Awards and offseason preview
Below we will list the yearly award winners throughout the majors but first one HUGE announcement from the MLB commissioner's office.... the American League will no longer use Designated Hitters in a big surprise rule change.
Also a congratulations to Rockies ace SP Bryant Reed who with a 20-6 record and 3.08 ERA as well as leading the league in Strikeouts won the NL Cy Young Award, the first ever for a Rockies pitcher.
NL Gold Gloves
P - Randy Henry (Miami Marlins)
C - Logan Koch (Atlanta Braves)
1B - Franmy Pena (Washington Nationals)
2B - Cesar Alavarado (Arizona Diamondbacks)
SS - Humberto Arteaga (Los Angeles Dodgers)
3B - Carson Kelly (Philadelphia Phillies)
LF - David Dahl (Chicago Cubs)
CF - Mike Trout (Colorado Rockies)
RF - Bryce Harper (Chicago Cubs)
AL Gold Gloves
P - Hisashi Iwakuma (Baltimore Orioles)
C - Chris Okey (Oakland Athletics)
1B - Ryan Tellez (Minnesota Twins)
2B - Jedd Gyorko (Baltimore Orioles)
SS - Adam Rogers (Tampa Bay Rays)
3B - Pablo Sandoval (Baltimore Orioles)
LF - Raul Gutierrez (Boston Red Sox)
CF - Tim Mecham (Tampa Bay Rays)
RF - Elier Hernandez (New York Yankees)
NL Rookie of the Year - LF Lewin Diaz (Philadelphia Phillies) - .295 31 HR 126 RBI
AL Rookie of the Year - LF Mike Davis (New York Yankees) - .269 33 HR 89 RBI
NL Cy Young - Bryant Reed (Colorado Rockies) - 20- 6 3.08 ERA
AL Cy Young - Claudo Trujillo (Tampa Bay Rays) - 19-5 3.24 ERA
NL MVP - CF Mike Trout (Colorado Rockies) - .342 44 HR 116 RBI
AL MVP - LF Li-Chi Ti (New York Yankees) - .338 43 HR 103 RBI
Now that we have covered the awards let's take a look at the offseason decisions the Rockies need to make.
Available $$$ for Free Agents - $25,820,000
Available $$$ For Extensions - $16,920,000
Arbitration
SP Bryant Reed - Estimate - $6,300,000
RP Jose Suarez - Estimate - $3,400,000
C Stryker Trahan - Estimate - $6,600,000
1B - Braeden Schlehuber - Likely to not get offer
LF - Yasukazu Tsuchiya - Estimate - $6,875,000
RF Glenn Mackie - Estimate $10,625,000
Free Agents
SP Jose Fernandez - wants 9 year deal @ $18,000,000 per year
IF Jordan Pacheco - wants 4 year deal @ $1,500,000 per year
SS Troy Tulowitzki - wants 5 year deal @ $11,500,000 per year
The Rockies definitely won't be able to keep all these players so it will be interesting to see how they handle them.