Tonight was the yearly MLB Awards show. In addition to the All-MLB teams that were announced here, several other awards were announced at the show. Here’s a breakdown of the awards presented tonight.
Prior to the awards show, a new award that was introduced by the BBWAA this season is the Reliever of the Year award. Trevor Megill was named in the top three for the NL and ended up finishing third in the vote. Mason Miller of the Padres ended up taking the award as a unanimous winner, receiving all
30 first-place votes. Megill was on 27 of 30 ballots, earning two second-place and 11 third-place votes with 66 total points. Megill barely finished ahead of Adrián Morejón of the Padres, who received 64 points. Aaron Ashby (ninth place, six points) and Abner Uribe (12th place, two points) also received votes for the award. Miller also won the Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year award that was presented during the awards show.
On the AL side, Louis Varland of the Blue Jays won the BBWAA AL Reliever of the Year award. He barely beat Cade Smith of the Guardians, who finished second. While Smith was the only AL reliever named on all 30 ballots, Varland received 16 first-place votes to take the award. Bryan Baker of the Rays rounded out the top three. Baker also won the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year award.
One Brewer took home some additional hardware. William Contreras earned the Flow Mayor Award, formerly known as the Entertainer of the Year Award. From his on-field celebrations to his style off the field, Contreras provided plenty of entertainment throughout this season. Contreras’ brother, Willson, presented him with the award, which is a diamond toothpick.
Though no other Brewers took home awards, they were represented on stage a few times. A few members of the Brewers were on hand as they were celebrated for their World Series win. Also, both Contreras brothers were on stage with Jackson Chourio to honor Team Venezuela as winners of the World Baseball Classic this spring.
While Brewers’ President of Baseball Operations Matt Arnold had a chance to take home another Executive of the Year award, he didn’t win it this time around. Instead, it went to Rays’ President Eric Neander, who rebuilt the Rays from back-to-back losing seasons to the best team in the American League. He also oversaw the team as they had to rebuild following the damage from Hurricane Milton, which forced the Rays to relocate to Steinbrenner Field for a season. Neander did shout out Arnold in his speech, saying ‘I can’t believe I’m saying this but I never wanted to be you more.’
Looking at the other awards, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros was one of the big winners of the night. He took home three different awards: the AL Hank Aaron Award, AL Comeback Player of the Year, and Outstanding DH Award. Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals won the Hustle & Heart Award. Going back to the NL, Pete Crow-Armstrong won the NL Hank Aaron Award, and Zack Wheeler took the NL Comeback Player of the Year Award.
