MLB, which went to the policy of announcing three finalists for its major postseason awards a couple of years ago, just announced the 2017 finalists. In case you missed any of them, here are the lists (all lists alphabetical):
American League Manager of the Year: Terry Francona, A.J. Hinch, Paul Molitor
National League Manager of the Year: Bud Black, Terry Lovullo, Dave Roberts
AL Rookie of the Year: Andrew Benintendi, Aaron Judge, Trey Mancini
NL Rookie of the Year: Josh Bell, Cody Bellinger, Paul DeJong
AL MVP: Jose Altuve, Aaron Judge, Jose Ramirez
NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt, Giancarlo Stanton, Joey Votto
AL Cy Young: Corey Kluber, Chris Sale, Luis Severino
NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg
On a personal note, all the players I picked as winners earlier are still alive. And on another personal note, I still hate this finalists idea.
Tags: 2017 postseason Awards
Verdun2's Blog 
November 7, 2017 at 11:27 am
Unfortunately, the whole finalists notion was inevitable and here to stay–one more sponsorship opportunity and all that. With luck, I may someday be the Official On-Line Poet Laureate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Man’s gotta have a dream.
November 7, 2017 at 1:35 pm
If it’s down to you or me, the Bucs should take you.
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