IBWAA SELECTS HENDRIKS, WILLIAMS IN 2020 RELIEVER OF THE YEAR VOTE   The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Reliever of the Year awards Friday: Liam Hendriks of the Oakland Athletics and Devin Williams of the Milwaukee Brewers. This is the IBWAA’s 11th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote. Election results are as follows: AL Rollie Fingers Award: 1st Place: Liam Hendriks, Oakland Athletics- 529 points 2nd Place: Brad Hand, Cleveland Indians- 248 points 3rd Place: Alex Colomé, Chicago White Sox- 135 points NL Hoyt Wilhelm Award: 1st Place: Devin Williams, Milwaukee Brewers- 358 points 2nd Place: Josh Hader, Milwaukee Brewers- 144 points 3rd Place: Edwin Díaz, New York Mets- 119 points The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January. Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers and content creators. For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com. Contact: Daniel R. Epstein and Jonathan Becker Co-Directors, IBWAA ibwaa2020@gmail.com

 

IBWAA SELECTS ABREU, FREEMAN IN 2020 MVP VOTE   The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Most Valuable Player awards Thursday: José Abreu of the Chicago White Sox and Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves. This is the IBWAA’s 12th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote. Election results are as follows: AL: 1st Place: José Abreu, Chicago White Sox- 1,421 points 2nd Place: José Ramírez, Cleveland Indians- 970 points 3rd Place: Shane Bieber, Cleveland Indians- 857 points NL: 1st Place: Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves- 1,587 points 2nd Place: Mookie Betts, Los Angeles Dodger- 1,173 points 3rd Place: Fernando Tatís Jr., San Diego Padres- 947 points The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January. Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers and content creators. For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com. Contact: Daniel R. Epstein and Jonathan Becker Co-Directors, IBWAA ibwaa2020@gmail.com

IBWAA SELECTS BAUER, BIEBER IN 2020 CY YOUNG VOTE The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Cy Young awards Wednesday: Trevor Bauer of the Cincinnati Reds and Shane Bieber of the Cleveland Indians. This is the IBWAA’s 12th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote. Election results are as follows: AL: 1st Place: Shane Bieber, Cleveland Indians- 937 points 2nd Place: Kenta Maeda, Minnesota Twins- 328 points 3rd Place: Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees- 216 points NL: 1st Place: Trevor Bauer, Cincinnati Reds- 628 points 2nd Place: Yu Darvish, Chicago Cubs- 517 points 3rd Place: Jacob deGrom, New York Mets- 465 points The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January. Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers and content creators. For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com. Contact: Daniel R. Epstein and Jonathan Becker Co-Directors, IBWAA ibwaa2020@gmail.com

 

IBWAA SELECTS CASH, MATTINGLY IN 2020 MANAGER OF THE YEAR VOTE

The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Manager of the Year awards Tuesday: Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays and Don Mattingly of the Miami Marlins. This is the IBWAA’s 12th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote.

Election results are as follows:

AL:

1st Place: Kevin Cash, Tampa Bay Rays- 479 points
2nd Place: Rick Renteria, Chicago White Sox- 282 points
3rd Place: Bob Melvin, Oakland Athletics- 161 points

NL:

1st Place: Don Mattingly, Miami Marlins- 341 points
2nd Place: Jayce Tingler, San Diego Padres- 305 points
3rd Place: Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers- 135 points

The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January.

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers and content creators. For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com.

Contact:

Daniel R. Epstein and Jonathan Becker
Co-Directors, IBWAA
ibwaa2020@gmail.com

IBWAA SELECTS CRONENWORTH, LEWIS IN 2020 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTE

IBWAA SELECTS CRONENWORTH, LEWIS IN 2020 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR VOTE

 

The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners of the IBWAA Rookie of the Year awards Monday: Jake Cronenworth of the San Diego Padres and Kyle Lewis of the Seattle Mariners. This is the IBWAA’s 12th annual election for these awards. All IBWAA members were eligible to vote.

Election results are as follows:

AL

1st Place: Kyle Lewis, Seattle Mariners- 557 points
2nd Place: Luis Robert, Chicago White Sox- 384 points
3rd Place: Christian Javier, Houston Astros- 33 points

NL

1st Place: Jake Cronenworth, San Diego Padres- 468 points
2nd Place: Devin Williams, Milwaukee Brewers- 212 points
3rd Place: Alec Bohm, Philadelphia Phillies- 162 points

The IBWAA endeavors to serve the baseball writing community, representing more than 600 baseball content creators. We strive to increase visibility, networking, and opportunities for all of our members. Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results announced the following January.

Association membership is open to any and all Internet baseball writers and content creators. For more information please visit www.ibwaa.com.

Contact:

Daniel R. Epstein and Jonathan Becker
Co-Directors, IBWAA
ibwaa2020@gmail.com