Internet MVPs

The IBWAA voted Mookie Betts and Christian Yelich MVPs of the American and National Leagues:

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in its Most Valuable Player category Thursday, with the Boston Red Sox’ Mookie Betts winning the group’s American League award, and Christian Yelich, of the Milwaukee Brewers, being selected in the National League.

This is the tenth annual election for the IBWAA in the manager category.

Election results are as follows:

AL MVP

1st Place: Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox – 1647 points
2nd Place: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 1142
3rd Place: Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians – 840
4th Place: JD Martinez, Boston Red Sox – 786
5th Place: Alex Bregman, Houston Astros – 719
6th Place: Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians – 637
7th Place: Matt Chapman, Oakland Athletics – 498
8th Place: Kris Davis, Oakland Athletics – 214
9th Place: Blake Snell, Tampa Bay Rays – 146
10th Place: Jose Altuve, Houston Astros – 119

NL MVP

1st Place: Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers – 1529 points
2nd Place: Javier Baez, Chicago Cubs – 949
3rd Place: Jacob deGrom, New York Mets – 746
4th Place: Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves – 664
5th Place: Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies – 602
6th Place: Lorenzo Cain, Milwaukee Brewers – 549
7th Place: Matt Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals – 436
8th Place: Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks – 426
9th Place: Trevor Story, Colorado Rockies – 285
10th Place: Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals – 284

Ballot tabulations by Brian Wittig & Associates, using the Borda Method.

We know Arenado made the top three in the BBWAA vote, but the internet voters recognized the great season by deGrom.

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