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Award Races — July 23, 2026
JULY 23, 2026
Our MVP, Cy Young and Rookie Scores — who leads each race, and by how much.
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.
American League
Yordan Alvarez
Houston Astros · .328 AVG · 34 HR · 77 RBI · 1.089 OPS86.7SCORE›AVG .328 · HR 34 · OPS 1.08977 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.089elite
Ben Rice
New York Yankees · .277 AVG · 30 HR · 71 RBI · 0.956 OPS80.3SCORE›AVG .277 · HR 30 · OPS 0.95671 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.956elite
Junior Caminero
Tampa Bay Rays · .290 AVG · 29 HR · 62 RBI · 0.940 OPS77.5SCORE›AVG .290 · HR 29 · OPS 0.94062 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.940elite
National League
James Wood
Washington Nationals · .270 AVG · 28 HR · 69 RBI · 0.948 OPS80.1SCORE›AVG .270 · HR 28 · OPS 0.94869 RBI · 15 SBOPS0.948elite
CJ AbramsWashington Nationals · .286 AVG · 24 HR · 76 RBI · 0.903 OPS77.0SCORE›AVG .286 · HR 24 · OPS 0.90376 RBI · 16 SBOPS0.903elite
Kyle Schwarber
Philadelphia Phillies · .248 AVG · 33 HR · 61 RBI · 0.909 OPS76.3SCORE›AVG .248 · HR 33 · OPS 0.90961 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.909elite
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.
American League
Cam SchlittlerNew York Yankees · 2.20 ERA · 0.96 WHIP · 145 K81.6SCORE›ERA 2.20 · WHIP 0.96 · IP 123GS 21 · 9 W · 145 KFORM86elite
Sonny Gray
Boston Red Sox · 2.48 ERA · 1.12 WHIP · 90 K70.0SCORE›ERA 2.48 · WHIP 1.12 · IP 101.2GS 18 · 12 W · 90 KFORM76above avg
Drew RasmussenTampa Bay Rays · 3.28 ERA · 0.98 WHIP · 103 K68.9SCORE›ERA 3.28 · WHIP 0.98 · IP 104.1GS 19 · 8 W · 103 KFORM73above avg
National League
Jacob Misiorowski
Milwaukee Brewers · 1.57 ERA · 0.77 WHIP · 173 K88.2SCORE›ERA 1.57 · WHIP 0.77 · IP 115GS 19 · 10 W · 173 KFORM99elite
Chris Sale
Atlanta Braves · 2.06 ERA · 1.06 WHIP · 123 K79.1SCORE›ERA 2.06 · WHIP 1.06 · IP 105GS 18 · 10 W · 123 KFORM83elite
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Los Angeles Dodgers · 2.78 ERA · 0.88 WHIP · 113 K75.6SCORE›ERA 2.78 · WHIP 0.88 · IP 119.2GS 18 · 10 W · 113 KFORM82elite
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.
American League
Kazuma Okamoto
Toronto Blue Jays · .226 AVG · 22 HR · 62 RBI · 0.753 OPS67.8SCORE rookie›AVG .226 · HR 22 · OPS 0.75362 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.753above avg
Parker Messick
Cleveland Guardians · 2.68 ERA · 1.05 WHIP · 116 K66.3SCORE rookie›ERA 2.68 · WHIP 1.05 · IP 117.2GS 20 · 8 W · 116 KFORM76above avg
Carter Jensen
Kansas City Royals · .240 AVG · 14 HR · 52 RBI · 0.740 OPS61.2SCORE rookie›AVG .240 · HR 14 · OPS 0.74052 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.740above avg
National League
Foster GriffinWashington Nationals · 2.68 ERA · 1.03 WHIP · 111 K70.7SCORE rookie›ERA 2.68 · WHIP 1.03 · IP 117.1GS 20 · 11 W · 111 KFORM77above avg
Sal Stewart
Cincinnati Reds · .249 AVG · 21 HR · 74 RBI · 0.799 OPS69.1SCORE rookie›AVG .249 · HR 21 · OPS 0.79974 RBI · 11 SBOPS0.799above avg
TJ Rumfield
Colorado Rockies · .297 AVG · 13 HR · 52 RBI · 0.857 OPS64.9SCORE rookie›AVG .297 · HR 13 · OPS 0.85752 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.857above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.