The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America picked Liam Hendricks of the Athletics and Devin Williams of the Brewers as Relievers of the Year. From the press release:

The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Reliever of the Year awards Friday: Liam Hendriks of the Oakland Athletics and Devin Williams of the Milwaukee Brewers. This is the IBWAA’s 11th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote.

Election results are as follows:

AL Rollie Fingers Award:

1st Place: Liam Hendriks, Oakland Athletics- 529 points
2nd Place: Brad Hand, Cleveland Indians- 248 points
3rd Place: Alex Colomé, Chicago White Sox- 135 points

NL Hoyt Wilhelm Award:

1st Place: Devin Williams, Milwaukee Brewers- 358 points
2nd Place: Josh Hader, Milwaukee Brewers- 144 points
3rd Place: Edwin Díaz, New York Mets- 119 points

The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January.

Williams receiving the award has to be somewhat unusual. He did not record a save, but posted a 0.33 ERA. He allowed one earned run (four total) in 27 innings with nine walks and 53 strikeouts. It’s nice to see movement away from saves as a standard for relievers.

Hendriks finished two saves behind Hand for the MLB lead, but Hendricks owned a better ERA, and struckout batters at a much higher rate.

Congratulations to both pitchers on well deserved wins!