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The Post's MLB first-half awards: Aaron Judge-Gunnar Henderson MVP race is tough call
June 29, 2024 | 10:39amWhen there is no wrong answer, does that mean there is no right one, as well? Or at least none that will satisfy everyone.
2023 end-of-year MLB Awards: Ohtani and Cole are atop the class
December 28, 2023 | 7:27pmTime to hand out our year-end awards.
MLB Cy Young Award winners named
November 17, 2022 | 2:31amJustin Verlander capped his stellar season by winning the AL Cy Young Award, joining Miami's Sandy Alcantara in the NL as unanimous selections.
Aaron Judge earned this MVP nod
October 6, 2022 | 10:34pmShohei Ohtani is the best player, but the award is for “most valuable” and should go to someone playing meaningful games.
Why the Red Sox's Alex Cora deserved to be AL Manager of the Year
November 21, 2021 | 6:00amThere were lots of obstacles for AL managers to overcome in 2021, but Alex Cora did the most with the least.
MLB awards: Why former top Mets prospect is the Anti-MVP
October 2, 2021 | 12:56pmI have doubts when it comes to voting for the major awards.
DJ LeMahieu falls short of major MLB award
November 12, 2020 | 9:40pmAfter another stellar season in The Bronx, DJ LeMahieu finished third in the AL MVP voting. LeMahieu led the majors with a .364 average, but Jose Abreu of the White...
Yankees star named finalist for MVP
November 2, 2020 | 8:33pm"The Machine" may soon be the MVP. DJ LeMahieu, who finished fourth in last season’s voting, was named a finalist for the AL MVP award on Monday night along with...
Jacob deGrom's Cy Young dream is still alive
November 2, 2020 | 7:44pmJacob deGrom was good enough during the abbreviated 2020 regular season to be named a finalist for the NL Cy Young Award. But as the Mets’ right-hander tries to become...
MLB Award picks: So many close calls
September 26, 2020 | 12:22pmLet’s take the playoffs to an absurd place, that 14 out of 15 teams in each league make it. So if the player with the best stats played for the...
MLB first-half awards: The NL MVP race is wild
August 25, 2020 | 3:39pmThe National League MVP race is terrific. Oh yeah, the MVP race. Look, if MLB is going to have division champs and an actual champ in a shortened, bizarre season,...
Jacob deGrom wins second straight Cy Young
November 13, 2019 | 6:21pmJacob deGrom did it again. The Mets right-hander won his second straight NL Cy Young Award on Wednesday night, getting all but one of the 30 first-place votes. Dodgers left-hander...
Jacob deGrom has chance to make some rare history
November 12, 2019 | 8:20pmJacob deGrom could make history Wednesday with a second straight NL Cy Young Award. The right-hander has a chance to become just the 11th pitcher in MLB history to win...
Aaron Boone just misses out on AL Manager of the Year
November 12, 2019 | 6:31pmSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Aaron Boone finished as a close runner-up, again. Boone, the Yankees’ second-year manager, placed a tight second behind Twins rookie skipper Rocco Baldelli in the race for...
Aaron Boone's 'savage' resume for AL Manager of the Year
November 12, 2019 | 9:39amAaron Boone became the first manager in MLB history to guide a team to 100 wins in each of his first two seasons as a manager. He’ll find out Tuesday...
Pete Alonso was such an easy choice for Rookie of the Year
November 11, 2019 | 6:58pmNo reason to lie: When you get assigned to vote on a Baseball Writers' Association of America award in which a New York player factors prominently, you, as a New...
Pete Alonso wins NL Rookie of the Year
November 11, 2019 | 6:49pmPete Alonso started 2019 not knowing if he’d make the Mets Opening Day roster. He finished it by winning the NL Rookie of the Year Award on Monday. “Holy expletive,’’...
Trout's absurdity and mostly sad Mets take midseason awards
June 22, 2019 | 2:29pmGo see Mike Trout play. If you like baseball. If you like sports. Or you just appreciate genius. Trout is having his best year. Don’t just skip over that sentence....
Jacob deGrom at last gets a win: the Cy Young – in a landslide
November 14, 2018 | 6:49pmHe is simply de best. Jacob deGrom’s historic season with the Mets received an exclamation point Wednesday, when the ace right-hander was named winner of the National League Cy Young...
'Best year I’ve ever seen': Mets fighting for deGrom's Cy Young
November 13, 2018 | 5:54pmDave Eiland doesn’t have a vote for the NL Cy Young Award, but the Mets pitching coach watched Jacob deGrom more closely than anyone in 2018 and made it clear...