Perhaps surprisingly, no room for Ketel Marte on anybody’s poll
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The baseball awards season got here to an finish immediately with the announcement of the MVP awards. While we already knew that no Diamondback was going to complete within the prime three, there was some down-ballot love for Corbin Carroll, Christian Walker and Zac Gallen. Carroll had already been a unanimous selection for the National League Rookie of the Year and was additionally acknowledged in MVP voting, coming fifth. He was listed on all thirty ballots, at positions starting from fifth by means of ninth. It’s the best end by a Diamondback in MVP voting since Ketel Marte completed fourth in 2019. Meanwhile, Zac Gallen, who completed third within the Cy Young, and Christian Walker every bought one tenth-place vote.
The National League MVP is Ronaldo Acuña Jr of the Braves, who obtained all thirty first-place votes. Mookie Betts from Los Angeles got here second, additionally listed there by all thirty respondents. Fellow Dodger Freddie Freeman simply edged out fellow Brave Matt Olson, the pair vacuuming up all of the third- and fourth-place votes between them. The American League award went, additionally unanimously, to Shohei Ohtani of the Angels for a second time. As I’m certain you’re conscious, he’ll be a free-agent. and this award will possible solely enhance his cost.
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