Shohei Ohtani The Los Angeles Angels’ version of Babe Ruth took home the trophy for the American League. He beat out the two Yankees Miguel Andújar and Gleyber Torres. He finished with 25 out of 30 first place votes and the other five were given to Andújar. While Ohtani missed a chunk of the season […]
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MLB Announces 2018 Awards Finalists
The MLB has a funny way of announcing their award winners. They released the Gold Glove winners at 9 p.m. on a Sunday night. The other award winners won’t be decided for another week. Here are the finalists for the 2018 awards. AL Rookie of the Year Miguel Andújar 3B, New York Yankees Shohei […]
Rookie phenom Ronald Acuña Jr. makes history as Braves beat Dodgers in Game 3
On Sunday night, Ronald Acuña Jr. became the youngest player in the history of baseball to hit a grand slam in the post-season. In the 2nd inning, Dodgers pitcher Walker Beuhler left a fastball up in the zone and Acuña Jr. absolutely demolished it. Acuña had a spectacular rookie season with a slash line […]
2018 National League Awards
The MLB regular season is over, so the playoffs and awards season is upon us. We can finally debate on who is deserving of which award because only regular season stats count, and we have a full body of work to look at that won’t change from here on out. The National League’s races are […]
The Biggest Names from the NL’s Loaded 2018 Rookie Class
The 2018 National League Rookie of the Year race is absolutely loaded this year. It’s not often that fans get to see this much elite fresh blood injected into the MLB. Fans have seen strong classes in NL in the past, as recently as 2013 and 2015. 2015 was headlined by Kris Bryant, Noah Syndergaard, […]
Taking a Look at the National League’s Rookie of the Year Race
Like the National League MVP, the NL’s Rookie of the Year race is pretty wide-open. There are two particularly leading candidates, but there is a wide pool of players that have legitimate arguments. We are seeing another excellent influx of young talent that baseball fans will be fortunate enough to watch for the next 10-15 […]