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
1st Place:
Fernando Rodney, Tampa Bay Rays
2nd Place: Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles
3rd Place: Rafael Soriano, New York Yankees
2nd Place: Jim Johnson, Baltimore Orioles
3rd Place: Rafael Soriano, New York Yankees
NL Relief
Pitcher
1st
Place: Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves
2nd Place: Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
3rd Place: Jason Motte, St. Louis Cardinals
2nd Place: Aroldis Chapman, Cincinnati Reds
3rd 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.
For more information please go to www.ibwaa.com.
Contact:
Howard Cole
Director, IBWAA
baseballsavvy@aol.com
Director, IBWAA
baseballsavvy@aol.com