It was so, so tempting to name the late Jose Fernandez as the Miami Marlins 2016 Player of the Year. Statistically, the argument would be an easy one to make.Fernandez went 16-8 with a 2.86 ERA and 1.119 WHIP. Still at just age 23, the righty allowed just 149 hits in 182.1 innings over 29 starts with … Continue reading Marlins 2016 POY: Christian Yelich
Braves 2016 POY: Freddie Freeman
The Atlanta Braves may have finished in last place in the National League East Division in 2016, but in September they were one of baseball’s hottest teams.On August 28, the Braves were sitting with a 48-83 record. That 35 games below the .500 mark left them with the worst record in baseball. In the National … Continue reading Braves 2016 POY: Freddie Freeman
Cubs 2016 POY: Kris Bryant
In 2016, the Chicago Cubs finally shed the ‘Curse of the Billy Goat’, winning the World Series for the first time since the 1908 season.The team also had a number of individual players take home various pieces of hardware, ranging from the National League Most Valuable Player to multiple Gold Glove Award winners.In the regular … Continue reading Cubs 2016 POY: Kris Bryant
Reds 2016 POY: Joey Votto
For the Cincinnati Reds organization and their fans, the 2016 season was a third straight losing campaign of frustration.The Reds were a playoff club in three of the four years between 2010 and 2013. The team twice won the NL Central crown, in both 2010 and 2012. They were never able to advance past the NLDS, … Continue reading Reds 2016 POY: Joey Votto
Brewers 2016 POY: Ryan Braun
It was a fifth consecutive year out of contention for the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2016 season. The club and its fans suffered through a second straight losing campaign.It was also the second year in a row in which they finished more than 30 games back of the division leaders. The fourth place finish marked a seventh time in … Continue reading Brewers 2016 POY: Ryan Braun
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