Coming off the worst season in franchise history, the Baltimore Orioles hire Mike Elias as General Manager, replacing the recently fired Dan Duquette.
2017 – Jose Altuve is a near-unanimous choice for AL Most Valuable Player after winning the batting title (.346 average) and leading the Astros to their first American League pennant. Altuve is the second Astro to become an MVP after Jeff Bagwell won the award in 1994 as a National Leaguer.
2017 – Giancarlo Stanton wins the 2017 National League Most Valuable Player Award over Joey Votto in a very close vote, 302 points to 300, with both players receiving 10 of 30 first-place votes. The result in the American League is not as disputed, as José Altuve easily outpolls Aaron Judge. It is the first time winning the award for both players.
2016 – Winners of the Cy Young Awards are announced today. Max Scherzer of Washington becomes the 6th pitcher to win the award in both leagues when he prevails in the vote in the National League after going 20-7 during the season. In the American League, Boston’s Rick Porcello, who went 22-4, is the winner over Justin Verlander of the Tigers in a very close race.
Max Scherzer is named the recipient of the National League’s Cy Young Award, making the 32 year-old, who also won the award in American League award in 2013 with the Tigers, the sixth hurler in baseball history to cop the honor in both circuits. The Washington right-hander led the NL with 20 wins, compiling a major league-leading 284 strikeouts during his 228.1 innings of work for the first-place Nationals.
Two of the most highly-touted prospects in recent years win the Rookie of the Year Award in their respective leagues. 3B Kris Bryant of the Cubs is a unanimous winner in the National League, while SS Carlos Correa of the Astros wins it in a close race in the American League.
The Rangers trade OF Leonys Martin and P Anthony Bass to the Mariners in return for P Tom Wilhelmsen, OF James Jones and a player to be named later.
2014 – The Braves trade 2B Tommy La Stella to the Cubs in return for P Arodys Vizcaino. The two teams also exchange international signing bonus slots, giving the Braves more room to be active on that market.
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.
The Athletics trade P Tyson Ross and A.J. Kirby-Jones to the Padres in return for IF Andy Parrino and P Andrew Werner.
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