THE APEX TIMES
The BBWAA’s 2026 finalists were announced Monday night, with the Relief Pitcher of the Year Awards debuting this season.
Baseball’s end-of-season awards picture got a clear first look on Monday night, when MLB announced the 2026 BBWAA finalists for the major player awards plus the Manager of the Year categories.
The Relief Pitcher of the Year Awards are new for 2026, and the finalists span both leagues across three reliever roles: NL Reliever of the Year includes Jhoan Duran, Trevor Megill and Mason Miller, while AL Reliever of the Year features Bryan Baker, Cade Smith and Louis Varland.
For MVP, the National League finalists are Pete Crow-Armstrong, Shohei Ohtani and Brice Turang, and the American League finalists are Yordan Alvarez, Junior Caminero and Bobby Witt Jr.
Rookie of the Year finalists were also set for both leagues. In the NL, the finalists are Carson Benge, Sal Stewart and JJ Wetherholt. In the AL, the finalists are Kevin McGonigle, Parker Messick and Payton Tolle.
The Cy Young finalists list includes multiple high-profile names as well. In the NL, it is Jacob Misiorowski, Chris Sale and Cristopher Sánchez. In the AL, it is Dylan Cease, Parker Messick and Cam Schlittler.
Managers of the Year finalists were announced at the same time, with Don Mattingly, Pat Murphy and Walt Weiss representing the NL, and Kevin Cash, Chad Tracy and Will Venable representing the AL.