When we talk about the most useful players in a team, we can debate for a long time who was the most useful to their team.
But let’s face it: in the end, the players know a lot of what they’re talking about.
When they vote, you have to pay attention to what they say. After all, they are the ones on the ground who have to face the others boys.
So it’s always interesting to hear what they have to say about the best players of 2023 at different levels.
Unsurprisingly, Ronald Acuna Jr. and Shohei Ohtani are the Most Valuable Players in every league. This is also what awaits us for the official MVP, by the way.
But between the two, the players decided that the Braves outfielder was the most valuable player for his team in 2023. Mookie Betts was also a finalist.
I wonder why. Did Shohei’s injury cause the votes to go to Ronald? Are the players no longer impressed by what he does?
Maybe also that Ronald Acuna Jr.’s season was also frankly more impressive than we think and that we never had to put them against each other because they are not in the same league.
Perhaps also missing the playoffs (Angels) and dominating the MLB (Braves) weighed in the balance for certain players.
Who knows, in the end.
Additionally, Gerrit Cole and Blake Snell are the Pitchers of the Year, Gunnar Henderson and Corbin Carroll are the top rookies, and Marcus Semien is recognized for his work on and off the field.
Cody Bellinger and Liam Hendriks, who beat cancer, won the comeback of the year titles.
- Domingo German out of 40-man roster. He is on his way out.
- Jorge Soler will be a free agent.
