The Award Races Take Shape at Midseason
Where the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year races stand right now.
Halfway through the year, the trophies are still up for grabs. The MVP debate runs through Yordan Alvarez's bat, the Cy Young through a Brewers rookie's untouchable line, and the Rookie of the Year through a Japanese slugger on the South Side.
MVP watch
Best hitters by OPS, in each league.
Yordan Alvarez tops the elite hitters at 1.069, holding steady week to week on what the data calls a historic pace. Behind him it's a logjam: Ben Rice at .972 and Nick Kurtz at .969, with Kyle Schwarber's 29 homers giving him a different kind of case.
Yordan Alvarez
Houston Astros1.069OPSelite historic›AVG .322 · HR 25 · OPS 1.06956 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.069elite
Ben Rice
New York Yankees0.972OPSelite›AVG .286 · HR 22 · OPS 0.97253 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.972elite
Nick Kurtz
Athletics0.969OPSelite›AVG .282 · HR 19 · OPS 0.96961 RBI · 7 SBOPS0.969elite
Juan Soto
New York Mets0.965OPSelite›AVG .299 · HR 17 · OPS 0.96538 RBI · 6 SBOPS0.965elite
Shohei Ohtani
Los Angeles Dodgers0.963OPSelite›AVG .295 · HR 17 · OPS 0.96346 RBI · 6 SBOPS0.963elite
Kyle Schwarber
Philadelphia Phillies0.961OPSelite›AVG .252 · HR 29 · OPS 0.96152 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.961elite
Cy Young watch
Best starters by form — our 0–100 pitching score from ERA & WHIP — in each league.
Jacob Misiorowski is having the kind of season that ends arguments, sitting at a 1.45 ERA and a 0.75 WHIP with the form needle pinned at 100. Cam Schlittler is the closest pursuer at 1.71, his form up to 94, while Cristopher Sánchez rounds out the chase at 1.80.
Cam SchlittlerNew York Yankees1.71ERAelite historic›ERA 1.71 · WHIP 0.89 · IP 95GS 16 · 8 W · 109 KFORM94elite
Drew Rasmussen
Tampa Bay Rays2.62ERAelite›ERA 2.62 · WHIP 0.88 · IP 86GS 15 · 6 W · 89 KFORM84elite
Parker Messick
Cleveland Guardians2.67ERAelite rookie›ERA 2.67 · WHIP 1.05 · IP 94.1GS 16 · 7 W · 101 KFORM77elite
Jacob Misiorowski
Milwaukee Brewers1.45ERAelite historic›ERA 1.45 · WHIP 0.75 · IP 93GS 15 · 8 W · 138 KFORM100elite
Cristopher SánchezPhiladelphia Phillies1.80ERAelite›ERA 1.80 · WHIP 1.09 · IP 105GS 16 · 9 W · 121 KFORM85elite
Yoshinobu YamamotoLos Angeles Dodgers2.65ERAelite›ERA 2.65 · WHIP 0.87 · IP 91.2GS 14 · 7 W · 86 KFORM84elite
Rookie of the Year watch
Top first-year hitters by OPS, in each league.
Munetaka Murakami leads the rookie hitters by a wide margin at .938 with 20 homers, comfortably the class of the group. Bryce Eldridge follows at .874, and Travis Bazzana is making a late push, his OPS up 56 points to .803.
Munetaka Murakami
Chicago White Sox0.938OPS rookie›AVG .240 · HR 20 · OPS 0.93841 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.938elite
Kevin McGonigle
Detroit Tigers0.816OPS rookie›AVG .283 · HR 6 · OPS 0.81628 RBI · 9 SBOPS0.816above avg
Henry BolteAthletics0.809OPS rookie›AVG .308 · HR 2 · OPS 0.80910 RBI · 9 SBOPS0.809above avg
Bryce Eldridge
San Francisco Giants0.874OPS rookie›AVG .285 · HR 6 · OPS 0.87416 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.874above avg
TJ Rumfield
Colorado Rockies0.842OPS rookie›AVG .284 · HR 12 · OPS 0.84243 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.842above avg
Sal Stewart
Cincinnati Reds0.789OPS rookie›AVG .249 · HR 14 · OPS 0.78955 RBI · 11 SBOPS0.789above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.