Craig Kimbrel and Kenley Jansen take home reliever of the year honors:
Craig Kimbrel of the Red Sox and Kenley Jansen of the Dodgers threw “immaculate innings” within a week of each other back in May, each striking out the side on nine pitches for only the 78th and 79th occurrences in Major League Baseball history.
Maybe it was a harbinger that they would be side-by-side in late October and accepting the highest honor for a relief pitcher from MLB and presenting sponsor The Hartford before Game 4 at the World Series. Kimbrel received the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award, and Jansen collected his second straight Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year Award, in a press conference on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
They were 1-2 in ERA among pitchers with at least three saves and 50 innings pitched. All three-true outcomes for both were very impressive. I would not be unhappy if Jansen won the NL Cy Young Award.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2yZbGMG
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