IBWAA Votes Donaldson and Harper MVPs; Rizzo, Arrieta, Bryant all in Top 10

For the first time in the last three days, no Cubs were finalists for a major award. To that end, I’m not going to spend a great deal of time breaking this down other than to provide the voting results from the IBWAA’s membership. I will add, however, that the IBWAA results have correctly predicted those of BBWAA through the ROY, MOY, and Cy Young awards.

1^st Place:                  Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays – 2222 points
2^nd Place:                 Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 1820
3^rd Place:                  Lorenzo Cain, Kansas City Royals– 967

4^th Place:                  Manny Machado, Baltimore Orioles – 792

5^th Place:                  Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers – 663

6^th Place:                  Jose Batista, Toronto Blue Jays – 467

7^th Place:                  Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers – 348

8^th Place:                  Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros – 333

9th Place:                 Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles – 320

10^th Place:                David Price, Toronto Blue Jays – 309

Donaldson received 124 first-place votes (69.27%) and 2222 points while being named on 179 of 180 ballots (97.22%). Others receiving first-place votes include Mike Trout (53), David Price (1) and Chris Davis (1).

 

1^st Place:                  Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals – 2461 points
2^nd Place:                 Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks – 1314
3^rd Place:                  Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds – 998

4^th Place:                  Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates – 814

5^th Place:                  Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs – 772

6^th Place:                  Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants – 595

7^th Place:                  Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies – 533

8^th Place:                  Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs – 508

9^th Place:                  Zack Greinke, Los Angeles Dodgers – 465

10^th Place:                Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs – 351

Harper received 170 first-place votes (94.44%) and 2461 points while being named on all 180 ballots. Others receiving first-place votes include Paul Goldschmidt (4), Yoenis Cespedes (2), Zack Greinke (2), Nolan Arenado (1) and Anthony Rizzo (1).

While none were named as official finalists, it was still pretty cool to see three Cubs there in the top 10. I can’t argue with the voting here, other than to question the sanity of the person who left Josh Donaldson’s name off a 10-man list. Oh well, there’s a wild card or two in every deck. Since you already know the results, there’s really no reason to turn on MLB Network at 6pm EST to find out who won.

If, however, you do choose to watch the presentation, you may want to save yourself some hassle and just flip over at about 25 and 55 minutes past the hour. As much as I enjoy listening to Carlos Pena, the rest of the drivel they pump out in the lead-up to the actual announcements is nigh unbearable.