2026 Awards Voting

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Ballots received: 11

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.

• Astros (13 votes, 48.8% potential bias)
• Athletics (10 votes, 31.1% potential bias)
• Dodgers (11 votes, 40.8% potential bias)
• Twins (7 votes, 33.7% potential bias)

Voters

Berto Gutierrez, Danny Diaz, Darvin Vargas, John Curto, Johnathan Cooper, Kenny Vivar, Mark Rubin, Mathew Vivar, Thomas Rizzotto, Tobias Rivera, Tony Molina

Most Valuable Player

Thomas Rizzotto

Thomas wins his first MVP and becomes just the second non-Molina to win the award since 2017. Normally known for his pitching, Thomas had a career year at the plate, leading the league in hits (31), extra-base hits (11), batting average (.544), and OPS (1.495).

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
Thomas Rizzotto	11			55		14	68	57	22	31	5	4	2	18	8	2	.544	.618	.877	1.495	.623
Daniel Molina		6	3	21		13	63	43	20	23	3	3	1	17	17	2	.535	.651	.814	1.465	.643
Chris Tejada		2		6		12	45	34	10	14	2	2	0	24	7	6	.412	.511	.588	1.099	.552
Zaviel Young			4	4		11	38	28	7	15	4	0	0	15	4	3	.536	.579	.679	1.258	.526
John Curto		1	1	4		12	49	41	12	22	2	0	0	13	8	4	.537	.612	.585	1.198	.573
Kenny Vivar		1		3		9	36	29	6	12	0	0	0	11	7	5	.414	.528	.414	.942	.542
Fausto Molina		1		3		13	53	50	17	24	0	0	0	13	0	4	.480	.491	.480	.971	.505
Juan Carlos			1	1		15	57	49	20	21	2	3	0	11	7	7	.429	.500	.592	1.092	.515
Admir Deljanin			1	1		13	56	46	11	23	1	0	0	17	8	7	.500	.589	.522	1.111	.538
Jeremy Molina			1	1		13	48	46	14	22	4	3	0	17	2	5	.478	.500	.696	1.196	.531

 

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

Chris Tejada

Chris takes home his first Cy Young Award and becomes the 8th different pitcher to win the award in as many years dating back to the pickup league. He led the league with 50 strikeouts and 45 innings pitched while going 6-1 with 3 complete games and a 3.40 era.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	GS	W	L	CG	IP	BF	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	BB/9	K/9	BAA
Berto Gutierrez	3	3	1	25		6	6	3	3	4	39.0	222	63	40	21	26	36	4.85	2.28	6.00	8.31	.350
Chris Tejada	4	1	1	24		9	7	6	1	3	45.0	224	60	24	17	18	50	3.40	1.73	3.60	10.00	.308
Daniel Molina	2	4	1	23		8	3	2	0	2	31.0	124	26	7	5	6	43	1.45	1.03	1.74	12.48	.218
Mikey Rodriguez		2	4	10		8	1	2	0	0	22.2	112	21	11	7	18	24	2.78	1.72	7.15	9.53	.236
Thomas Rizzotto	1	1		8		8	5	2	3	0	36.0	238	68	71	50	44	38	12.50	3.11	11.00	9.50	.386
Kenny Vivar	1		1	6		3	2	0	0	0	7.0	37	12	6	1	0	2	1.29	1.71	.00	2.57	.364
Geronimo Sanchez			3	3		5	5	3	1	4	37.0	194	48	38	23	18	45	5.59	1.78	4.38	10.95	.302

 

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.

Joshua Williams

Josh takes home the spirit award in a highly contested race that featured five different vote leaders at various times. Josh blessed the league with his AI humor and random trivia, while his love for fishing and the great outdoors made him a perfect fit for a team named after the Minnesota Twins.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
Tony Molina	3	1		18
Mark Rubin	3	1		18
Thomas Rizzotto	1	2	1	12
Johnathan Cooper	1	1	1	9
Fausto Molina	1		2	7
Joshua Williams	1		1	6
Steve Quito	1			5
Edison Ferreira		1	1	4
Zaviel Young		1	1	4
Benny Suh		1	1	4
Kenny Vivar		1		3
Peter Song		1		3
Ruben Molina Sr.			1	1
Daniel Molina			1	1

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Pitcher

Daniel Molina

Daniel wins his first gold glove, beating out teammate Chris Tejada for the pitching gold glove. He made 8 assists and 5 putouts in 31 innings on the mound.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Daniel Molina	4	3	1	30		8	31	5	8	0	13	0	1.000
Thomas Rizzotto	2	3		19		8	40	0	4	1	5	0	.800
Chris Tejada	3	1	1	19		9	46	3	8	0	11	0	1.000
Berto Gutierrez		2	3	9		6	39	2	4	0	6	0	1.000
Giancarlo Rios	1		1	6		11	46	3	5	0	8	0	1.000
Kenny Vivar	1		1	6		3	7	1	2	0	3	0	1.000
Ruben Molina Sr.		1	1	4		8	34	2	5	0	7	0	1.000
Geronimo Sanchez		1	1	4		5	37	3	6	0	9	0	1.000
Alec Smalley			1	1		3	7	0	3	0	3	0	1.000
Johnathan Cooper			1	1		2	4	1	0	0	1	0	1.000

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Catcher

Peter Song

Pete wins his first gold glove behind the plate, handling a trio of hard throwers in Zaviel, Geronimo and Stan. In 69 innings, he led the league with 8 outs recorded (5 putouts and 3 assists) while committing no errors.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Johnathan Cooper	6	1		33		13	85	5	1	1	7	0	.857
Zaviel Young	3	1	4	22		6	35	3	1	0	4	0	1.000
Peter Song	2	2	2	18		11	69	5	3	0	8	0	1.000
Fausto Molina		5		15		7	38	1	1	0	2	0	1.000
Luis Vallejo		1	3	6		13	95	0	3	3	6	0	.500
Kenny Vivar		1		3		3	5	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Pitre			2	2		6	27	1	0	0	1	0	1.000

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - First Base

Admir Deljanin

Admir wins his first gold glove at first base, anchoring a very talented Astros defense. He led the league with 82 putouts and 3 assists while making no errors.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Admir Deljanin	6	1	2	35		13	94	82	3	0	85	0	1.000
Ben Lee	1	7	1	27		15	90	61	2	0	63	0	1.000
Mark Rubin	2	3	4	23		13	95	63	1	4	68	0	.941
Fausto Molina	2			10		6	24	18	1	0	19	0	1.000
Rick Garcia			4	4		9	62	50	0	1	51	0	.980

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Second Base

Chris Coleman

CC wins his second consecutive gold glove at second base. He had another errorless season with 12 putouts and 9 assists in 42 innings. This amazing feat was done in both seasons without needing to practice.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Chris Coleman	6	1		33		12	42	12	9	0	21	0	1.000
Briant De La Rosa	3	2	2	23		3	24	8	3	0	11	3	1.000
Joshua Williams		3	2	11		15	56	12	9	2	23	2	.913
Ruben Molina Sr.		2	1	7		7	25	6	6	0	12	3	1.000
Mathew Vivar	1		1	6		11	68	17	8	7	32	1	.781
Tony Molina	1			5		3	6	4	0	0	4	0	1.000
Mikey Rodriguez		1	1	4		3	25	7	7	2	16	2	.875
Chris Pitre		1		3		5	24	5	3	1	9	0	.889
Alden Ford		1		3		5	17	0	2	1	3	0	.667
John Curto			2	2		3	12	4	1	1	6	0	.833
Christos Plakas			1	1		5	29	7	6	2	15	0	.867
Gideon Teitel			1	1		9	40	6	3	1	10	1	.900

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Third Base

Alec Smalley

Alec becomes the first player to win gold gloves at two distinct positions (not including utility) in the same year. Splitting time between short and third, he had an errorless season with 9 assists and 5 putouts in 41 innings in his first year playing regularly at the hot corner.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Darvin Vargas	6	1	3	36		9	56	4	14	2	20	0	.900
Alec Smalley	5	3		34		7	41	5	9	0	14	0	1.000
Benny Suh		4	2	14		5	32	6	9	0	15	1	1.000
Chris Coleman		1	1	4		3	25	7	9	0	16	1	1.000
Sam Choi		1		3		7	30	4	6	3	13	0	.769
Felix Nunez		1		3		5	28	8	4	1	13	1	.923
Chris Tejada			2	2		5	27	5	4	0	9	0	1.000
Max Melo			2	2		8	36	15	11	4	30	0	.867
Berto Gutierrez			1	1		2	11	2	1	0	3	0	1.000

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Shortstop

Alec Smalley

Alec wins his fourth consecutive gold glove at shortstop and becomes the first infielder to accumulate four gold gloves. He led the league with 20 assists while making 6 putouts and no errors.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Alec Smalley	8	1		43		8	50	6	20	0	26	0	1.000
Benny Suh	1	4	2	19		9	63	15	15	3	33	0	.909
Briant De La Rosa		4	6	18		9	58	8	16	3	27	1	.889
John Curto	1	1		8		12	69	10	17	9	36	0	.750
Thomas Rizzotto	1		1	6		6	29	6	8	6	20	0	.700
Darvin Vargas		1		3		3	13	1	6	1	8	0	.875
Mikey Rodriguez			1	1		8	40	7	8	4	19	1	.789
Adoniz Vallejo			1	1		6	36	10	8	4	22	2	.818

 

Rawlings Gold Glove - Outfielders

Daniel Molina

Daniel also wins a double gold glove. Due to an overly talented Astros infield, he spent most of his time patrolling center field when he wasn’t pitching. He made 31 putouts and a league-leading 3 outfield assists while committing only 1 error in 64 innings.

Justin Ramos

Justin wins his third gold glove in the outfield, this year splitting time between center and left. He led the league with 103 total innings and made 23 putouts with 1 assist while committing no errors.

Patrick Luk

Pat wins his second consecutive gold glove in the outfield. This year he exclusively patrolled left field for the A’s, where he led all left fielders with 94 innings played and 31 putouts while committing no errors.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Pts		G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Daniel Molina	2	2	2	1		26		10	64	31	3	1	35	0	.971
Justin Ramos	3	1	1	1	1	25		19	103	23	1	0	24	0	1.000
Patrick Luk		5	1		1	24		12	94	31	0	0	31	0	1.000
Tobias Rivera	2		1	4	1	22		14	92	33	0	2	35	0	.943
Thomas Rizzotto	1	1	1	1	2	16		8	30	16	2	0	18	0	1.000
George Ramirez	1		1	2		12		11	53	15	1	0	16	0	1.000
Edison Ferreira		1	1	1	1	10		9	60	9	0	1	10	0	.900
Kenny Vivar		1	1	1	1	10		8	40	10	1	0	11	0	1.000
Daniel Simon	1					5		13	58	5	0	1	6	0	.833
Alden Ford	1					5		9	40	1	1	0	2	0	1.000
Darvin Vargas			1			3		1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Bui			1			3		12	68	8	0	2	10	0	.800
Juan Carlos					2	2		15	78	11	1	3	15	0	.800
Jeremy Molina					1	1		12	69	23	2	3	28	0	.893
Felix Nunez					1	1		7	39	9	0	0	9	0	1.000

 

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

Thomas Rizzotto

Thomas wins his third consecutive utility man award and his fourth overall. This year he split time nearly equally among shortstop, center field, and pitcher, while playing 12 innings at third base.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		ALL	G	INN	PO	A	E	OPPS	DPT	FPCT
Thomas Rizzotto	5	1	1	29		ALL	14	112	25	16	9	50	0	.820
Giancarlo Rios	1	2	1	12		ALL	14	112	12	19	4	35	0	.886
Darvin Vargas	1	2		11		ALL	13	100	7	27	4	38	0	.895
Zaviel Young	1	1		8		ALL	11	74	3	2	4	9	0	.556
Adoniz Vallejo	1		1	6		ALL	13	98	24	14	8	46	2	.826
Alec Smalley	1			5		ALL	13	98	11	32	0	43	0	1.000
Johnathan Cooper	1			5		ALL	13	98	9	5	3	17	0	.824
Mikey Rodriguez		1	1	4		ALL	11	89	18	15	6	39	3	.846
Benny Suh		1	1	4		ALL	14	110	22	25	3	50	1	.940
Sam Choi		1	1	4		ALL	12	97	14	18	6	38	3	.842
Edison Ferreira		1		3		ALL	7	60	9	0	1	10	0	.900
Felix Nunez		1		3		ALL	11	80	18	6	3	27	1	.889
Max Eckhardt			2	2		ALL	15	89	21	6	3	30	1	.900
Juan Carlos			1	1		ALL	15	110	14	11	7	32	1	.781
Daniel Molina			1	1		ALL	13	105	42	15	1	58	2	.983
Tobias Rivera			1	1		ALL	14	101	35	0	2	37	0	.946

 

Most Improved/Comeback Player of the Year

Juan Carlos

JC wins his first award in the league by having the best offensive year of his career. He improved on his 2025 season by raising his average from .273 to .429, his slugging from .318 to .592, and his OPS from .726 to 1.092, while also stealing 9 bases.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
Juan Carlos	4	2		26		15	57	49	20	21	2	3	0	11	7	7	.429	.500	.592	1.092	.515
(prior year)						8	27	22	2	6	1	0	0	1	4	7	.273	.407	.318	.726	.347
Thomas Rizzotto	3	1	1	19		14	68	57	22	31	5	4	2	18	8	2	.544	.618	.877	1.495	.623
(prior year)						14	59	39	18	15	2	1	0	6	14	7	.385	.593	.487	1.080	.545
Admir Deljanin		4	1	13		13	56	46	11	23	1	0	0	17	8	7	.500	.589	.522	1.111	.538
(prior year)						11	45	40	6	13	2	0	0	8	4	6	.325	.386	.375	.761	.400
Edison Ferreira	2		2	12		7	33	25	4	6	3	0	0	9	2	11	.240	.424	.360	.784	.402
(prior year)						10	25	21	4	4	1	0	0	5	2	14	.190	.320	.238	.558	.275
Berto Gutierrez	1			5		7	31	21	8	4	0	0	0	4	9	6	.190	.452	.190	.642	.349
(prior year)						15	58	46	8	18	4	0	0	12	9	10	.391	.500	.478	.978	.456
Tony Molina	1			5		12	43	39	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	17	.128	.190	.128	.319	.220
(prior year)						14	39	35	2	4	0	0	0	1	4	13	.114	.205	.114	.319	.213
Peter Song		1	1	4		13	41	35	5	10	0	0	0	0	6	6	.286	.390	.286	.676	.370
(prior year)						1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Chris Tejada		1	1	4		12	45	34	10	14	2	2	0	24	7	6	.412	.511	.588	1.099	.552
(prior year)						13	57	47	10	16	4	1	0	18	5	9	.340	.404	.468	.872	.458
Briant De La Rosa		1		3		11	48	28	22	13	1	0	0	6	18	2	.464	.688	.500	1.188	.571
(prior year)						14	51	38	14	16	0	2	0	4	9	1	.421	.569	.526	1.095	.566
Joshua Williams		1		3		16	54	46	6	9	1	0	0	5	4	20	.196	.315	.217	.532	.282
(prior year)						17	50	46	3	8	0	0	0	2	3	15	.174	.240	.174	.414	.239
Zaviel Young			2	2		11	38	28	7	15	4	0	0	15	4	3	.536	.579	.679	1.258	.526
(prior year)						16	59	47	10	19	2	0	0	10	8	6	.404	.458	.447	.904	.415
Jeremy Molina			1	1		13	48	46	14	22	4	3	0	17	2	5	.478	.500	.696	1.196	.531
(prior year)						14	51	42	6	16	5	2	0	13	6	7	.381	.451	.595	1.046	.441
Luis Vallejo			1	1		13	53	35	6	9	0	0	0	5	14	6	.257	.472	.257	.729	.371
(prior year)						13	48	43	4	10	2	0	0	14	5	6	.233	.313	.279	.592	.315
Danny Diaz			1	1		10	40	27	6	5	1	0	0	7	8	6	.185	.450	.222	.672	.405
(prior year)						11	44	26	12	8	1	0	0	8	9	10	.308	.581	.346	.928	.455

 

Rookie of the Year

John Curto

John takes home the top rookie spot among a very talented rookie class. He led all rookies in batting average (.537), OBP (.612), OPS (1.198), and wOBA (.573) while holding down shortstop for the Dodgers.

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
John Curto	8	1		43		12	49	41	12	22	2	0	0	13	8	4	.537	.612	.585	1.198	.573
Darvin Vargas	1	2	2	13		14	63	42	21	16	2	1	0	11	15	8	.381	.587	.476	1.063	.522
Tobias Rivera	1	2	1	12		14	63	46	13	16	4	2	0	18	12	11	.348	.492	.522	1.014	.459
Rick Garcia		3	1	10		13	60	53	11	26	3	1	0	16	4	2	.491	.533	.585	1.118	.568
Felix Nunez		2	3	9		11	50	39	16	19	1	1	0	15	8	8	.487	.600	.564	1.164	.522
Kenny Vivar		1	3	6		9	36	29	6	12	0	0	0	11	7	5	.414	.528	.414	.942	.542
Alden Ford	1			5		12	47	46	5	10	1	0	0	4	1	17	.217	.234	.239	.473	.214
Max Eckhardt			1	1		15	63	58	10	15	2	0	0	11	5	6	.259	.317	.293	.611	.384