The highly-anticipated MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and more are coming out soon. Here’s when to expect them.
The MLB season is coming to a close, and that means MLB awards are on the way. The awards, which take into consideration the body of work leading up to the postseason (but nothing that happens in the epilogue) will be released in mid-November after the World Series has concluded.
The MLB is broadcasting its announcement of the major awards. Here’s a schedule and brief predictions on who will win.
When are MLB awards coming out?
The MLB awards are being revealed on successive days this year from November 14th until November 17th. Here’s the schedule, per the MLB:
- November 14: Jackie Robinson Rookies of the Year
- November 15: Managers of the Year
- November 16: Cy Young Awards
- November 17: MVP Awards
Each night, the awards will be announced on MLB Network at 6 PM ET.
MLB Awards: When is MVP award being announced? Prediction for who will win
The MVP award is being announced on November 17th at 6 PM ET on MLB Network.
In the American League, it comes down to Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. Ohtani is doing things that no other player in the MLB has done in some time, pitching and hitting at an elite level. Judge, on the other side, just completed a masterful batting display, sending 61 home runs over the fences and beating Roger Maris’s long-standing American League home run record.
It’s a close battle. What gives Ohtani the edge? The fact that no other player can say they’re even attempting to do what he’s doing at a very good level is pretty huge. For Judge, his edge is that his team was really good, Ohtani’s was bad.
In the National League, Paul Goldschmidt and Freddie Freeman have both made compelling cases. Goldschmidt was fifth in the NL in homers, and the pair went one (Goldschmidt) and two (Freeman) in OPS in the NL this season, too. This one could truly go either way.
MLB Awards: When is Cy Young award being announced? Prediction for who will win
The Cy Young award is being announced on November 16th at 6 PM ET on MLB Network.
In the American League, Justin Verlander is going to get his third Cy Young. His Cy Young predictor score is at 190.6 per ESPN, 13.4 percent higher than the next-highest pitcher in the AL, his teammate Framber Valdez. Valdez might be worthy, too, but he’s the No. 2 starter on the Astros. Being Verlander’s teammate hurts him since Cy Young almost always goes to top starters.
In the NL, there’s some legitimate reason to hold your breath. The aforementioned Cy Young score suggests the winner should be Kyle Wright of the Braves. But Julio Urias (Dodgers) has a far better (1.03 better at 2.16) ERA than Wright. Also, as Jayson Stark pointed out, there’s something to be said about Miami’s Sandy Alcantarna’s innings pitched, which dwarfs anyone else in the league at 228.2. He went an average of over 7 innings in his starts this year with a 2.28 ERA.
MLB Awards: When is Rookie of the Year award being announced? Prediction for who will win
Rookie of the Year will be announced on November 14th at 6 PM ET on MLB Network.
In the American League, Julio Rodriguez has run away with it. Yes, Steven Kwan has been electric and helped his team get further in the postseason than their payroll suggested they should’ve. Sure, Jeremy Pena has been fun with the Astros. Let’s not forget Adley Rutschman, either. But J-Rod is leading his team in Year 1.
In fairness, he and Rutschman both lead their teams in OPS, but Rutschman’s team didn’t make the postseason. Rodriguez willed Seattle to the playoffs for the first time in over 20 years. And they won a series! Rodriguez’s OPS is also higher than Rutschman’s.
In the National League, it’s the Braves’ Michael Harris. This could have gone to his teammate Spencer Strider, too, but Harris takes the edge with his durability and slash line of .297/.339/.514.
MLB Awards: When is Manager of the Year award being announced? Prediction for who will win
The Manager of the Award will be announced on November 15th at 6 PM ET on MLB Network.
In the AL, it will go to a team that overperformed against its preseason expectations. That means it’ll be the Orioles’ Brandon Hyde or Cleveland’s Terry Francona. Could probably go either way here, so I’d expect voters might give it to Hyde over Francona, who has won the award twice, due to recency bias.
In the NL, you could go a similar direction with an overperforming team and go with Rob Thompson, who took over a nose-dive team when Joe Girardi was fired early in the season and has taken them to the NLCS. The more conventional choice might be the Braves’ Brian Snitker or Mets’ Buck Showalter. Remember, this is a regular season award, so playoff implosions are ignored entirely.
Keep it locked for more on the awards coming next month.