2025 Postseason Awards Roundup

I forgot to post my annual vote for the 2025 postseason awards. I also forgot to post for the entire 2025 season, but I really didn’t miss much, did I? What a disappointing season. Anyway, here is a roundup of the voting — how I voted for the IBWAA awards and their results, and the results of the official BBWAA awards.

NL MVP
My Vote
Shohei Ohtani
Kyle Schwarber
Juan Soto

IBWAA
Ohtani
Soto
Schwarber

BBWAA
Ohtani
Schwarber
Soto

This was pretty obvious. I had Pete Alonso fourth.

AL MVP
My Vote
Cal Raleigh
Aaron Judge
George Springer

IBWAA
Raleigh
Judge
Jose Ramirez

BBWAA
Judge
Raleigh
Ramirez

Judge probably deserved to win, but Raleigh hit 60 homers — as a catcher! — so he got my vote.

NL Cy Young
My Vote
Paul Skenes
Cristopher Sanchez
Freddie Peralta

IBWAA
Skenes
Sanchez
Yoshinobu Yamamoto

BBWAA
Skenes
Sanchez
Yamamoto

I had to bite my tongue when I cast this vote because of Skenes’s ridiculous 10-10 record, but I guess I have to change with the times.

AL Cy Young
My Vote
Garrett Crochet
Tairk Skubal
Max Fried

IBWAA
Skubal
Crochet
Hunter Brown

BBWAA
Skubal
Crochet
Brown

This was really close, but ultimately I went with Crochet because he was 18-5 while Skubal was 13-6, so I guess I haven’t changed all that much. Plus Crochet did lead all of baseball in innings pitched and strikeouts.

NL Rookie of the Year
My Vote
Cade Horton
Drake Baldwin
Nolan McLean

IBWAA
Baldwin
Horton
Caleb Durbin

BBWAA
Baldwin
Horton
Durbin

McLean obviously did not deserve a third-place vote, but hey, this is a Mets blog!

AL Rookie of the Year
My Vote
Nick Kurtz
Jacob Wilson
Colson Montgomery

IBWAA
Kurtz
Wilson
Roman Anthony

BBWAA
Kurtz
Wilson
Anthony

Another obvious one.

NL Manager of the Year
My Vote
Pat Murphy
Terry Francona
Craig Counsell

IBWAA
Murphy
Rob Thomson
Francona

BBWAA
Murphy
Francona
Thomson

Don’t care.

AL Manager of the Year
My Vote
Stephen Vogt
John Schneider
Dan Wilson

IBWAA
Schneider
Wilson
Vogt

BBWAA
Vogt
Schneider
Wilson

Still don’t care.

NL Reliever of the Year
Edwin Diaz
forgot to save rest of ballot!

IBWAA
Robert Suarez
Diaz
Adrian Morejon

BBWAA
Diaz

Seriously IBWAA?!

AL Reliever of the Year
My Vote
Aroldis Chapman
Andres Munoz
Carlos Estevez

IBWAA
Chapman
Munoz
Estevez

BBWAA
Chapman

Okay.