October 11, 2011

More Awards

The Internet Baseball Writers of America announced more awards:

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced its Rookie of Year awards Monday, naming Atlanta Braves’ closer Craig Kimbrel in the National League. The American League vote finished in a tie, with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s outfielder Mark Trumbo and New York Yankees’ starting pitcher Ivan Nova sharing the honors.

The IBWAA NL Comeback Player of the Year award was won by St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder Lance Berkman, with Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury winning in the AL.

Voting results are as follows:

NL ROY
1st Place: Craig Kimbrel, Atl
2nd Place: Freddie Freeman, Atl
3rd Place: Danny Espinosa, Wash

AL ROY
1st Place: Mark Trumbo, LAA (tie)
1st Place: Ivan Nova, NYY (tie)
3rd Place: Eric Hosmer, KC

NL Comeback
1st Place: Lance Berkman, StL
2nd Place: Ryan Vogelsong, SF
3rd Place: Carlos Beltran, SF

AL Comeback
1st Place: Jacoby Ellsbury, Bos
2nd Place: Melky Cabrera, KC (tie)
2nd Place: Casey Kotchman, TB (tie)

IBWAA Manager and Executive of the Year awards will be announced Wednesday, with Relievers awards to follow Friday.

Comeback is always a tough concept for me. Could Melky Cabrera really comeback if he was never there? Berkman’s comeback is very different from Ellsbury’s comeback, since Jacoby was actually out of the game due to injury, while Berkman just played poorly.

1 thought on “More Awards

  1. Slideshow Bob

    Never there? Cabrera had decent WARs in 2006 and 2009, and more than doubled those in 2011. I’d say he came back and then some.

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