IBWAA SELECTS POSEY, CABRERA IN MVP VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS POSEY, CABRERA IN MVP VOTE

 

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced its 2012 Most Valuable Player Awards Monday, electing Buster Posey in the National League and Miguel Cabrera in the American League.

 

Election results are as follows:

 

AL MVP

 

1^st Place:                     Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers

2^nd Place:                    Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

3^rd Place:                     Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers

4^th Place:                     Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers

5^th Place:                     Robinson Cano, New York Yankees

6^th Place:                     Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles

7^th Place:                     Prince Fielder, Detroit Tigers

8^th Place:                     Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

9^th Place:                     Edwin Encarnación, Toronto Blue Jays

10^th Place:                   Derek Jeter, New York Yankees

 

NL MVP

 

1^st Place:                     Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants

2^nd Place:                    Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers

3^rd Place:                     Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates

4^th Place:                     Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals

5^th Place:                     Chase Headley, San Diego Padres

6^th Place:                     David Wright, New York Mets

7^th Place:                     Adam LaRoche, Washington Nationals

8^th Place:                     Jay Bruce, Cincinnati Reds

9^th Place:                     Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds

10^th Place:                   Matt Holliday, St. Louis Cardinals

 

The IBWAA will announce its Hall of Fame election results January 7, 2013.

 

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