IBWAA ANNOUNCES ROY, COMEBACK AWARDS

IBWAA ANNOUNCES ROY, COMEBACK 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

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

AL ROY

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

NL Comeback

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

AL Comeback

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

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

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of BaseballSavvy.com and Dodger blogger for the Orange County Register, to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as an alternative voice to the BBWAA.

Among others, IBWAA members include Tim Brown, YahooSports; Fred Claire, former General Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers; Tony Jackson, Dodgers reporter, ESPNLosAngeles.com; Ben Maller, ThePostGame.com and Fox Sports Radio; David Pinto, BaseballMusings.com; Mike Petriello, MikeSciosciasTragicIllness.com; and prominent baseball authors Peter Golenbock and Dan Schlossberg.

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $10. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.

For more information on the IBWAA, please visit this page at BaseballSavvy.com, http://www.baseballsavvy.com/internetbaseballwriters.html

Contact:

Howard Cole
Director, IBWAAbaseballsavvy@aol.com