IBWAA SELECTS KIMBREL, RODNEY IN RELIEF PITCHER VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS KIMBREL, RODNEY IN RELIEF PITCHER VOTE

 

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in the relief pitcher category Friday, with Atlanta Braves Craig Kimbrel receiving the organization’s own National League Hoyt Wilhelm Relief Pitcher of the Year Award, and Fernando Rodney, of the Tampa Bay Rays, being selected as the American League Rollie Fingers Relief Pitcher of the Year.

 

The IBWAA established the relief pitcher awards in 2010. Kimbrel was also the 2011 winner.

 

Election results are as follows:

 

AL Relief Pitcher

 

1^st Place:                  Fernando Rodney, Tampa Bay Rays
2^nd Place:                 Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles
3^rd Place:                  Rafael Soriano, New York Yankees

 

NL Relief Pitcher

 

1^st Place:                  Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves
2nd Place:                Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
3^rd Place:                  Jason Motte, St. Louis Cardinals

 

2012 IBWAA Cy Young awards will be announced Saturday, November 3, 2012, MVPs Monday, November 5, 2012.

 

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of BaseballSavvy.com, to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the BBWAA.

Among others, IBWAA members include Barry Bloom, MLB.com; Tim Brown, Yahoo Sports; Fred Claire, former General Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers; Joe McDonnell, FoxSportsWest.com; Ramona Shelburne, ESPNLA.com; Tom Hoffarth, J.P. Hoornstra and Jill Painter, Los Angeles Daily News; Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times; and prominent baseball authors Paul Dickson, Peter Golenbock, Josh Pahigian and Dan Schlossberg.

 

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a yearly fee of $10, or $20 lifetime. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available.

For more information please go to www.ibwaa.com.

Contact:

 

Howard Cole
Director, IBWAA
baseballsavvy@aol.com