The 2023 Major League Baseball season is over with the Texas Rangers taking home the World Series Trophy. And now that the season is over, The Baseball Writers of America and the MLB have handed out the post season awards including Gold Glove, Silver Slugger, Cy Young, Manager and Rookie of the Year Awards.
This year a number of players have earned awards for the first time; and a number of them received unanimous votes in the process.
The winners of the Most Valuable Player Awards this year were for the first time in the award’s history, both winners were selected by unanimous votes.
For the second time in three years, MLB’s only two way player Shohei Ohtani brings home the MVP Award in the American League.
In the National League Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr achieved a feat never before seen in baseball – 41 home runs and 73 stolen bases! Acuna was unanimously voted as the MVP for the National League.
The 2023 Cy Young Award winners went to a first time winner with Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees in a unanimous vote after coming in second place over the past two years.
Joining Roger Clemens, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Gaylord Perry, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer; Blake Snell now has a Cy Young Award in both leagues. He has earned one with the Tampa Bay Rays and has earned a Cy Young with the San Diego Padres.
While the 2023 Managers of the Year did not make it to the World Series, both managers turned their teams around. Miami Marlin’s manager Skip Schumaker helped lead the Marlins to their first winning season since 2009 and a trip to the playoffs to win the National League Manager of the Year Award. In the American League, Brandon Hyde not only helped to lead his Baltimore Orioles to its first winning season since 2016, the Orioles went on to make it in the playoffs in the American League.
The 2023 Rookie of the Year winners both earned unanimous votes to achieve the honour – Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles and Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The 2023 Silver Slugger winners recognizes the leading batters in MLB. The Atlanta Braves leads the way with three winners; the Orioles and Rangers also garnered multiple Silver Slugger winners. The list also includes seven first time winners including a rookie.
And the winners are:
Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Diaz
Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson
Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien
Miami Marlins second baseman Luis Arraez
Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager
New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor
Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers
Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley
Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert
Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez
Houston Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker
Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronal Acuna Jr
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts
San Diego Padres outfielder Juan Soto
Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman
Milwaukee Brewers catcher William Contreras
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani
Philadelphia Phillies designated hitter Bryce Harper
Baltimore Orioles utility player Gunnar Henderson
Chicago Cubs utility player Cody Bellinger
The American League Silver Slugger Offensive Team of the Year is the Texas Rangers
The National League Silver Slugger Offensive Team of the Year is the Atlanta Braves
The Golden Gloves honour the players who have demonstrated outstanding defensive play for the season.
The 2023 Golden Glove winners…
American League:
Texas Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe
Cleveland Guardians second baseman Andres Gimenez
Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman
New York Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe
Texas Rangers catcher Jonah Heim
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Jose Berrios
Cleveland Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan
Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier
Texas Rangers right fielder Adolis Garcia
Houston Astros utility player Mauricio Dubon
National League:
Arizone Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker
Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner
Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson
Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Gabriel Moreno
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler
Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ
Colorado Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle
San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr
San Diego Padres utility player Ha-Seong Kim