The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum announces the winners of its Legacy Awards, naming Mike Trout as its choice for the AL’s Oscar Charleston Award, recognizing the 20 year-old outfielder as league’s most valuable player. The Angels freshman is also the recipient of the Larry Doby Award, an honor given to the top rookie of each circuit.

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The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum announces the winners of its Legacy Awards, naming Mike Trout as its choice for the AL’s Oscar Charleston Award, recognizing the 20 year-old outfielder as league’s most valuable player. The Angels freshman is also the recipient of the Larry Doby Award, an honor given to the top rookie of each circuit.

The Blue Jays continue to be the talk of the off-season, signing disgraced OF Melky Cabrera to a two-year contract worth $16 million, three days after completing a 12-player trade with the Marlins.

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The Blue Jays continue to be the talk of the off-season, signing disgraced OF Melky Cabrera to a two-year contract worth $16 million, three days after completing a 12-player trade with the Marlins.

Most Valuable Player Award in the National League, is Catcher Buster Posey of the Giants is a runaway winner.

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In what is portrayed as a classic dispute between defenders of traditional statistics and supporters of sabermetrics, 3B Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers wins the 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award over Rookie of the Year OF Mike Trout of the Angels by a score of 362 to 281. Cabrera was the first winner of a Triple Crown in 45 years, but Trout finished ahead of him in more advanced measures of a player’s value. There is no such controversy in the National League, as C Buster Posey of the Giants is a runaway winner.

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selects Miguel Cabrera (.330, 44, 139) as the American League’s Most Valuable Player. The Tigers’ third baseman, the first Triple Crown winner since 1967, receives 22 out of the 28 writers’ first-place votes, easily outpointing Angels outfielder Mike Trout, the circuit’s Rookie of the Year.

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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America selects Miguel Cabrera (.330, 44, 139) as the American League’s Most Valuable Player. The Tigers’ third baseman, the first Triple Crown winner since 1967, receives 22 out of the 28 writers’ first-place votes, easily outpointing Angels outfielder Mike Trout, the circuit’s Rookie of the Year.

Buster Posey (.306, 24, 103), whose 2011 season ended with a severe injury after a horrific collision with a runner at home plate, wins the National League MVP Award. The Giant catcher is the 21st MVP also to be previously named the Rookie of the Year, an award the backstop copped in 2010.

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Buster Posey (.306, 24, 103), whose 2011 season ended with a severe injury after a horrific collision with a runner at home plate, wins the National League MVP Award. The Giant catcher is the 21st MVP also to be previously named the Rookie of the Year, an award the backstop copped in 2010.

National League, R.A. Dickey of the Mets is the first knuckleballer ever to win the Cy Young Award

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The Cy Young Awards are announced in both leagues. In the National League, R.A. Dickey of the Mets is the first knuckleballer ever so honored after finishing the year with a record of 20-6, 2.73 and 230 strikeouts. In the American League, David Price of the Rays edges last year’s winner, Justin Verlander of the Tigers, 153 to 149. Price receives 14 first-place votes after finishing the season at 20-5, 2.56 with 205 Ks, while Verlander gets 13, after a season during which he went 17-8, 2.64 with 239 strikeouts.

In one of the closest races to determine the American League Cy Young Award winner, Rays’ southpaw David Price (20-5, 2.56) outpoints last year’s recipient Tigers ace Justin Verlander (17-8, 2.64) by the slim margin of four points. The difference proves to be the one first-place vote given to the Tampa Bay left-hander’s teammate, closer Fernando Rodney.

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In one of the closest races to determine the American League Cy Young Award winner, Rays’ southpaw David Price (20-5, 2.56) outpoints last year’s recipient Tigers ace Justin Verlander (17-8, 2.64) by the slim margin of four points. The difference proves to be the one first-place vote given to the Tampa Bay left-hander’s teammate, closer Fernando Rodney.

Bob Melvin, for the second time in his career, is selected as the Manager of the Year when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America name him first on 16 of 28 ballots to narrowly outpoint Buck Showalter of the Orioles, 116-108. The Oakland skipper, the National League’s BBWAA managerial award recipient in 2007 with the Diamondbacks, guided the A’s to the American League West title before losing Game 5 in the ALCS to Detroit.

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Bob Melvin, for the second time in his career, is selected as the Manager of the Year when the Baseball Writers’ Association of America name him first on 16 of 28 ballots to narrowly outpoint Buck Showalter of the Orioles, 116-108. The Oakland skipper, the National League’s BBWAA managerial award recipient in 2007 with the Diamondbacks, guided the A’s to the American League West title before losing Game 5 in the ALCS to Detroit.

Davey Johnson, who led the Nationals to the most victories in the major leagues with a record of 98-64, is selected as the National League Manager of the Year, easily outdistancing runners-ups Dusty Baker of the Reds and Bruce Bochy of the Giants, when he receives 23 of the 32 first-place votes cast by the writers. The 69 year-old manager, honored by the BBWAA in 1997 for his managerial efforts with the Orioles, joins Bobby Cox (Blue Jays, Braves), Tony La Russa (White Sox and A’s, Cardinals), Lou Piniella (Mariners, Cubs), and Jim Leyland (Pirates, Tigers) as the fifth skipper to have won the award in both leagues.

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Davey Johnson, who led the Nationals to the most victories in the major leagues with a record of 98-64, is selected as the National League Manager of the Year, easily outdistancing runners-ups Dusty Baker of the Reds and Bruce Bochy of the Giants, when he receives 23 of the 32 first-place votes cast by the writers. The 69 year-old manager, honored by the BBWAA in 1997 for his managerial efforts with the Orioles, joins Bobby Cox (Blue Jays, Braves), Tony La Russa (White Sox and A’s, Cardinals), Lou Piniella (Mariners, Cubs), and Jim Leyland (Pirates, Tigers) as the fifth skipper to have won the award in both leagues.