The Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award and the Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year Award presented by The Hartford will be presented on Oct. 28, before Game 2 of the 111th World Series.
While there are no official "nominees" for these awards, likely candidates could include Allen, along with Wade Davis of the Royals, Andrew Miller of the Yankees, Zach Britton of the Orioles in the AL, and Mark Melancon of the Pirates, Jeurys Familia of the Mets, Aroldis Chapman of the Reds and Trevor Rosenthal of the Cardinals in the NL.