GM of the Year
Davey (NoVa):
This sonofagun is living the dream and it’s everyone else’s nightmare. Someone tell Houston to stop trading him pitchers. – Cheese
I like Davey. I don’t know why. I should probably hate his guts for injuring Bortenschlager, but oddly I don’t really. Maybe I’m a masochist. – Chros
Completely dominant, this will be remembered for some time – Grogg
GM’s sat on their asses and and decided to spend on potential future assets, 80% of which likely wont see the majors while Davey went and swooped up a winning team. He played you like a panflute. – JJ
Amazing that he did this on the backs of many former Houston pitchers. – Tyler
Buck (Portland):
Davey can suck it. – Davey
Gold Ball
Chris Holland (NoVa):
Had the best overall pitching season, even if he did get rocked a few times in the cup. Even with that he still had the best FIP of any PL pitcher to go with his sub 3 ERA and 14 total wins. – Cheese
1st in FIP and WAR, 2nd in ERA and most importantly WINS – Chros
Jose “Flinch” Sipe was taken one spot ahead of Holland in the 2031 draft. Only 17 months later he was placed on waivers and claimed by Montana. Three months after that he was released. He’s been a pretty good reliever for Las Vegas the past two seasons. – Davey
Gary Ashley (New Orleans):
Among 3 good candidates his xFIP was lowest and K rate was highest – Grogg
This one is pretty difficult as there are a lot of different guys near the top. – Tyler
Eddie Kop (NoVa):
Part of Davey’s unquestioned genius and part of why he is a much better GM than everyone here is because he brought in Kop to Anchor his rotation and make everyone in the PL look like fools. – JJ
Gold Bat
Johan Kroening (Vancouver):
Led the league in HR, OPS, slugging, ISO, wRC, and wOBA. He also struck out 112 times. What a guy. – Cheese
Toss up with Dotson but Kroening led the league in more categories – Chros
It was close between Goodwill and Kroening, but I felt that Goodwill might be the best overall player, but Kroening is a better batter. Plus he hits more dongs, and this is not about defense..just dongs. – JJ
Dude hit over .300 and led the league in HRs. – Tyler
Billy Dotson (Portland):
Jack “Dogface” Friedlander was taken one spot ahead of Dotson in the 2028 draft. After three starts in his first season in A-ball he blew out his elbow and missed the next 10 months. He had a couple of good seasons in AA after coming back, but only pitched in 85 AAA innings before retiring only 5 seasons after being drafted. So it goes. – Davey
1st WPA, 2nd WAR, top 3 in everything – Grogg
Newcomer of the Year
Arnie Harper (Vancouver):
One of my few good predictions from preseason KNORTS – Chros
Alvin Randolph was taken one spot ahead of Harper in the 2035 draft. He already has seven injuries to his name, including a torn UCL that cost him 11 months. – Davey
see 3L rookie comments – Grogg
Seong-hyeon Yi (Portland):
Not a lot of standout rooks in the PL this year, was a tossup for me between the Pro IFA Yi and Arnie Harper (VAN). Yi struck out 9 more guys than Arnie in 60 less innings. He also only gave up 1 HR. – Cheese
Felix Castellanos (Portland):
Leads most categories for all Rookies. This seems obvious, if it weren’t for Arnie Harper. – Tyler
Reliever of the Year
Kenji Aoki (Philadelphia):
Possibly one of the most dominant seasons for a reliever in quite some time, possibly ever. It’s a real shame he’s taking off 2039 to rehab. – Cheese
Self explanatory, so good – Chros
Or vote Warble or Romero, there are plenty of good choices. This offseason you should go out and get yourself a solid closer. – Davey
Brewster Warble (NoVa):
so many shutdowns, so few meltdowns – Grogg
Just another player that Davey absolutely stole from another team in a lopsided trade. Much like the way he conned Houston in giving up Chris Holland for a bag of balls and a guy like Phil Steur who sucks. Davey really is playing 6D Chess while we all are struggling to understand checkers – JJ
Dominated in many categories and was close to the lead in others. – Tyler