MLB reveals finalists for major awards

There was little to no surprise as MLB announced the top three vote-getters for the major end-of-season awards. Candidates for MVP, Cy Young Award, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year were unveiled following voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Winners of the awards will be announced in the week of Nov. 10, with the Rookie of the Year on Monday, Manager of the Year on Tuesday, Cy Young Award on Wednesday and MVP on Thursday. Reminder that all voting was done after the regular season and before the postseason began. Awards contenders are listed alphabetically. In what is surely to be the most hotly debated award, the AL MVP race is between New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez. Judge has won this award two of the last three years and was a unanimous pick last season, but faces stiff competition from Raleigh, who had a 60-homer season. A rather young group in terms of experience, the AL Cy YouRead More