MLB awards 2022: Full list of finalists, winners for MVP, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and more

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MLB awards 2022: Full list of finalists, winners for MVP, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and more

The 2022 MLB season is over. The World Series champions, the Astros, have been crowned. Aaron Judge and Justin Verlander are the only players who are free agents. They are both favorites to win their respective awards. Sandy Alcantara and Paul Goldschmidt are also in the running. Rookie of the Year and Manager of Year races are still open.

The Baseball Writers' Association of America major award finalists and winners will be announced the week of Nov. 14 during two-hour shows on MLB Network. The day-by-day schedule is as follows: AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards: 6 p.m. ET, Monday, Nov 14 on the MLB network. AL Manager of The Year: 6 pm ET Tuesday, November 15 on MLB networks. AL Cy Young Awards: 7 pm Wednesday,Nov. 16 on MLN.

AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards are on Monday, November 14 at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network. AL andNL Manager of The Year is on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 5 p.,m., and AL Cy Young Awards on Wednesday,Nov. 16 at 7 p,m, and MVP Awards at 8 p,.m,. on Thursday,November 17.

The winners of the MLB awards for 2022 will be announced on November 17.

Nolan Arenado is one of the two Cardinals MVP candidates. He posted a .293/.358/.533 slash line with 30 home runs, an 8.4 percent walk rate and 11.6 percent strikeout rate. His 7.3 fWAR ranked third in the majors.

Paul Goldschmidt had his fifth 30-homer season in the past six years. He posted a .317/.404/.578 slash line with a 177 wRC+. Goldchmidt was the only player in NL to appear in top five in batting average, home runs, and RBI.

Manny Machado is a contender for the MVP award. He is the second Padres player to be in the top three in MVP voting in three years.

Yordan Alvarez is a left-handed hitter who played for the Houston Astros in 2022. He hit 37 home runs, posted a .306/.406/.613 slash with an OPS of 1.019 and his 185 wRC+ was second in baseball. Alvarez only struck out 18.9 percent of the time and walked 13. 9 percent.

Aaron Judge is the favorite to win the AL MVP award. He is a six-time MLB player to reach 60 home runs. Judge also has a good batting average and a well-above-average defense.

Shohei Ohtani is the favorite to be the AL MVP. He followed up his 2021 MVP campaign with a .273/.356/.519 slash line with 34 home runs, 11 stolen bases and 3.8 fWAR as a batter. Ohtsani was even better on the mound than his MVP-winning season.

The winners of the MLB awards will be announced on November 16.

Sandy Alcantara had the second-lowest ERA in the National League at 2.28 in 2022. He also led all pitchers with 228.2 innings, 23. 2 more than the next-closest hurler. Alcanteara also had an MLB-best six complete games.

Max Fried helped the Braves win the World Series. He pitched to a 2.48 ERA across 185.1 innings of work with a 23.2 percent strikeout rate and 4.4 percent walk rate. Fried allowed home runs on just 7.8 percent per fly ball rate, the seventh-lowest among qualifying arms in the majors.

Julio Urias is a finalist for the Cy Young Award. He has the lowest ERA in the National League at 2.16 and the third-lowest WHIP at 0.96.

Dylan Cease, White Sox pitcher, had a career-best season in 2022. He recorded 184 innings and a 2.20 ERA. Ceas struck out 30.4 percent of batters and walked 10. 4 percent.

Alek Manoah, Blue Jays, is a finalist for the AL Cy Young Award. He posted the third-lowest ERA in the league (2.24) and threw the most innings of the three finalists (196). He struck out 22.9 percent of batters and walked only 6.5 percent.

Justin Verlander had one of the best seasons on the mound in his career. He led the majors in ERA (1.75), WHIP (0.83), and opponents' average (186). He struck out 27.8 percent of opposing batters and walked only 4.4 percent. If he wins the Cy Young at age 39, he will join Roger Clemens, Gaylord Perry, Early Wynn and Randy Johnson as the only pitchers to win a CyYoung at 39 years or older.

The winners of the MLB awards will be announced on November 14.

Brendan Donovan is a top-three Rookie of the Year finalist. He played at least seven games at every position except center field and catcher. Donovan played more than 30 games each at second, third and in the outfield.

Michael Harris II is one of the two Braves' Rookie of Year finalists. Harris is a center fielder who played in his first major league game. He played well on defense and is in the 92nd percentile in outs above average and 87th percentile on outfielder jump.

Spencer Strider, Braves, is one of six Rookie of the Year finalists for 2022. Striders had a 2.67 ERA, 4.9 fWAR, 38.3 percent strikeout rate and .180 opponents' average.

Steven Kwan is a left-handed hitter who has a low strike-rate. He slashed .298/.373/.400 with six home runs, 19 stolen bases and won a Gold Glove in left field.

Julio Rodriguez had a great rookie season for Seattle Mariners. He hit 28 home runs and stole 25 bases. Rodriguez is a top outfield prospect. He is in the 92nd percentile in average exit velocity and 95th percentile on hard-hit rate.

Adley Rutschman was the No. 1 prospect in baseball. He was promoted to the majors in May and played 113 games in the bigs. His 5.3 fWAR ranked second among all catchers.

The winners of the MLB awards will be announced on November 15th.

Dave Roberts has finished in the top five in six of his seven years as a manager. Roberts' Dodgers finished the regular season with a record of 111-51. Los Angeles led the National League in both batting fWAR and pitching f WAR.

Buck Showalter is the winner of the MLB's Manager of The Year award for 2022. Showlin led the Mets to their best regular-season finish since 1988 and the postseason for the first time since 2016.

Brian Snitker is the manager of the 2022 MLB awards. Atlanta won the NL East with a 101-61 record. The Braves had the second-best bullpen in baseball under Snitek in 2022.

Terry Francona is a finalist for the AL Manager of the Year award. Guardians won the division by 11 games over the White Sox. They are the first team in MLB history to start at least 16 different rookies and win a division.

Brandon Hyde has the Orioles going from 110-loss team in 2021 to winning team by 2022. The Orioles had the 10th-best bullpen in baseball, per fWAR.

Scott Servais is the manager of the Seattle Mariners. Seattle made its first playoff appearance since 2001. Logan Gilbert and George Kirby are the team's top two pitchers.


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