The 2023 Baseball Writers’ Association (BBWAA) Awards season has come to a close, with the Atlanta Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. and free agent Shohei Ohtani being named MVP of the National League and American League, respectively.
Acuña and Ohtani were each selected as unanimous winners, marking the first time in MLB history both MVP Awards were won in such fashion during one season. Moreover, Ohtani became the first player to unanimously win two MVP Awards.
The MVP is one of four awards that are annually distributed annually by the BBWAA, along with Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year. Each honor was announced on MLB Network throughout the past week.
All BBWAA ballots were submitted prior to the start of the postseason and cast by two writers representing each league city.
BBWAA Awards recap
NL MVP
Acuña was unanimously voted the NL MVP over Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. Acuña received all 30 first-place votes for a total of 420 total points.
Betts finished in second place for NL MVP, with all 30 of his votes coming for second place (270 points). Freeman garnered 17 votes for third place and 13 for fourth en route to a third-place finish.
AL MVP
Ohtani received all 30 first-place votes en route to his second career AL MVP Award. Texas Rangers teammates Corey Seager and Marcus Semien finished second and third in AL MVP voting, respectively.
NL Cy Young
Free agent Blake Snell received with 28 of the 30 first-place votes and two second-place votes en route to his second career Cy Young Award. The San Francisco Giants’ Logan Webb and Arizona Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen finished second and third in the voting, respectively.
AL Cy Young
New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole received all 30 first-place votes as the unanimous winner of the 2023 AL Cy Young Award.
Free agent Sonny Gray finished in second with 20 second-place votes while the Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Gausman came in third with seven second-place votes and 15 third-place votes.
NL Rookie of the Year
Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks was named the unanimous NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year over New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga and the Dodgers’ James Outman, who finished second and third in the voting, respectively.
AL Rookie of the Year
The Baltimore Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson was named the unanimous Jackie Robinson AL Rookie of the Year, finishing ahead of the Cleveland Guardians’ Tanner Bibee and Boston Red Sox’s Tristan Casas.
NL Manager of the Year
Miami Marlins’ Skip Schumaker was named the NL Manager of the Year over Craig Counsell and Brian Snitker of the Braves, who finished second and third in the voting, respectively.
AL Manager of the Year
The Orioles’ Brandon Hyde was named the AL Manager of the Year over the Rangers’ Bruce Bochy and Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays, who finished second and third in the voting, respectively.
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