As anticipated, Shohei Ohtani gained the NL MVP in the present day. Maybe what wasn’t anticipated was the place Jackson Merrill completed within the race in comparison with Paul Skenes after Skenes gained the Rookie of the 12 months earlier within the week.
Why didn’t Merrill win the Rookie of the 12 months if he completed ten spots greater within the MVP race over Skenes?
Nicely, these are two completely different awards.
It seems most voters determined their Rookie of the 12 months was going to be who had essentially the most dominant/historic season and Skenes had the sting there. My guess is his sub-2 ERA is one thing that stood out greater than anybody Merrill stat.
The MVP although actually has beneficial within the identify and it’s inconceivable to make the case Skenes was extra beneficial than Merrill when Skenes appeared in simply 23 video games for a shedding workforce whereas Merrill performed 156 video games on a postseason workforce because the beginning heart fielder.
Plus, primarily all the MVP voters weren’t Rookie of the 12 months voters (only one author had votes in each classes). Who is aware of if Skenes would’ve gained this week if the MVP voters had been the Rookie of the 12 months voters.
Though Merrill didn’t win an award this week, it’s cool to see him get acknowledged for the way beneficial he was to the Padres this previous season. There’s little question San Diego wouldn’t have been as profitable with out the 21-year-old.
Jurickson Profar, Manny Machado, Luis Arraez and Dylan Stop additionally obtained top-10 MVP votes.
