2027 Award Winners

The votes have been cast and ballots sent in. The reults have been tabulated for your 2027 award winners. Here is a list of the winners with some comments about the season's they had.

NL MVP Babe Ruth FLA

A nearly unanimous winner, Babe Ruth had a sensational season. Having changed teams in the offseason, he was ready to show what he could do. He was able to win the triple crown in the NL and improve in AVG, doubles, homers, RBI, and stolen bases over last year.

AL MVP Lou Gehrig BAL

In the AL, Gehrig was the man to bring home the trophy. It was a closer race in the AL, but Gehrig was the easy winner. He had a stellar year, improving in virtually every category. As he enters his prime, it will be interesting to see if he can get Baltimore back to the playoffs to compete once again.

It is interesting that both MVP winners were on non-playoff teams. They certainly had the stats to warrant the award, but do stats carry more weight than getting a team to the playoffs? In the NL, Mel Ott was the runner up in the award. He helped take the Phillies to their second strait World Series appearence. In the AL, 2nd and 3rd place were very close seeing Hank Aaron and Jimmie Foxx be just a point apart. Both of these players were on playoff teams. Are these guys, Ott, Aaron and Foxx, less worthy of the MVP than Ruth and Gehrig?

NL Cy Young Billy Chapel LA

In a funny turn of events, Chapel brings the third strait Cy Young trophy to the Dodgers, each brought by a different pitcher (Langston and Garcia were the others). In a somewhat close race, Chapel's meager ERA and 18 wins were enough to win him the award. I suppose it also helps that Chapel was the Ace for the team with the best record in the NL. At the end of the season, following the Dodgers defeat by the Phillies, Chapel announced his retirement. He was able to win a Cy young and make one last run at a World Series before his retirement. He definately went out on the top of his game.

AL Cy Young David Cone MIN

Cone wins his first Cy Young this year in only his third season in the big leages. The #1 overall pick by the Twins a few seasons ago, Cone has lived up to the hype and been a stud in the rotation for the Twins. This race was somewhat close as well, with knuckleballer and second year player Doud Rau for the Rangers going 22-2 this season. It was the battle of the youngsters. In the end, Cone was superior in several categories and was able to take home the award.

For the Cy Young voting this year, the top 2 in the NL and the top 4 in the AL were on playoff teams. The AL was interesting, as it was youngsters battling for the award, as opposed to the NL, which was all veterans.

NL Rookie of the Year Bobby Abreu PGH

The big name rookie slugger from Pittsburgh was the winner of the ROY this year. He had a huge first half, then plateaud a little in the 2nd half. Abreau was a former 6th overall pick and part of the deal for which Aaron moved teams. Abreu rose to the top as the best rookies. He was ranked 2nd in the NL among rookies early in the year. Damon came in 2nd and McDonald 3rd, ranked 3rd and 1st at the begining of the season respectively.

AL Rookie of the Year Tom Glavine MIN

In the most one sided landslide category this season, Tom Glavine ran away with the rookie of the year. Glavine looked like a Cy Young candidate early on, before he leveled off a little and then finished strong. Glavine was the favorite early in the year to win the award.

This is an interesting award, as we wrote a blog article early in the year predicting who woukld win. You can check it out here.

NL Fireman Roy Face LA

The best reliever this season by a narrow margin was Roy Face. Face also won our top reliever spot when we ranked the Top 10 Relievers in Habla this season. Face continually posts very low ERA's and set a career high for holds this season.

AL Fireman Tom Martin KC

From the World Champion Kansas City Royals come the best reliever in the AL. Martin is a hard throwing lefty who for the second time in his career posted an ERA below 3.00. This was the closest race this season, as the top 4 candidates were seperated by only 6 points.

GM of the Year Travis Hair KC

This award was again, not close. Travis certainly diserved this award as he, for the first time in 2 and a half decades, was able to get his team to the World Series and win it all. A 100+ win season and a World Series crown is enough to get you the GM of the year. Congrats to Travis.

As expected, Travis won the GM of the year. This makes at least the 5th year in a row that the team that won the World Series won the GM of the year (probably more, but the official records page is incomplete on these awards). I think this is probably a good trend, for the WS is certainly the highest honor in Habla. My question is can you think of a situation where the GM who won the World Series would not win the GM of the year? Let us know your thoughts on this and the other topics discussed here.