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Season 47 wrapped with Dover making quite the statement, sweeping Chicago in the World Series, giving rbedwell his first Cobb Championship! After a tough divisional round that went the distance against Cleveland, Dover took the ALCS in 5 games over Vancouver and then marched on to a sweep in the World Series. Dover's bats were on fire all postseason, hitting over .300 and slugging 22 Home Runs in 14 games. They only used 8 pitchers all postseason, but they all put forth solid efforts, posting a 3.02 team ERA and an 11-3 record. It was a great march to the title for rbedwell and Dover, congrats to them on a dominant postseason!
Now, let's recap the major award winners in Season 47!
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
American League - Julio Espinosa, Dover - .340 AVG 38 HR 129 RBI
It was a banner year for Espinosa taking home both his first MVP award to go with his first World Series ring. His hitting tools are practically unmatched, with no major flaws to point out. With his skills at the plate, future MVP's are definitely in play, and his stat line from Season 47 could be his norm. It will be intriguing to see how his career plays out.
National League - Yadier Torres, Chicago - .314 AVG 45 HR 106 RBI 36 SB
The NL MVP stays with Chicago for the 6th consecutive season, and it's Torres picking up his 3rd MVP overall, all in the last 4 seasons, with another phenomenal season. He also made his 6th All-Star team and won his 5th Silver Slugger in Season 47. This stud slugger and five tool player could very well take home more MVP's in the future, it will be interesting to see if he can pick up MVP trophy #4 before he hangs up the cleats.
CY YOUNG AWARD
American League - Francisley Falu, Vancouver - 21-5 2.38 ERA 197 K
The AL Cy Young award went to the top hurler for the ALCS runner-up, Vancouver, as Falu took home his 2nd Cy Young with another great season where he mystified hitters. He also threw a No Hitter in Season 47 and made his 4th straight All-Star team. No doubt he is one of the best pitchers in all of Cobb and many more seasons of impressive stats are likely to come from him.
National League
Tomas Lopez, Chicago - 19-6 3.43 ERA 207 K
Gordon Ward, Kansas City - 18-6 2.84 ERA 124 K
Juan Trevino, Cheyenne - 13-4 2.42 ERA 169 K
Well, this is something you don't see too often for sure, a 3-way tie for the NL Cy Young Award. This is Trevino's 2nd Cy Young win, as he also won in Season 45, while it's the first win for both Lopez and Ward. Ward would go on to announce his retirement, thereby ending his career with a Cy Young win, and accomplishing a rare feat, winning the Cy Young in his 40's. Lopez and Trevino still look to have a number of great seasons ahead of them and good have their names listed here again.
That does it for the awards recap, thanks all for another great season!
