collin McHugh 9 6 6 1 112
4 Yordano Ventura 6 9 5 1 103
5 Dellin Betances 6 5 3 8 84
6 Daniel Santana 2 2 5 2 41
7 Marcus Stroman 3 1 2 4 36
8 Kevin Kiermaier 2 2 1 3 30
9 Jake Odorizzi 2 1 1 14
T10 Rougned Odor 1 2 13
T10 Matt Shoemaker 2 3 13
12 George Springer 2 1 7
13 Mookie Betts 1 5
T14 Xander Bogaerts 1 1
T14 Domingo Santana 1 1
TOTAL 39 BALLOTS

AL Manager of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 Points
1 Buck Showalter 30 5 165
2 Mike Scioscia 3 12 4 55
T3 Ned Yost 2 3 19
T3 Terry Francona 4 7 19
5 Lloyd McClendon 1 3 3 17
6 Bob Melvin 3 7 16
7 Joe Maddon 1 3 1 15
8 Joe Girardi 2 3 9
T9 Tim Bogar 1 3
T9 Bo Porter 1 3
11 Brad Ausmus 1 1
11 Ron Gardenhire 1 1
11 Ron Washington 1 1
TOTAL 37 BALLOTS

NL Player of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 POINTS
1 Andrew McCutchen 15 15 5 2 1 1 410
2 Clayton Kershaw 19 7 5 2 2 395
3 Giancarlo Stanton 5 7 17 7 2 1 335
4 Jonathan Lucroy 7 4 8 9 4 2 233
5 Anthony Rendon 2 2 9 10 6 3 1 202
6 Buster Posey 1 2 7 7 3 2 4 1 2 155
7 Yasiel Puig 1 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 64
8 Carlos Gomez 6 4 1 48
9 Anthony Rizzo 1 4 1 4 1 2 46
10 Russell Martin 3 1 2 2 1 39
11 Adam Wainwright 1 1 2 2 1 1 37
12 Johnny Cueto 1 1 2 1 25
13 Josh Harrison 1 1 1 1 4 20
14 Jason Heyward 1 1 2 2 13
15 Jhonny Peralta 1 1 1 1 10
16 Denard Span 1 1 9
T17 Jayson Werth 1 8
T17 Justin Upton 1 1 8
19 Troy Tulowitzki 1 7
T20 Madison Bumgarner 1 5
T20 Cole Hamels 1 5
T22 Adrian Gonzalez 1 4
T22 Jordan Zimmermann 1 1 4
T24 Todd Frazier 1 2
T24 Paul Goldschmidt 1 2
T24 Starling Marte 1 2
T24 Justin Morneau 1 2
28 Freddie Freeman 1 1
TOTAL 39 BALLOTS

NL Pitcher of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 Clayton Kershaw 39 390
2 Johnny Cueto 17 7 7 3 178
3 Adam Wainwright 11 16 6 2 177
4 Jordan Zimmermann 9 8 6 6 127
5 Cole Hamels 2 2 4 4 40
6 Stephen Strasburg 3 1 2 20
7 Madison Bumgarner 1 3 4 18
8 Jake Arrieta 4 5 17
9 Zack Greinke 1 2 2 13
T10 Aroldis Chapman 1 5
11 Julio Teheran 1 1
TOTAL 39 BALLOTS

NL Rookie of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 4 5 Points
1 Jacob deGrom 37 2 384
2 Billy Hamilton 2 26 8 1 245
3 Ken Giles 3 8 4 1 74
4 Ender Inciarte 4 5 5 3 71
5 Travis d'Arnaud 2 3 3 1 39
6 Kolten Wong 3 6 6 39
7 Tyler Matzek 1 3 1 2 27
8 Chris Owings 1 1 3 3 24
9 Kyle Hendricks 1 2 3 11
10 Gregory Polanco 1 1 6
T11 Arismendy Alcantara 1 5
T11 Matt Duffy 1 5
T11 Carlos Martinez 1 5
T11 Kevin Quackenbush 1 5
T11 Yangervis Solarte 1 5
T11 Jorge Soler 1 5
T17 Brandon Cumpton 1 3
T17 Joe Panik 1 3
T17 David Peralta 3 3
20 Wilmer Flores 1 1
TOTAL 39 BALLOTS

NL Manager of the Year

Rank Name 1 2 3 Points
1 Clint Hurdle 13 11 3 101
2 Bruce Bochy 13 4 4 81
3 Matt Williams 3 5 6 36
4 Mike Matheny 1 5 5 25
5 Don Mattingly 2 2 3 19
6 Mike Redmond 5 2 17
7 Terry Collins 2 10
T8 Kirk Gibson 1 5
T8 Rick Renteria 1 2 5
T8 Ron Roenicke 1 2 5
11 Bud Black 1 1 4
TOTAL 35 BALLOTS

Individual Ballots:


Mark Anderson

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Felix Hernandez Jose Abreu Mike Scioscia
Michael Brantley Corey Kluber Daniel Santana Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Chris Sale Yordano Ventura Lloyd McClendon

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Ender Inciarte Ron Roenicke
Giancarlo Stanton Cole Hamels Billy Hamilton Matt Williams


R.J. Anderson

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh
Robinson Cano Chris Sale Yordano Ventura

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom
Giancarlo Stanton Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton
Jayson Werth Adam Wainwright Travis d’Arnaud


Robert Arthur

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Mike Scioscia
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Kevin Kiermaier Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Giancarlo Stanton Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Jonathan Lucroy Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Matt Williams
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Gregory Polanco Bruce Bochy


Nick Bacarella

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh Bob Melvin
Michael Brantley David Price Dellin Betances Ron Gardenhire

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Mike Matheny
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Kolten Wong Bud Black


J.P. Breen

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Victor Martinez Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura Ned Yost
Michael Brantley Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Giancarlo Stanton Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Jonathan Lucroy Adam Wainwright Ken Giles Don Mattingly


Ben Carsley

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura Bob Melvin
Corey Kluber Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Andrew McCutchen Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Chris Owings Ron Roenicke


Tim Collins

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Felix Hernandez Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Miguel Cabrera Corey Kluber Yordano Ventura Terry Francona
Nelson Cruz Chris Sale Daniel Santana Brad Ausmus

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Bruce Bochy
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Kolten Wong Don Mattingly


Jeff Euston

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Felix Hernandez Daniel Santana Mike Scioscia
Corey Kluber David Price Yordano Ventura Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Matt Williams
Giancarlo Stanton Stephen Strasburg Travis d’Arnaud Mike Matheny


Nick Faleris

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh Mike Scioscia
Adrian Beltre David Price Dellin Betances Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Mike Matheny
Anthony Rendon Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Bruce Bochy
Giancarlo Stanton Stephen Strasburg Tyler Matzek Don Mattingly


Mike Ferrin

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Lloyd McClendon
Victor Martinez Felix Hernandez Marcus Stroman Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Chris Sale Dellin Betances Joe Girardi

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Giancarlo Stanton Clayton Kershaw Billy Hamilton Matt Williams
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Jacob deGrom Mike Redmond
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Ender Inciarte Clint Hurdle


Eugene Freedman

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Felix Hernandez Dellin Betances Terry Francona
Alex Gordon Chris Sale Collin McHugh Mike Scioscia

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Matt Williams
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Ender Inciarte Don Mattingly
Anthony Rendon Jordan Zimmermann Kyle Hendricks Mike Matheny


Mike Gianella

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh Mike Scioscia
Michael Brantley Max Scherzer Kevin Kiermaier Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Anthony Rendon Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Bruce Bochy
Jonathan Lucroy Jordan Zimmermann Ender Inciarte


Craig Goldstein

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Jose Bautista Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura Joe Maddon
Corey Kluber Jon Lester Matt Shoemaker

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Ken Giles Clint Hurdle
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Matt Williams


Jordan Gorosh

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Alex Gordon Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh Mike Scioscia
Michael Brantley David Price Kevin Kiermaier Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Jacob deGrom Mike Matheny
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Ken Giles Bruce Bochy


Joe Hamrahi

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Felix Hernandez Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Victor Martinez Corey Kluber Collin McHugh Lloyd McClendon
Felix Hernandez Chris Sale Yordano Ventura Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Clayton Kershaw Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Matt Williams
Giancarlo Stanton Johnny Cueto Ken Giles


Jay Jaffe

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia
Corey Kluber Chris Sale Dellin Betances Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Jonathan Lucroy Johnny Cueto Ken Giles Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Matt Williams


Wilson Karaman

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Alex Gordon Felix Hernandez Dellin Betances Ned Yost
Michael Brantley Jon Lester Marcus Stroman Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton
Anthony Rendon Adam Wainwright Ender Inciarte


Chris King

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Robinson Cano Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura Mike Scioscia
Miguel Cabrera Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Bruce Bochy
Giancarlo Stanton Jordan Zimmermann Ken Giles Mike Redmond


Matt Kory

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Jon Lester Jose Abreu Ned Yost
Jose Abreu Corey Kluber Masahiro Tanaka Bo Porter
Corey Kluber Felix Hernandez Dellin Betances Ron Washington

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Giancarlo Stanton Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Kirk Gibson
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Ken Giles Rick Renteria
Clayton Kershaw Jordan Zimmermann Kevin Quackenbush Clint Hurdle


Jeff Long

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Adrian Beltre Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia
Victor Martinez Jon Lester Collin McHugh Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Jonathan Lucroy Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Matt Williams
Andrew McCutchen Johnny Cueto Ender Inciarte Mike Matheny


Rob McQuown

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Corey Kluber Phil Hughes Dellin Betances Bob Melvin
Kyle Seager Max Scherzer Collin McHugh Lloyd McClendon

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Matt Williams
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Tyler Matzek Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Zack Greinke Billy Hamilton Mike Matheny


Sam Miller

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Chris Sale Jose Abreu Mike Scioscia
Robinson Cano Corey Kluber Masahiro Tanaka Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Matt Shoemaker Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Don Mattingly
Jonathan Lucroy Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Mike Redmond
Johnny Cueto Aroldis Chapman Ken Giles


Jeff Moore

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Jose Bautista Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka Joe Girardi
Adam Jones Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Giancarlo Stanton Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Mike Redmond
Clayton Kershaw Adam Wainwright Ken Giles


Kate Morrison

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Joe Maddon
Adrian Beltre Felix Hernandez Rougned Odor Tim Bogar
Jose Altuve Chris Sale Mookie Betts

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom
Andrew McCutchen Cole Hamels Billy Hamilton
Giancarlo Stanton Johnny Cueto Matthew Duffy


Chris Mosch

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia
Alex Gordon Chris Sale Collin McHugh Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Jonathan Lucroy Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Mike Redmond
Buster Posey Adam Wainwright Ender Inciarte Bruce Bochy


Ben Murphy

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Robinson Cano Phil Hughes Dellin Betances Joe Maddon
Michael Brantley Max Scherzer Jake Odorizzi

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Giancarlo Stanton Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Yasiel Puig Adam Wainwright Carlos Martinez


Ryan Parker

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Victor Martinez Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura Ned Yost
Jose Abreu Chris Sale Jake Odorizzi

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Buster Posey Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Mike Matheny
Giancarlo Stanton Madison Bumgarner Kolten Wong Matt Williams


Daniel Rathman

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Jon Lester Kevin Kiermaier Terry Francona
Kyle Seager Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Joe Girardi

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Giancarlo Stanton Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Andrew McCutchen Johnny Cueto Chris Owings Mike Redmond
Jonathan Lucroy Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Rick Renteria


Chris Rodriguez

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Joe Maddon
Michael Brantley Chris Sale Yordano Ventura Terry Francona

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Andrew McCutchen Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Bud Black
Giancarlo Stanton Johnny Cueto Jorge Soler Matt Williams


Dan Rozenson

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Michael Brantley Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Lloyd McClendon
Alex Gordon Chris Sale Collin McHugh Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Jonathan Lucroy Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Ken Giles


Mauricio Rubio

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Victor Martinez Felix Hernandez Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia
Jose Abreu Chris Sale Daniel Santana Joe Maddon

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Jonathan Lucroy Adam Wainwright Ken Giles Matt Williams


Bret Sayre

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Felix Hernandez Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Jose Bautista Corey Kluber Dellin Betances Joe Girardi
Alex Gordon Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka Bob Melvin

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Jonathan Lucroy Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Mike Matheny
Clayton Kershaw Cole Hamels Arismendy Alcantara Ron Roenicke


Sahadev Sharma

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Josh Donaldson Felix Hernandez Marcus Stroman Terry Francona
Michael Brantley Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Adam Wainwright Ender Inciarte Don Mattingly
Giancarlo Stanton Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Mike Redmond


Al Skorupa

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Victor Martinez Felix Hernandez Marcus Stroman Mike Scioscia
Jose Bautista Phil Hughes Collin McHugh Lloyd McClendon

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Bruce Bochy
Andrew McCutchen Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton Mike Matheny
Giancarlo Stanton Stephen Strasburg Tyler Matzek Clint Hurdle


Paul Sporer

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Alex Gordon Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh Mike Scioscia
Jose Abreu David Price Yordano Ventura

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Matt Williams
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Tyler Matzek Rick Renteria


Matt Sussman

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
David Price Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Mike Trout David Price Masahiro Tanaka Mike Scioscia
Corey Kluber Felix Hernandez Yordano Ventura Joe Girardi

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Don Mattingly
Giancarlo Stanton Adam Wainwright Billy Hamilton Clint Hurdle
Adam Wainwright Jordan Zimmermann Travis d’Arnaud Mike Matheny


Doug Thorburn

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu
Jose Abreu Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh
Victor Martinez Chris Sale Masahiro Tanaka

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom
Clayton Kershaw Johnny Cueto Travis d’Arnaud
Giancarlo Stanton Jordan Zimmermann Billy Hamilton


Jason Wojciechowski

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Buck Showalter
Corey Kluber Felix Hernandez Dellin Betances Lloyd McClendon
Kyle Seager Chris Sale Yordano Ventura Mike Scioscia

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Giancarlo Stanton Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Terry Collins
Clayton Kershaw Cole Hamels Ender Inciarte Clint Hurdle
Andrew McCutchen Johnny Cueto Billy Hamilton Bruce Bochy


Will Woods

American League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Mike Trout Corey Kluber Jose Abreu Ned Yost
Michael Brantley Felix Hernandez Collin McHugh Buck Showalter
Jose Abreu Jon Lester Masahiro Tanaka

National League
MVP Cy Young Rookie of the Year Manager of the Year
Andrew McCutchen Clayton Kershaw Jacob deGrom Terry Collins
Giancarlo Stanton Johnny Cueto Travis d’Arnaud Clint Hurdle
Buster Posey Adam Wainwright Yangervis Solarte

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apbadogs
11/10
Could someone explain Matt Sussman's votes for AL MVP and CY Young to me please? Price is his MVP but not the Cy Young choice?
Michael
11/10
I don't understand Matt Sussman's ballot. How could David Price be the #1 AL player of the year, but the #2 AL pitcher of the year?

Still, when one averages 39 ballots, these quirks largely become irrelevant.
UrbyJT
11/10
I'm also on the Matt Sussman explaining his ballot bandwagon.
fawcettb
11/10
Matt Sussman's vote for David Price as AL-MVP is indefensible. Most of his counting stats are down from the last two years, and his tenure in Detroit was unremarkable. Yeah, yeah, Trout fell over backward trying to make one catch, but really, be serious...
JHGrimm
11/10
What follows is almost certainly not Sussman's real rationale, but it's a rationale that parallel-universe Sussman might have had.

Sussman's ballot was a critique of the dialogue surrounding the MVP ballot. The current dialogue prefers hitters to pitchers because they're on the field more. But - but! - this is an age where even starters are relatively better at preventing runs than in the past, an age in which hitters are less effective than in the past. So, clearly, SOME pitcher somewhere should be recognized as player of the year for their exemplary efforts in ruining baseball.

Which AL pitcher? Sure, you could say Felix or Kluber for the value they added to their team, but here's where Sussman's acidic wit comes into play. The current dialogue surrounding the position player/pitcher selection is flawed because it privileges playing time over value added. To critique this, Sussman selected Price, the pitcher who threw more innings than any other major-leaguer, as the Player of the Year (the analogue for MVP). Yet the fact that Sussman didn't recognize him for Pitcher of the Year establishes this award as a truth-teller, which states that while Price did pitch more innings than anyone else, he was still less valuable in terms of actual value added to the team. In doing so, he clearly demonstrates the flaws in the existing dialogue of 'this player must be on the field to be valuable.

This sets up a parallel with Greek Drama, in which the Player of the Year rhetoric is represented by the foolish myopia of mortals, when the Deus ex Machina, the Pitcher of the Year voting, descends to speak divine truths to the people and correct them their errors. It is a parallel that is both primally compelling and totally summoned from thin air.

What you have read is Sussman's fictional rationale for his voting.
mattsussman
11/10
I was gonna say "my interpretation of the MVP is that it goes to the best Detroit Tiger who isn't Mike Trout," but this works too
canada
11/10
Real funny MoY ballot, Kory
mattymatty2000
11/10
I picture you writing that with a huge cowboy hat and giant mustache.
Dodger300
11/10
Four voters left Clayton Kershaw completely off the ballot for NL Player of the Year.

They should be fired. Seriously.

R.J. Anderson voted Jayson Werth as the third best player in the NL. I struggle to comprehend that, whether one wants to go by old stats ( .296, 16 HR, 82 RBI), or new (he didn't break the top ten in bWAR or fWAR). I would love to hear Mr. Anderson's explanation for his vote.
mandamin
11/10
Well, you just called for him to be fired for having an opinion that's different from yours, so I wonder whether that explanation is forthcoming. (Werth was 4th in WPA, so that may have had something to do with it.)

FWIW, if I were still voting in this thing there's no way I'd list a pitcher on the POY ballots. It makes no sense. If you've got two major awards and one is exclusively for the best pitcher, the other should exclude pitchers. Obviously. The fact that, decades ago, the BBWAA made the mistake of not explicitly forbidding an MVP vote for pitchers in no way *requires* voters to abandon common sense and vote for a pitcher.
Dodger300
11/10
You don't know who R. J. Anderson voted for down-ballot. He could have easily voted for Kershaw.

However, he was the only one out of 39 voters who found a place anywhere on his ballot for Werth, let alone third over-all, so I'm inviting him to provide his explanation.

I did not call for anyone to be fired for having a different opinion than me. Rather, it takes a lot of arrogance to knowingly skew the results of an award by making up ones own rule as to who is eligible for an award when that rule does not exist.

90% of these voters had Kershaw on their ballot. 10% made up some "rule" that doesn't exist. It couldn't be more clear which group acted professionally and which did not.

I have no more respect for someone who follows a fictional "rule" to leave pitchers off the ballot here than I do for Hall-of-Fame voters who intentionally leave players off the ballot because they don't want to take the chance that anyone ever receives a unanimous vote.
tannerg
11/10
So Matt Sussman and Matt Kory are the designated trolls paid to generate comments?
Dodger300
11/14
Who would have expected that on the whole, BBWAA voters are more progressive and inclusive than Baseball Prospectus staff voters?

Of course, only 10% of the BP voters were so narrow-minded that they willfully left a pitcher off of their ballot for Player of the Year. That means the other 90% should not be tarred by the company they keep.

But the four who invented a fictional rule which skewed the results should reflect on how indefensible it is refuse to recognize that pitcher is also baseball player.

And some years a pitcher is the best player in the league, just as the BBWAA voters decided this time.
MikeGianella
11/14
Actually, there is a criteria in the BBWAA guidelines for the award that does allow for interpretation that pitchers "shouldn't" win the award.

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/29/here-are-the-mvp-voting-criteria/

I'm not one of the BP voters who excluded Kersh from my ballot, but based on the criteria the BBWAA has put out for the award, it is perfectly reasonable to do so.
Dodger300
11/15
I appreciate the dialogue, Mike, so I read the article that you linked to.

Since there is nothing said about pitchers or players, I assume that you are referring to the point "(1.) Actual value of a player to his team that is, strength of offense and defense." Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Of course, a given player's contribution solely on one side of the ball can be greater than another player's contribution on both offense and defense, so I see nothing that precludes pitchers from winning the award.

Moreover, that article links to another in which Jack O'Connell, Secretary/Treasurer of the BBWAA, details the MAP guidelines sent to the voters. He specifically states "The writers must also keep in mind that all players are eligible for MVP, including pitchers and designated hitters."

And finally, the proof is in the pudding. Pitchers, both starters and relievers, do win the MVP award from time to time.
NYYanks826
11/14