Good morning, Camden Chatters.
The BBWAA awards announcements wrapped up yesterday with the AL and NL Most Valuable Players, and in no surprise, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani were the unanimous winners for their leagues. But the Orioles got some representation as well.
Gunnar Henderson finished fourth in the AL voting with 208 overall points (behind Judge’s 420, Bobby Witt Jr.’s 270, and Juan Soto’s 229). All 30 voters included him either third, fourth, or fifth on their 10-player ballot, with a few putting him ahead of Soto.
Henderson never had any realistic chance of winning MVP after the monster seasons that Judge and Witt put up, but his strong showing is just another reminder of the young Oriole shortstop’s superstar talent.