This post gathers together the Baseball Bloggers Alliance History Chapter award voting for 2014 in MLB. My ballot for the Walter Johnson (Pitcher of the Year) award in the AL is:
1 Felix Hernandez
2 Corey Kluber
3 Chris Sale
4 Jon Lester
5 Max Scherzer
In the NL:
1 Clayton Kershaw
2 Johnny Cueto
3 Adam Wainwright
4 Cole Hamels
5 Doug Fister
Mark Aubrey with Baseball Nuggets handled the Willie Mays (Rookie of the Year) awards. He went with, in the AL:
1 Jose Abreu
2 Masahiro Tanaka
3 Matt Shoemaker
In the NL:
1 Jacob deGrom
2 Billy Hamilton
3 Yangervis Solarte
For the Connie Mack (Manager of the Year) awards, my choices are, in the AL:
1 Buck Showalter
2 Lloyd McClendon
3 Mike Scioscia
In the NL:
1 Bruce Bochy
2 Clint Hurdle
3 Matt Williams
For Goose Gossage (Reliever of the Year), in the AL, I have:
1 Wade Davis
2 Greg Holland
3 Zach Britton
In the NL:
1 Craig Kimbrel
2 Jonathan Papelbon
3 Mark Melancon
The Stan Musial (MVP) ballots, for the AL:
1 Mike Trout
2 Michael Brantley
3 Josh Donaldson
4 Adam Jones
5 Felix Hernandez
6 Alex Gordon
7 Victor Martinez
8 Jose Bautista
9 Jose Altuve
10 Robinson Cano
The following is Mark Aubrey’s ballot for National League MVP:
1 Clayton Kershaw
2 Giancarlo Stanton
3 Andrew McCutcheon
4 Anthony Rendon
5 Jonathan Lucroy
6 Buster Posey
7 Adam Wainwright
8 Jason Heyward
9 Anthony Rizzo
10 Josh Harrison
I’m hesitant to give ROY honors to guys who played at a professional level for 5-6 years in their home country before moving laterally into the US — on those grounds, Abreu and Tanaka just aren’t “rookies” as we’re meant to understand and reward the term. However, I realize my view is not incorporated into the rules!
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