Juan Soto has been named a finalist for the National League MVP award. He is joined by Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and the heavily-favored Shohei Ohtani in the race for the honors. Soto is the only Met named a finalist for any of the major awards.
In his first year as a Met, Soto batted .263/.396/.525 with a career-high 43 homers, 120 runs scored, and a Mets franchise record 127 walks in 715 plate appearances. Soto also swiped a career-high 38 bases in 42 tries. The 27-year-old led the majors in walks while pacing the National League in on-base percentage and sharing the lead in stolen bases with Oneil Cruz. Soto also ranked third in the NL in OPS, home runs, and RBIs, second in runs scored, and fourth in slugging percentage.
The full list of award finalists is as follows:
Rookie of the Year
American League:
OF Roman Anthony, BOS
1B Nick Kurtz, ATH
SS Jacob Wilson, ATH
National League:
C Drake Baldwin, ATL
IF Caleb Durbin, MIL
RHP Cade Horton, CHC
Cy Young
American League:
RHP Hunter Brown, HOU
LHP Garrett Crochet, BOS
LHP Tarik Skubal, DET
National League:
LHP Cristopher Sánchez, PHI
RHP Paul Skenes, PIT
RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto, LAD
Manager of the Year
American League:
John Schneider, TOR
Stephen Vogt, CLE
Dan Wilson, SEA
National League:
Terry Francona, CIN
Pat Murphy, MIL
Rob Thomson, PHI
MVP
American League:
OF Aaron Judge, NYY
C Cal Raleigh, SEA
3B José Ramírez, CLE
National League:
OF/RHP Shohei Ohtani, LAD
OF Juan Soto, NYM
OF/DH Kyle Schwarber, PHI
