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Happy Friday, everyone! We now know our winners for most of the big MLB offseason awards, with the accolades for Cy Young and MVP getting handed out this past week. Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler took home the Cy Young glory, while of course Pete Crow-Armstong and Yordan Alvarez were the unanimous winners for MVP, dethroning the long reigning champs, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani.
We’ll get into that below, along with the new Astros manager, Brad Ausmus, and even more. So let’s just jump right
into it so you can get in the know on all baseball’s happenings before heading into the weekend.
- Jay Jaffe makes a Hall of Fame case for Dusty Baker.
- Sorry Ohtani and Judge, there are two new unanimous MVP winners in Yordan Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong. Story by Anthony Castrovince.
- A look at the voting for MVP. (MLB)
- Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler took home this season’s Cy Young honors. Story by Tom Verducci.
- The Astros have hired Brad Ausmus as their new manager. (ESPN)
- Scott Boras season is upon us. Poetry.
- The Tigers have added to their pitching rotation with the signing of Emilio Pagan. Story by Michael Baumann.
- Ranking all the MVP Award winners. Story by Will Leitch.
- Could Cam Schlittler’s rise to Cy Young victory mean a record extension is on the way? Story by Karl Rasmussen.
- The Braves GM has shut down speculation that they might trade Ronald Acuna Jr. Story by Jorge Castillo.
- Karl Rasmussen looks at potential trade targets for Corey Seager.
- Hot stove is getting warmed up!
- Davy Andrews looks at how force-outs were on the rise in the outfield this past season.
- Mark Bowman gives us more details on the Evan Phillips signing.
- Mark Feinsand shares that the GM Meetings are setting us up for a crazy week ahead.
- Ryan Phillips recounts Mason Miller’s dominant season.
- Jacob Young and the Nationals are in agreement to a four-year extension. (AP)
- Scouting the next wave of Japanese talent with the staff of the Athletic. (The Athletic subscription required.)
- Another team has entered the Skubal sweepstakes. (Here’s a direct link to the BlueSky postif you’re reading on Apple News.)
And tomorrow will be a better day than today, Buster. Make it so.
