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Award Races — July 30, 2026
JULY 30, 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 · .321 AVG · 35 HR · 80 RBI · 1.072 OPS86.1SCORE›AVG .321 · HR 35 · OPS 1.07280 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.072elite
Ben Rice
New York Yankees · .271 AVG · 31 HR · 73 RBI · 0.935 OPS79.2SCORE›AVG .271 · HR 31 · OPS 0.93573 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.935elite
Junior Caminero
Tampa Bay Rays · .283 AVG · 29 HR · 65 RBI · 0.915 OPS76.3SCORE›AVG .283 · HR 29 · OPS 0.91565 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.915elite
National League
James Wood
Washington Nationals · .271 AVG · 30 HR · 72 RBI · 0.950 OPS80.6SCORE›AVG .271 · HR 30 · OPS 0.95072 RBI · 16 SBOPS0.950elite
CJ AbramsWashington Nationals · .292 AVG · 27 HR · 82 RBI · 0.926 OPS79.5SCORE›AVG .292 · HR 27 · OPS 0.92682 RBI · 19 SBOPS0.926elite
Juan Soto
New York Mets · .283 AVG · 21 HR · 52 RBI · 0.947 OPS76.4SCORE›AVG .283 · HR 21 · OPS 0.94752 RBI · 7 SBOPS0.947elite
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 · 2.04 ERA · 0.91 WHIP · 165 K85.4SCORE›ERA 2.04 · WHIP 0.91 · IP 136.2GS 23 · 10 W · 165 KFORM89elite
Drew RasmussenTampa Bay Rays · 3.07 ERA · 0.93 WHIP · 112 K71.4SCORE›ERA 3.07 · WHIP 0.93 · IP 111.1GS 20 · 9 W · 112 KFORM77above avg
Dylan Cease
Toronto Blue Jays · 2.46 ERA · 1.09 WHIP · 167 K71.3SCORE›ERA 2.46 · WHIP 1.09 · IP 113.1GS 19 · 7 W · 167 KFORM77above avg
National League
Jacob Misiorowski
Milwaukee Brewers · 1.58 ERA · 0.75 WHIP · 185 K89.2SCORE›ERA 1.58 · WHIP 0.75 · IP 120GS 20 · 11 W · 185 KFORM99elite
Chris Sale
Atlanta Braves · 2.08 ERA · 1.02 WHIP · 143 K81.5SCORE›ERA 2.08 · WHIP 1.02 · IP 117GS 20 · 12 W · 143 KFORM84elite
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Los Angeles Dodgers · 2.72 ERA · 0.90 WHIP · 118 K74.8SCORE›ERA 2.72 · WHIP 0.90 · IP 125.2GS 19 · 11 W · 118 KFORM82above avg
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 OkamotoToronto Blue Jays · .231 AVG · 24 HR · 68 RBI · 0.761 OPS69.2SCORE rookie›AVG .231 · HR 24 · OPS 0.76168 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.761above avg
Parker Messick
Cleveland Guardians · 2.59 ERA · 1.04 WHIP · 122 K67.8SCORE rookie›ERA 2.59 · WHIP 1.04 · IP 125.1GS 21 · 8 W · 122 KFORM78above avg
Chase DeLauterCleveland Guardians · .280 AVG · 11 HR · 51 RBI · 0.791 OPS60.4SCORE rookie›AVG .280 · HR 11 · OPS 0.79151 RBI · 6 SBOPS0.791above avg
National League
Foster GriffinWashington Nationals · 2.76 ERA · 1.03 WHIP · 113 K69.9SCORE rookie›ERA 2.76 · WHIP 1.03 · IP 124GS 21 · 12 W · 113 KFORM76above avg
Sal Stewart
Cincinnati Reds · .253 AVG · 22 HR · 79 RBI · 0.802 OPS69.6SCORE rookie›AVG .253 · HR 22 · OPS 0.80279 RBI · 12 SBOPS0.802above avg
TJ Rumfield
Colorado Rockies · .293 AVG · 13 HR · 53 RBI · 0.843 OPS63.8SCORE rookie›AVG .293 · HR 13 · OPS 0.84353 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.843above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.