2025 Awards Voting

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Ballots received: 9

View votes by team. The potential bias is the percentage of points cast by voters for members of their own team. It is called potential becuase it doesn't account for how deserving the eventual winners were.

• Diamondbacks (12 votes, 48.7% potential bias)
• Pirates (8 votes, 20.2% potential bias)
• Red Sox (8 votes, 38.3% potential bias)
• Yankees (9 votes, 54.2% potential bias)

Voters

Admir Deljanin, Daniel Molina, Danny Diaz, Johnathan Cooper, Mariano Diaz Jimenez, Matthew Bui, Melvin Panameno, Mikey Rodriguez, Ruben Molina Jr.

Most Valuable Player

Daniel Molina

Daniel earns his second consecutive MVP, edging out teammate Matt Bui. Daniel led the league in extra-base hits (8), runs scored (22), batting average (.605), on-base percentage (.712), and slugging percentage (.868).

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
Daniel Molina	6	2		36		11	52	38	22	23	6	2	0	11	14	0	.605	.712	.868	1.580	.657
Matthew Bui	2	5	1	26		12	58	47	21	26	6	1	0	15	9	2	.553	.638	.723	1.361	.619
Tony Lee		1	2	5		14	51	46	14	24	5	1	0	8	3	6	.522	.569	.674	1.243	.542
George Ramirez		1	2	5		12	55	46	15	23	4	0	0	10	9	3	.500	.582	.587	1.169	.519
Johnathan Cooper	1			5		9	39	34	5	11	2	0	0	7	4	8	.324	.410	.382	.793	.388
Berto Gutierrez			2	2		15	58	46	8	18	4	0	0	12	9	10	.391	.500	.478	.978	.456
Chris Tejada			2	2		13	57	47	10	16	4	1	0	18	5	9	.340	.404	.468	.872	.458

 

Cy Young Award / The Pedro Martinez Award for Excellence in Pitching

Berto Gutierrez

In the closest race of the year, Berto beats out Daniel Molina by a single point for his first Cy Young Award. Berto was a workhorse for the Diamondbacks, completing 9 of his 12 starts. He finished with a 7-3 record and an ERA of 6.06 with 72 strikeouts in 84.2 innings.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	GS	W	L	CG	IP	BF	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	BB/9	K/9	BAA
Chris Tejada	7	2		41		12	8	6	0	3	53.1	269	70	44	29	22	51	4.89	1.73	3.71	8.61	.304
Daniel Molina	2	4	3	25		7	1	5	0	0	32.2	146	35	10	7	12	53	1.93	1.44	3.31	14.60	.263
Berto Gutierrez		2	4	10		13	12	7	3	9	84.2	430	126	72	57	43	72	6.06	2.00	4.57	7.65	.332
Ruben Molina Sr.		1		3		12	11	4	7	8	74.0	419	144	89	72	39	36	8.76	2.47	4.74	4.38	.393
Mikey Rodriguez			1	1		5	4	0	2	0	11.2	82	27	23	21	14	9	16.20	3.51	10.80	6.94	.435
Sam Choi			1	1		7	4	2	1	2	26.2	134	35	16	13	15	18	4.39	1.88	5.06	6.08	.304

 

Commissioner's Award For Spirit, Strategy, and Sportsmanship

A recognition award, for those who contribute greatly to the league. It is for those who play in a lot of games, provide coaching tips, encourage their teammates, carry gear, and organize. The Commissioner's Award goes to one of the many deserving of recognition for all the work they do to keep the league great.

George Ramirez

George was a vocal leader for a Yankees squad that struggled to put players on the field. He also contributed greatly to the league as a scorekeeper, as he has done for several years, helping us maintain accurate stats and box scores.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
George Ramirez	5			25
Mark Rubin		3		9
Fausto Molina		2	1	7
Andrew Cohen	1			5
Emmet Ashton		1	2	5
Ruben Molina Jr.	1			5
Mikey Rodriguez	1			5
Ben Lee		1		3
Johnathan Cooper		1		3
Ruben Molina Sr.			2	2
Zeuxi De La Cruz			1	1
Daniel Molina			1	1
Admir Deljanin			1	1

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Pitcher

Chris Tejada

Chris wins his third consecutive pitching gold glove with 6 putouts and 11 assists in 54 innings. It is his fourth consecutive season without committing an error on the mound, a span that includes 193 innings and 65 outs.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Chris Tejada	6	1		33		12	54	6	11	0	17	0	1.000
Daniel Molina	1	6		23		7	33	2	9	0	11	0	1.000
Alec Smalley	1		1	6		9	36	2	11	3	16	0	.813
Ruben Molina Sr.		1	1	4		12	75	8	8	2	18	0	.889
Berto Gutierrez			2	2		13	86	7	10	2	19	0	.895
Emmet Ashton			1	1		6	21	1	6	0	7	0	1.000
Chris Petiton			1	1		6	29	2	2	0	4	0	1.000
Mikey Rodriguez			1	1		5	14	0	2	0	2	0	1.000

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Catcher

Luis Vallejo

Luis wins his third gold glove behind the plate with a league leading 7 assists and no errors in 84 innings. He also allowed only 4 wild pitches resulting in runner advancements in 440 batters faced.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Johnathan Cooper	6			30		9	60	4	1	2	7	0	.714
Zaviel Young	1	5	1	21		11	76	6	2	0	8	0	1.000
Luis Vallejo	1	1	5	13		12	84	3	7	0	10	0	1.000
Chris Pitre		1	1	4		13	83	10	5	2	17	1	.882
Andrew Cohen		1		3		4	12	0	2	0	2	0	1.000

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - First Base

Mark Rubin

Mark wins his first gold glove in league play, complementing the four he won during the pickup days. He had an errorless season at first base, making 62 putouts in 70 innings, a rate higher than any other contender.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Ben Lee	2	4		22		16	99	65	1	1	67	0	.985
Mark Rubin	3		2	17		10	70	62	0	0	62	0	1.000
Fausto Molina	1	2	2	13		13	81	57	0	2	59	0	.966
George Ramirez	1	1	1	9		6	41	29	0	0	29	0	1.000
Admir Deljanin	1			5		3	19	14	1	0	15	0	1.000
Melvin Panameno			1	1		3	20	15	0	0	15	0	1.000
Ruben Molina Jr.			1	1		1	8	5	0	0	5	0	1.000

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Second Base

Chris Coleman

CC wins his first gold glove in league play, complementing his pickup gold gloves from 2015 and 2017. He had an errorless season with 17 putouts and 14 assists in 46 innings. He is the fifth different second base recipient in as many years of league play.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Chris Coleman	7		1	36		9	46	17	14	0	31	3	1.000
Firsy Molina		4		12		9	67	17	17	3	37	2	.919
Johnathan Cooper	1			5		2	3	1	1	0	2	1	1.000
Steve Quito		1	1	4		3	10	3	1	1	5	0	.800
Briant De La Rosa		1		3		1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000
Ruben Molina Sr.			3	3		7	31	8	4	1	13	1	.923
Christos Plakas		1		3		4	25	5	2	1	8	1	.875
Melvin Panameno		1		3		3	15	5	1	1	7	1	.857
Sam Choi			1	1		3	19	7	2	1	10	0	.900
Joshua Williams			1	1		8	21	5	0	1	6	0	.833

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Third Base

Benny Suh

Benny takes home his third gold glove at third base, and his second in a row. In a difficult year for all third basemen, Benny led the league with 64 innings while making 11 assists and 6 putouts.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Admir Deljanin	6	1		33		9	58	7	11	5	23	1	.783
Benny Suh		3	3	12		9	64	6	11	6	23	0	.739
Emmet Ashton	1			5		5	29	4	5	1	10	1	.900
Sam Choi	1			5		8	44	6	9	2	17	0	.882
Adoniz Vallejo		1	1	4		7	41	13	8	3	24	0	.875
Bacilio Bencosme		1	1	4		7	42	10	9	4	23	0	.826
Melvin Panameno		1		3		3	19	2	0	1	3	0	.667
Mariano Diaz Jimenez		1		3		1	4	1	1	1	3	0	.667
Berto Gutierrez			1	1		3	12	1	5	2	8	0	.750
Taeho Kim			1	1		6	24	1	6	4	11	1	.636

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Shortstop

Alec Smalley

Alec wins his third consecutive gold glove at shortstop, committing just one error in 75 innings while amassing 13 putouts, 25 assists, and turning 2 double plays.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Alec Smalley	4		2	22		12	75	13	25	1	39	2	.974
Daniel Molina	1	4		17		7	33	5	11	1	17	1	.941
Chris Tejada	1	2	2	13		6	26	2	10	1	13	0	.923
Mikey Rodriguez	1		2	7		9	39	4	10	5	19	1	.737
Thomas Rizzotto	1			5		6	32	8	12	0	20	0	1.000
Steve Quito		1	1	4		10	70	13	27	2	42	1	.952
Briant De La Rosa		1	1	4		14	92	18	31	8	57	0	.860

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Outfielders

Jacob Molina

Jacob takes home his 5th consecutive gold glove in the outfield and 10th overall including pickup play. This year he held down center field for the Pirates, making 20 putouts and one assist without committing an error.

Jeremy Molina

Jeremy takes home his second straight gold glove, this time hopping among all three positions for the Red Sox. He racked up 45 innings in left, 11 in center, and 30 in right, making a total of 16 putouts and 3 assists without committing an error.

Patrick Luk

Pat breaks through the very competitive class of outfielders to win his first gold glove. He played 72 innings in left field for the Diamondbacks and another 16 in center field, racking up 19 putouts and 2 assists without committing an error.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Daniel Molina	3		2			21		5	22	5	0	0	5	0	1.000
George Ramirez	1	2	1			16		6	45	6	2	0	8	0	1.000
Jeremy Molina	1	1	1	1		14		16	86	16	3	0	19	0	1.000
Zeuxi De La Cruz	1	2				13		15	103	21	7	2	30	0	.933
Matthew Bui	1	1		2		13		14	78	14	1	2	17	0	.882
Jacob Molina	1		1			8		12	81	20	1	0	21	0	1.000
Jordan Molina		1		1	1	7		10	68	21	0	0	21	0	1.000
Justin Ramos			2			6		9	64	15	2	0	17	0	1.000
Thomas Rizzotto		1			1	5		6	38	10	0	0	10	0	1.000
Stan Choi				1	1	3		15	85	12	0	1	13	0	.923
Dario Rosario				1	1	3		5	36	12	0	0	12	0	1.000
Juan Carlos			1			3		9	39	11	2	1	14	0	.929
Patrick Luk					2	2		14	88	19	2	0	21	0	1.000
Tony Lee				1		2		21	95	18	3	3	24	0	.875
Danny Diaz					1	1		5	31	2	0	1	3	0	.667

 

Utility Man of the Year / The José Oquendo Award for Defensive Versatility

Thomas Rizzotto

Thomas wins his third utility man award. While recovering from a shoulder injury, he spent significant time at second base, shortstop, left field and center field, committing only one error in his few innings as pitcher.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		ALL	G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Thomas Rizzotto	2	2		16		ALL	14	95	27	17	1	45	1	.978
Sam Choi	1	2	2	13		ALL	15	108	22	19	5	46	0	.891
Daniel Molina	1	2		11		ALL	11	88	12	20	1	33	1	.970
Chris Tejada	2			10		ALL	13	96	9	23	2	34	0	.941
Melvin Panameno	1			5		ALL	7	54	22	1	2	25	1	.920
Mikey Rodriguez	1			5		ALL	12	90	5	13	6	24	1	.750
Tony Liu		1	1	4		ALL	8	58	12	6	5	23	1	.783
Zaviel Young		1		3		ALL	15	115	9	6	1	16	0	.938
Emmet Ashton			2	2		ALL	14	86	32	14	3	49	2	.939
Danny Diaz			1	1		ALL	10	55	5	0	3	8	0	.625
Admir Deljanin			1	1		ALL	11	80	21	13	5	39	1	.872

 

Most Improved/Comeback Player of the Year

Matthew Bui

Matt joins Yankee teammates Mikey and Admir as the last three winners of this prestigious award. Already a top performer, Matt upped his game to an elite level this year, increasing his batting average from .360 to .553, and his OPS from 1.029 to 1.361.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
Matthew Bui	5		1	26		12	58	47	21	26	6	1	0	15	9	2	.553	.638	.723	1.361	.619
(prior year)						15	71	50	24	18	2	2	0	3	16	6	.360	.549	.480	1.029	.484
Johnathan Cooper	2	1	1	14		9	39	34	5	11	2	0	0	7	4	8	.324	.410	.382	.793	.388
(prior year)						15	56	39	9	6	2	0	0	10	14	22	.154	.411	.205	.616	.345
Mikey Rodriguez	1	2		11		12	50	41	14	16	1	0	0	10	7	6	.390	.480	.415	.895	.429
(prior year)						14	54	39	10	7	1	0	1	5	12	12	.179	.407	.282	.689	.361
George Ramirez		2	2	8		12	55	46	15	23	4	0	0	10	9	3	.500	.582	.587	1.169	.519
(prior year)						11	48	41	16	13	0	0	0	9	5	6	.317	.375	.317	.692	.357
Dario Rosario	1			5		5	20	14	5	6	0	0	0	6	6	3	.429	.600	.429	1.029	.486
(prior year)						9	35	27	8	9	1	1	0	7	7	5	.333	.486	.444	.930	.452
Stan Choi		1		3		17	52	45	8	11	0	0	0	3	4	21	.244	.333	.244	.578	.292
(prior year)						13	49	37	8	7	1	0	0	7	8	12	.189	.367	.216	.584	.299
Berto Gutierrez		1		3		15	58	46	8	18	4	0	0	12	9	10	.391	.500	.478	.978	.456
(prior year)						17	68	61	14	28	3	0	0	15	6	6	.459	.515	.508	1.023	.487
Taeho Kim		1		3		12	44	41	9	17	1	0	0	5	2	2	.415	.432	.439	.871	.409
(prior year)						12	43	35	1	9	0	0	0	4	8	3	.257	.395	.257	.652	.387
Juan Carlos			1	1		8	27	22	2	6	1	0	0	1	4	7	.273	.407	.318	.726	.347
(prior year)						9	27	18	4	4	0	0	0	3	6	7	.222	.481	.222	.704	.445
Geronimo Sanchez			1	1		8	26	24	4	11	2	0	0	8	1	5	.458	.500	.542	1.042	.534
(prior year)
Chris Tejada			1	1		13	57	47	10	16	4	1	0	18	5	9	.340	.404	.468	.872	.458
(prior year)						15	56	50	9	17	3	0	0	13	5	8	.340	.393	.400	.793	.405
Max Melo			1	1		10	29	26	3	11	1	0	0	4	1	7	.423	.483	.462	.944	.461
(prior year)						12	45	38	7	11	2	1	0	8	5	7	.289	.400	.395	.795	.424

 

Rookie of the Year

Danny Diaz

Danny beats out Yankee teammate Mariano for this year’s best newcomer. Danny batted .308 while compiling an OPS+ of 108 in his rookie campaign. He also led rookies with 12 runs, 8 RBIs, and 9 walks.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
Mariano Diaz Jimenez	5	4		37		7	32	24	7	9	1	2	0	5	8	5	.375	.531	.583	1.115	.485
Danny Diaz	4	4		32		11	44	26	12	8	1	0	0	8	9	10	.308	.581	.346	.928	.455
Chris Pitre			7	7		14	45	42	5	11	1	0	0	6	2	11	.262	.311	.286	.597	.317
Tony Molina			1	1		14	39	35	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	13	.114	.205	.114	.319	.213