Major League Baseball and the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) announced the finalists for the five major awards in each league for the 2026 season on Monday night.
The awards are voted on by the BBWAA, and the winners will be announced next week.
Here is a list of each finalist:
National League MVP
Pete Crow-Armstrong (Chicago Cubs): .280/.372/.570, 45 HR, 107 RBI, 41 SB, 10.6 fWAR
Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers): .275/.377/.512, 30 HR, 81 RBI, 11 SB, 1.79 ERA, 85.2 IP, 8 wins, 95 SO, 6.6 fWAR
Brice Turang (Milwaukee Brewers): .268/.366/.450, 21 HR, 100 RBI, 19 SB, 5.9 fWAR
American League MVP
Yordan Alvarez (Houston Astros): .316/.432/.601, 42 HR, 106 RBI, 34 2B, 6.8 fWAR
Junior Caminero (Tampa Bay Rays): .276/.360/.524, 42 HR, 101 RBI, 25 2B, 5.3 fWAR
Bobby Witt Jr. (Kansas City Royals): .281/.359/.441, 18 HR, 54 RBI, 45 SB, 7.0 fWAR
National League Rookie of the Year
Carson Benge (New York Mets): .282/.346/.430, 20 HR, 65 RBI, 22 SB, 4.3 fWAR
Sal Stewart (Cincinnati Reds): .263/.330/.457, 32 HR, 112 RBI, 15 SB, 2.0 fWAR
JJ Wetherholt (St. Louis Cardinals): .242/.339/.365, 17 HR, 51 RBI, 14 SB, 4.6 fWAR
American League Rookie of the Year
Kevin McGonigle (Detroit Tigers): .278/.376/.430, 18 HR, 72 RBI, 12 SB, 5.4 fWAR
Parker Messick (Cleveland Guardians): 12-9, 2.56 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 186.1 IP, 193 SO, 4.9 fWAR
Payton Tolle (Boston Red Sox): 9-6, 3.03 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 148.2 IP, 171 SO, 4.1 fWAR
National League Cy Young
Jacob Misiorowski (Milwaukee Brewers): 16-5, 1.80 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 174.2 IP, 252 SO, 6.6 fWAR
Chris Sale (Atlanta Braves): 14-9, 2.16 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 162.2 IP, 200 SO, 5.8 fWAR
Cristopher Sánchez (Philadelphia Phillies): 18-7, 2.91 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 207.0 IP, 231 SO, 6.2 fWAR
American League Cy Young
Dylan Cease (Toronto Blue Jays): 11-6, 2.40 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 169.0 IP, 239 SO, 5.5 fWAR
Parker Messick (Cleveland Guardians): 12-9, 2.56 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 186.1 IP, 193 SO, 4.9 fWAR
Cam Schlittler (New York Yankees): 14-6, 1.95 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, 193.2 IP, 239 SO, 6.2 fWAR
National League Reliever of the Year
Jhoan Duran (Philadelphia Phillies): 33 SV, 1.82 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 59.1 IP, 84 SO, 2.9 fWAR
Trevor Megill (Milwaukee Brewers): 30 SV, 2.63 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 61.2 IP, 69 SO, 2.5 fWAR
Mason Miller (San Diego Padres): 38 SV, 1.67 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 70.0 IP, 129 SO, 3.7 fWAR
American League Reliever of the Year
Bryan Baker (Tampa Bay Rays): 41 SV, 1.44 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 62.1 IP, 63 SO, 1.3 fWAR
Cade Smith (Cleveland Guardians): 41 SV, 1.95 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 74.0 IP, 107 SO, 2.6 fWAR
Louis Varland (Toronto Blue Jays): 35 SV, 1.27 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 78.0 IP, 97 SO, 3.1 fWAR
National League Manager of the Year
Don Mattingly (Philadelphia Phillies): 88-74 record, NL wild-card team
Pat Murphy (Milwaukee Brewers): 103-59 record, NL Central champion
Walt Weiss (Atlanta Braves): 94-68, NL East champion
American League Manager of the Year
Kevin Cash (Tampa Bay Rays): 98-64 record, AL East champion
Chad Tracy (Boston Red Sox): 87-75 record, AL wild-card team
Will Venable (Chicago White Sox): 84-78 record, AL wild-card team
