Season 1 Awards Voting

As the inaugural season of Hardball Stitches draws to a close, it's time to take a look at the ballots for the end-of-season awards. The answers to future trivia questions are about to be established, so let's take a quick look at who might be able to lay claim to those. We will start with the MVP races and then move the mound before looking at the young guns. Here we go!

AL MVP

  • Vin Nunez (2B-Syracuse), 7.55 oWAR + 0.58 dWAR = 8.12 total 
  • Juan Mota (CF-Tacoma), 4.87 oWAR + 1.06 dWAR = 5.92 total
  • Matt Roberts (1B-Baltimore), 5.62 oWAR -0.96 dWAR = 4.66 total
  • Mickey Villegas (LF-Los Angeles), 6.20 oWAR -1.07 dWAR = 5.13 total
  • Jim Smith (3B-Boston), 3.79 oWAR +1.40 dWAR = 5.19 total

NL MVP

  • Liam Steinbach (1B-Fresno), 7.21 oWAR - 2.28 dWAR = 4.93 total
  • Harry Feliz (LF-San Antonio), 3.11 oWAR -0.98 dWAR = 2.13 total
  • Len Priest (1B-St. Louis), 3.17 oWAR -1.24 dWAR = 1.93 total
  • Jason Bako (1B-Trenton), 4.67 oWAR - 1.30 dWAR = 3.37 total
  • John Lansing (1B-Chicago), 2.92 oWAR - 0.14 dWAR = 2.78 total

AL Cy Young

  • Rando Rincon (SP-Salt Lake City), 5.57 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 5.57 total
  • Ned Gaillard (SP-Syracuse), 5.08 pWAR - 0.19 dWAR = 4.89 total
  • Laynce Johnson (RP-Boston), 3.80 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 3.80 total
  • Earl Bailey (SP-Montgomery), 5.18 pWAR -0.25 dWAR = 4.93 total
  • Glenallen Cepicky (SP-Boston), 6.20 pWAR -0.12 dWAR = 6.08 total

NL Cy Young 

  • Polin Aceves (SP-Trenton), 4.58 pWAR -0.12 dWAR = 4.46 total
  • Franchy Rolison (SP-Trenton), 5.50 pWAR + 0.12 dWAR = 5.63 total
  • Magglio Mieses (SP-Trenton), 4.76 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 4.76 total
  • Derrek Cone (SP-St. Louis), 3.07 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 3.07 total
  • Harry DaSilva (SP-Buffalo), 4.91 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 4.91 total

AL Rookie of the Year

  • Shin-Soo Ishii (C-Texas), 5.86 oWAR + 0.91 dWAR = 6.77 total
  • Ned Gaillard (SP-Syracuse), 5.08 pWAR - 0.19 dWAR = 4.89 total
  • Matt Roberts (SS-Baltimore), 5.62 oWAR - 0.96 dWAR = 4.66 total
  • Earl Bailey (SP-Montgomery), 5.18 pWAR - 0.25 dWAR = 4.93 total
  • Dixon Perez (1B-Arizona), 1.85 oWAR - 0.54 dWAR = 1.31 total

NL Rookie of the Year 

  • Liam Steinbach (1B-Fresno), 7.21 oWAR - 2.28 dWAR = 4.93 total
  • Lyle Merrick (RP-Indianapolis), 1.76 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 1.76 total
  • Glenallen Adams (SP-St. Louis), 0.89 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 0.89 total
  • Tony Sheehan (SP-Trenton), 2.91 pWAR -0.31 dWAR = 2.60 total
  • Roger Williams (RP-Buffalo), 0.08 pWAR + 0 dWAR = 0.08 total

    • Honorable Mentions

    • Jimmie Lee (2B-Los Angeles + Scottsdale), 0.61 oWAR - 0.94 dWAR = -0.32 total
    • Leyson Ayala (SS-Salt Lake City), -1.59 oWAR + 0.66 dWAR = -0.92 total

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