The Players Choice Awards dropped their finalists for the 2021 season, which isn’t a perfect indicator of what’s coming in awards season, but it does often tee things up.
For example, the finalists for NL Outstanding Rookie are probably pretty close to who’ll get the call from the BBWAA for Rookie of the Year:
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Rookie!
MLB Players voted and the top three vote recipients are Dylan Carlson (@DCarls_06), Jonathan India (@JonathanIndia) and Patrick Wisdom (@PatrickWisdom5).
An awesome rookie season for all 👏 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/os3LZszEUo
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
Yes, that’s Patrick Wisdom – holder of the new Cubs rookie homer record – getting some love as a finalist. I think it’s a deserving nod overall, given what he did this past season (he finished third in position player WAR in the NL among rookies, behind only the other two named gents). He might wind up a finalist for the official Rookie of the Year award, too, but Jonathan India is going to take it. Or maybe Trevor Rogers, who was kinda quietly a stud in the Marlins’ rotation.
Overall, Wisdom hit .231/.305/.518 with a 115 wRC+, while playing solidly above-average defense at third base (and chipping in at first and in the outfield). It was clearly a successful year.
Now, then, whether he can continue to be successful with a strikeout rate that touches 40%, well, that’s a conversation we’ve had many times. I tend to think it’s not realistic, and expecting significant improvement on that front – without losing the extreme power that makes him playable – at age 30 is probably a long-shot. He just has a huge hole in his swing at the top of the zone. The discipline is pretty good. It’s just that his swing, the very thing that makes his power so impressive, comes with a big hole.
Keep Wisdom on the roster? Absolutely. Anticipate that he’ll work his way in next year? Absolutely. Foreclose other opportunities this offseason because of his presence? No. Tolerate him as the starting third baseman into next year if it was because the Cubs made other massive additions in the rotation and at shortstop and in the outfield? OK, fine. I’d be good with that.
As for the other awards, which will be presented Thursday, October 28, on ESPN’s 6pm edition of SportsCenter, the finalists are:
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards NL Comeback Player!
MLB Players voted and the top three vote recipients are Brandon Crawford (@bcraw35), Buster Posey (@BusterPosey) and Joey Votto.#PCA21 👏 pic.twitter.com/l6DH68MF2P
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards AL Comeback Player!
MLB Players voted and the top three vote recipients are Mitch Haniger (@M_Hanny17), Trey Mancini (@TreyMancini) and Cedric Mullins (@cedmull30).#PCA21 👏 pic.twitter.com/ivTZAYSHsj
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards AL Outstanding Rookie!
MLB Players voted and the top three vote recipients are Randy Arozarena (@RandyArozarena), Adolis Garcia (@AdolisJose) and Ryan Mountcastle.
An awesome rookie season for all 👏 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/v5LDPfsSe3
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards AL Outstanding Pitcher!
MLB Players voted & the top three vote recipients are Gerrit Cole (@GerritCole45), Lance Lynn & Robbie Ray (@RobbieRay).
Phenomenal seasons on the mound 🔥 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/zHWrIuvXK7
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Pitcher!
MLB Players voted & the top three vote recipients are Corbin Burnes (@Burnes16), Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) & Zack Wheeler.
Phenomenal seasons on the mound 🔥 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/z8IU2ldjkh
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards NL Outstanding Player!
MLB Players voted and the top vote recipients are Bryce Harper (@bryceharper3), Austin Riley (@austinriley1308), Juan Soto (@JuanSoto25_) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (@tatis_jr).#PCA21 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/EotUkah1Lk
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards AL Outstanding Player!
MLB Players voted and the top three vote recipients are Vlad Guerrero Jr., Shohei Ohtani and Salvador Perez (@SalvadorPerez15).
Some of the best bats and gloves in 2021🔥 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/6zGVdpbNlX
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards Marvin Miller Man of the Year!
MLB Players voted & the top three vote recipients are Andrew Miller, Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) & Marcus Semien.
Thank you for always being leaders on & off the field 👏 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/PSaM2TrSe6
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
These are the finalists for the Players Choice Awards Player of the Year!
MLB Players voted and the top three vote recipients are Vlad Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper (@bryceharper3) and Shohei Ohtani.
What a remarkable 2021 season 👏 #PCA21 pic.twitter.com/hVNurJRsRt
— MLBPA (@MLBPA) October 21, 2021
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