{"id":12186,"date":"2016-11-14T09:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12186"},"modified":"2016-12-06T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T14:46:49","slug":"my-2016-end-of-season-awards-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalsarmrace.com\/?p=12186","title":{"rendered":"My 2016 End-of-Season Awards Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scherzer may have the best shot of our 4 “finalists” for awards this week. Photo via washtimes.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Quick break from Nats off-season stuff to talk about the “silly season” of baseball. \u00a0Its awards week, with all the major BBWAA awards to be given out this week.<\/p>\n

Here’s my predictions for how the awards will go. \u00a0This is not necessarily how I believe the awards should go … once again, I think narrative wins out over\u00a0Mike Trout<\/strong>‘s 10+ WAR season, and we may see an east coast bias in the AL rookie award. \u00a0But lets see how it goes.<\/p>\n

Here’s the list of finalists<\/a>, published last week.<\/p>\n

The writers have to submit their ballots at the end of the season; I finished this post in early October but waited until the awards season to arrive to publish it. \u00a0Thus, it contains no inclusion of any post-season accolades or accomplishments since the votes were already in before the playoffs started.<\/p>\n

How do I think the voting will go?<\/p>\n