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This is embarrassing.
José Fermin was forced to throw 39 pitches because of Perry Minasian’s poor roster construction.
Brent Suter is bailing Kurt Suzuki out, entering for his 4th appearance this week despite throwing 73 pitches. Kirby Yates is MIA.
“The Angels are a glorified minor league team with no apparent vision and no obvious hope for the future.”
@BillPlaschke to Arte Moreno: Don’t wait to see how baseball’s labor agreement turns out. Sell the team now. https://t.co/DQ3BsY3D7j
The #Angels should've got out of the 10th inning with a double play with the bases loaded but 2B Adam Frazier had trouble getting the ball out of his glove and Zack Gelof was ruled safe at first after a review. Down 3-2.
WsL National League Most Valuable Player - Mookie Betts, Chicago. In the tightest MVP race in WsL history, Betts edged out Mike Trout by one point - 75 to 74. Betts had more 1st votes (11-7) while Trout had more 2nds (9-7) and 3rds (3-0). Betts hit .338/.425/.612, 27HR, 103 RBI.
WsL American League Most Valuable Player - Christian Yelich, Texas. In a monster 10.2 WAR season, Yelich scores 13 first-place votes after hitting .336/.433/.606 with 34 HR AND 28 stolen bases. Anthony Rendon finished second with six top votes.
WsL National League Cy Young - Aaron Nola, Chicago. Nola secures 13 first-place votes following. 19-4, 2.19 campaign in which he tallied 9.5 WAR. Max Scherzer, who had seven top votes, finished second.
WsL American League Cy Young - Blake Snell, Pittsburgh. In a brilliant year, Snell finished 22-4, 2.04 ERA and 10.6 WAR with 23 Quality Starts. He led the league in wins, ERA and was second in strikeouts. Snell scored 19 1st place votes. Chris Sale, who led in Ks, finished second
WsL Nationa League Rookie of the Year - Juan Soto, Detroit. A budding star, Soto scored 18 first place votes after hitting .297/.384/.489 with 17 HR and a 3.8 WAR season. Ryan Borucki of Baltimore finished second.
WsL American League Rookie of the Year - Shohei Ohtani, Florida. Ohtani accumulates 2.6 WAR hitting (.273/.361/.554, 25 HR) and 2.7 WAR as a pitcher (6-3, 2.42 ERA) in an historic WsL campaign. His teammate, Ronald Acuna, finished a distant second in voting.
NL Manager of the Year - Jose Canseco, Chicago. Canseco edges out Buck O’Neill (Kansas City) and Jeff Bagwell (New York) in a heated race that was decided by two points. The Juice led the NL wins.