Baseball's best players and managers of 2026 collect their honors this week, starting tonight with Rookie of the Year. The awards week also expands this year with a new BBWAA honor: Reliever of the Year. Monday: Rookie of the Year (7 p.m. ET).
Tuesday: Manager of the Year. Wednesday: Cy Young and Reliever of the Year (live ceremony in Las Vegas at 8 p.m. ET). Thursday: MVP.
Finalists have already been announced. AL MVP contenders include Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros, who posted an OPS+ of 190 — nearly matching his Triple Crown pace — while Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals remains a long-term finalist. NL MVP candidates are Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Brice Turang of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Crow-Armstrong surged after June, posting a 1.249 OPS that month, while Ohtani struggled with nagging injuries so severe he had little impact in October.
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