Over at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s (imaginary) headquarters, we call this “Awards Week.”
Yet this specific week, here in 2018, feels bigger. Maybe we should call this one “Anarchy Week.”
And remember it fondly for the ages.
Barring a stunning development, the Mets’ Jacob deGrom will win the NL Cy Young award Wednesday evening, the announcement airing live on the MLB Network, and he’ll make history in the process. The right-hander’s 10-9 record will give him the fewest wins by a starting pitcher who has captured this honor.
Combined with Shohei Ohtani claiming some history of his own Monday night, when he earned the AL Rookie of the Year trophy over the Yankees’ Miguel Andujar, deGrom’s expected coronation will create quite the different look for these long-cherished decorations.