From the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) comes these awards:
Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announces its first set of postseason votes, naming the 2009 Rookie of the Year (ROY) and Manager of the Year (MOR) award winners.
The AL ROY was won by Elvis Andrus, of the Texas Rangers, with the NL ROY going to Tommy Hanson, of the Atlanta Braves. AL MOR and NL MOR winners were Ron Gardenhire, of the Minnesota Twins, and Jim Tracy, of the Colorado Rockies, respectively.
Results are as follows:
IBWAA American League Rookie of the Year:
Winner: Elvis Andrus (Texas Rangers)
Second Place: Andrew Bailey (Oakland Athletics)
Third Place: Jeff Niemann (Tampa Bay Rays)IBWAA National League Rookie of the Year:
Winner: Tommy Hanson (Atlanta Braves)
Second Place: Chris Coghlan (Florida Marlins)
Third Place: J.A. Happ (Philadelphia Phillies)IBWAA American League Manager of the Year:
Winner: Ron Gardenhire (Minnesota Twins)
Second Place: Mike Scioscia (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
Third Place: Joe Girardi (New York Yankees)IBWAA National League Manager of the Year:
Winner: Jim Tracy (Colorado Rockies)
Second Place: Joe Torre (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Third Pl Tie: Bruce Bochy (San Francisco Giants)
Third Pl Tie: Fredi Gonzalez (Florida Marlins)Voting took place between September 15 and October 4, the final day of the regular season.
IBWAA Comeback of the Year and Executive of the Year awards will be announced Tuesday, November 10, 2009, with the announcement of the association’s Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards coming Wednesday, November 11.
The IBWAA was created in July 4, 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of BaseballSavvy.com, to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as an alternative voice to the Base Ball Writers Association of America (BBWAA).
IBWAA members include Kevin Braun, freelance writer and former copy editor at Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Tim Brown, YahooSports, Peter Golenbock, baseball author; Tom Hoffarth, Media/General Columnist, Los Angeles Daily News; Tony Jackson, former Dodgers reporter, Los Angeles Daily News; David Pinto, owner/author, BaseballMusings.com; and Gary Warner, Travel Editor, Orange County Register.
Association memberships are open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $20. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.
For more information on the IBWAA, please visit the temporary webpage here, http://www.baseballsavvy.com/internetbaseballwriters.html. In the coming months, the IBWAA can be found at www.InternetBaseballWriters.com.
Here are my votes:
AL ROY: Andrus, Brett Anderson, Gordon Beckham
NL ROY: Happ, Hanson, Coghlan
AL MOY: Girardi, Francona, Washington
NL MOY: Tracy, Torre, Gonzalez
Posted by David Pinto at 12:10 am | Awards | Permalink | 4 Comments
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November 10th, 2009 @ 1:48 am
I’m surprised Happ didn’t go #1. I’m really impressed by his road ERA. I think he was slightly better than Hanson.
November 10th, 2009 @ 2:13 pm
How could Andrew McCutchen not finish in the top 3? Thats bizarre. He has better stats than Coghlan and plays at a premium position.
November 10th, 2009 @ 2:54 pm
Mike Scosia did not make your top 3 managers? The Angels were projected to win 87 games. That was before John Lackey, Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders, Vlad, Hunter all spent time on the DL and losing Nick Adenhart in a tragedy.
BTW they won 97 games and the West in case you were not aware.
November 10th, 2009 @ 3:06 pm
@Blaze Bruney: Because Bobby Abreu was given credit for improving the offense, which made up for all the pitching problems.