Happy Friday, everyone! It’s been quite the week for awards and we now know the winners of the biggest titles of the past season, 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, no surprises there, while Pete Crow-Armstong and Yordan Alvarez were named the unanimous winners for MVP, dethroning the long-reigning champs, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani.
We’ve got more details on those winners below, along with
the new Astros manager, Brad Ausmus, who Tigers fans know fairly well. Plus we’ll speculate over whether or not the Emilio Pagan contract is a sign of things to come in free agency. 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.
Detroit Tigers News
- Michael Baumann assesses the Tigers’ acquisition of Emilio Pagan for FanGraphs.
- Andy McCullough thinks the modest signing of Pagan could be a sign of things to come in free agency.
- Tony Paul reports that Scott Harris says the plan for top outfield prospect Zyhir Hope is to start at Triple-A next year.
- Former Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus has been hired as the new manager for the Houston Astros. Seemed like a good opportunity to share one of my favorite Ausmus moments, which is somehow ten years old.
- Times for all Tigers home games have been announced.
MLB News
- Meet your unanimous new MVP winners: Yordan Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong.
- How Pete Crow-Armstrong became the best player in the NL.
- Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler took home this season’s Cy Young Awards.
- A look at the voting for MVP.
- Ranking every MVP winner.
- The Hall of Fame case for Dusty Baker.
- Mason Miller’s dominant season.
- The increase of force-outs in the outfield this season.
- Could Cam Schlittler’s Cy Young win mean an epic extension is on the way?
- Potential trade targets for Corey Seager.
- The GM meetings could be setting us up for a wild week ahead.
- Jacob Young and the Nationals are in agreement on a four-year extension.
- The Braves insist they will not be trading Ronald Acuna Jr.
- It’s Scott Boras says insane things season!
- The hot stove is heating!
- A mystery team has been revealed.
