The BBA is organized under a similar structure as the Baseball Writers of America, where blogs that follow the same team are combined into “chapters” and only two votes from the chapter on an award are counted. As a member of the Boston chapter, I am privileged to vote for all the American League awards, and our Chapter president tallies up the votes and submits our combined ballot.
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This post will have a link to all the awards, showing RSN-Alberta’s ballot, the Boston chapter’s combined ballot, and the BBA award recipient. I will continuously update this as new winners are announced, so bookmark this page. EDIT: All awards updated now.
Click on the links on the individual awards for the reasoning behind these selections, and to leave any comments.
Connie Mack Award - Manager of the Year
My ballot
1. Joe Girardi
2. Joe Maddon
3. Ron Washington
Boston Chapter
1. Maddon
2. Jim Leyland
3. Washington
BBA Award Recipient
AL - Maddon
NL - Kirk Gibson
Willie Mays Award – Rookie of the Year
My ballot
1. Michael Pineda
2. Dustin Ackley
3. Brett Lawrire
Boston Chapter
1. Eric Hosmer
2. Jeremy Hellickson
3. Desmond Jennings
BBA Award Recipients
AL- Hosmer / Hellickson (tie)
NL - Craig Kimbrel
Goose Gossage Award – Reliever of the Year
My ballot
1. David Robertson
2. Jonathan Papelbon
3. Mariano Rivera
Boston Chapter
1. Robertson
2. Papelbon
3. Rivera
BBA Award Recipients
AL - Valverde
NL - Kimbrel
Walter Johnson Award – Pitcher of the Year
My ballot
1. Justin Verlander
2. Jered Weaver
3. CC Sabathia
4. Doug Fister
5. CJ Wilson
Boston Chapter
1. Verlander
2. Sabathia
3. Weaver
4. Dan Haren
5. James Shield
BBA Award Recipients
AL - Justin Verlander
NL - Clayton Kershaw
Stan Musial Award – Player of the Year
1. Jose Bautista
2. Justin Verlander
3. Jacoby Ellsbury
4. Dustin Pedroia
5. Miguel Cabrera
6. Alex Gordon
7. Ian Kinsler
8. Evan Longoria
9. Curtis Granderson
10. Jered Weaver
1. Ellsbury
2. Bautista
3. Cabrera
4. Verlander
5. Pedroia
6. Longoria
7. Granderson
8. Robinson Cano
9.(T) Gordon
9.(T) Kinsler
BBA Award Recipients
AL - Jose Bautista
NL - Matt Kemp
Oh yea... Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals on culminating a very exciting post-season with their Championship!
AL - Jose Bautista
NL - Matt Kemp
Oh yea... Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals on culminating a very exciting post-season with their Championship!