The Award Boards, As Our Scores See Them

Our MVP, Cy Young and Rookie Scores — who leads each race, and by how much.

It's midsummer, which means it's time to check the leaderboards that matter most. These are our 0-100 award Scores, and right now Yordan Alvarez and Jacob Misiorowski are running away from their fields. A few of the races, though, are anything but settled.

MVP watch

Our MVP Score (0–100) — each hitter’s OPS, on-base, power, run production and playing time graded against the league average, then blended. Higher is better.

Alvarez tops the AL board at 85.3, a .318 average and 31 homers backing up the best bat on the Astros, with Ben Rice (81.3) closing the gap on the back of a first-base spot the Yankees have gotten .723 from in recent years. In the NL it's James Wood at 82.9, a .985 OPS for Washington that dwarfs the club's prior right-field production, holding off Juan Soto (78.5) and Schwarber (77.8).

• Yordan AlvarezHouston Astros · .318 AVG · 31 HR · 70 RBI · 1.059 OPS85.3SCORE›
• Ben RiceNew York Yankees · .279 AVG · 29 HR · 68 RBI · 0.971 OPS81.3SCORE›
• Junior CamineroTampa Bay Rays · .279 AVG · 28 HR · 59 RBI · 0.927 OPS77.1SCORE›

• James WoodWashington Nationals · .279 AVG · 28 HR · 64 RBI · 0.985 OPS82.9SCORE›
• Juan SotoNew York Mets · .290 AVG · 21 HR · 51 RBI · 0.967 OPS78.5SCORE›
• Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia Phillies · .254 AVG · 32 HR · 59 RBI · 0.927 OPS77.8SCORE›

Cy Young watch

Our Cy Young Score (0–100) — ERA, WHIP, strikeout and walk rates, workload and quality starts, each graded against the league average, then blended. Higher is better.

Misiorowski's 89.2 is the loudest number on any board: a 1.62 ERA, a 0.76 WHIP and 167 strikeouts leave the NL race a formality, with Chris Sale (76.6) the distant runner-up. The AL is tighter at the top only because Cam Schlittler sits at 83.2 on a 2.05 ERA, but Joe Ryan (71.7) and Sonny Gray (70.5) are bunched well behind him.

• Cam SchlittlerNew York Yankees · 2.05 ERA · 0.94 WHIP · 137 K83.2SCORE›
• Joe RyanMinnesota Twins · 2.85 ERA · 1.05 WHIP · 128 K71.7SCORE›
• Sonny GrayBoston Red Sox · 2.54 ERA · 1.10 WHIP · 85 K70.5SCORE›

• Jacob MisiorowskiMilwaukee Brewers · 1.62 ERA · 0.76 WHIP · 167 K89.2SCORE›
• Chris SaleAtlanta Braves · 2.20 ERA · 1.11 WHIP · 117 K76.6SCORE›
• Cristopher SánchezPhiladelphia Phillies · 2.62 ERA · 1.19 WHIP · 144 K75.8SCORE›

Rookie of the Year watch

Our Rookie Score (0–100) — the MVP and Cy Young engines applied to first-year players, hitters and pitchers ranked on one scale. Higher is better.

The rookie races are the close ones. Kazuma Okamoto leads the AL at 71.0 with 22 homers for Toronto, a step ahead of catcher Samuel Basallo (66.7). In the NL, Foster Griffin's 2.77 ERA gives Washington a 70.3 Score, just ahead of Cincinnati's Sal Stewart (69.0), whose .812 OPS and 19 homers keep it interesting.

• Kazuma OkamotoToronto Blue Jays · .239 AVG · 22 HR · 62 RBI · 0.788 OPS71.0SCORE rookie›
• Samuel BasalloBaltimore Orioles · .248 AVG · 16 HR · 46 RBI · 0.773 OPS66.7SCORE rookie›
• Parker MessickCleveland Guardians · 2.73 ERA · 1.07 WHIP · 110 K65.6SCORE rookie›

• Foster GriffinWashington Nationals · 2.77 ERA · 1.02 WHIP · 109 K70.3SCORE rookie›
• Sal StewartCincinnati Reds · .256 AVG · 19 HR · 65 RBI · 0.812 OPS69.0SCORE rookie›
• TJ RumfieldColorado Rockies · .296 AVG · 12 HR · 47 RBI · 0.855 OPS64.5SCORE rookie›

Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.