IBWAA SELECTS BETTS, YELICH IN MVP VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS BETTS, YELICH IN MVP VOTE

 

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in its Most Valuable Player category Thursday, with the Boston Red Sox’ Mookie Betts winning the group’s American League award, and Christian Yelich, of the Milwaukee Brewers, being selected in the National League.

 

This is the tenth annual election for the IBWAA in the manager category.

 

Election results are as follows:

 

AL MVP

 

1^st Place:                  Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox – 1647 points
2^nd Place:                 Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 1142
3^rd Place:                  Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians – 840

4^th Place:                 JD Martinez, Boston Red Sox – 786

5^th Place:                  Alex Bregman, Houston Astros – 719

6^th Place:                  Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians – 637

7^th Place:                  Matt Chapman, Oakland Athletics – 498 

8^th Place:                  Kris Davis, Oakland Athletics – 214

9th Place:                 Blake Snell, Tampa Bay Rays – 146

10^th Place:                Jose Altuve, Houston Astros – 119

 

NL MVP

 

1^st Place:                  Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers – 1529 points
2^nd Place:                 Javier Baez, Chicago Cubs – 949 
3^rd Place:                  Jacob deGrom, New York Mets – 746

4^th Place:                  Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves – 664

5^th Place:                  Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies – 602

6^th Place:                  Lorenzo Cain, Milwaukee Brewers – 549

7^th Place:                  Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals – 436

8^th Place:                  Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks – 426

9^th Place:                  Trevor Story, Colorado Rockies – 285

10^th Place:                Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals – 284

 

Ballot tabulations by Brian Wittig & Associates, using the Borda Method.

 

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections being announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results being announced the following January.

 

Among others, IBWAA members include Jim Bowden, Pedro Moura, Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris, The Athletic; Tim Brown, Yahoo! Sports; Craig Calcaterra, NBC Sports Hardball Talk; Bill Chuck, Billy-Ball.com; Chris De Luca, Chicago Sun-Times; Jon Heyman, Fancred; Tyler Kepner, New York Times; Danny Knobler, Bleacher Report; Kevin Kennedy; Kostya Kennedy, Sports Illustrated; Brian Kenny, MLBN; Will Leitch, New York Magazine; Bruce Markusen, Hardball Times; Ross Newhan; Dayn Perry and Matt Snyder, CBSSports.com; Tom Hoffarth, Los Angeles Times; J.P. Hoornstra Los Angeles Daily News; Tracy Ringolsby, MLB.com; David Schoenfield, ESPN.com; and Bill Arnold.

 

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers, with a $75 lifetime fee. Discounts for groups and scholarships are available. Members must be 18 years of age to apply.

For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com.

Contact:

 

Howard Cole
Founding Director, IBWAAbaseballsavvy@aol.com