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Award Races — August 13, 2026
AUGUST 13, 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 · .322 AVG · 35 HR · 87 RBI · 1.057 OPS85.6SCORE›AVG .322 · HR 35 · OPS 1.05787 RBI · 1 SBOPS1.057elite
Ben Rice
New York Yankees · .258 AVG · 32 HR · 76 RBI · 0.895 OPS78.2SCORE›AVG .258 · HR 32 · OPS 0.89576 RBI · 3 SBOPS0.895elite
Junior Caminero
Tampa Bay Rays · .279 AVG · 35 HR · 77 RBI · 0.923 OPS77.5SCORE›AVG .279 · HR 35 · OPS 0.92377 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.923elite
National League
James Wood
Washington Nationals · .265 AVG · 30 HR · 73 RBI · 0.928 OPS78.7SCORE›AVG .265 · HR 30 · OPS 0.92873 RBI · 17 SBOPS0.928elite
CJ AbramsWashington Nationals · .284 AVG · 29 HR · 91 RBI · 0.902 OPS78.0SCORE›AVG .284 · HR 29 · OPS 0.90291 RBI · 23 SBOPS0.902elite
Matt Olson
Atlanta Braves · .264 AVG · 35 HR · 74 RBI · 0.889 OPS77.0SCORE›AVG .264 · HR 35 · OPS 0.88974 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.889elite
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 · 2.21 ERA · 0.93 WHIP · 182 K82.3SCORE›ERA 2.21 · WHIP 0.93 · IP 146.2GS 25 · 10 W · 182 KFORM87elite
Drew RasmussenTampa Bay Rays · 2.78 ERA · 0.91 WHIP · 133 K74.6SCORE›ERA 2.78 · WHIP 0.91 · IP 129.1GS 23 · 12 W · 133 KFORM81above avg
Dylan Cease
Toronto Blue Jays · 2.40 ERA · 1.07 WHIP · 191 K72.5SCORE›ERA 2.40 · WHIP 1.07 · IP 131.1GS 22 · 7 W · 191 KFORM79above avg
National League
Jacob Misiorowski
Milwaukee Brewers · 1.76 ERA · 0.74 WHIP · 204 K90.3SCORE›ERA 1.76 · WHIP 0.74 · IP 133GS 22 · 11 W · 204 KFORM97elite
Chris SaleAtlanta Braves · 2.20 ERA · 1.02 WHIP · 151 K79.7SCORE›ERA 2.20 · WHIP 1.02 · IP 123GS 21 · 12 W · 151 KFORM83elite
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Los Angeles Dodgers · 2.65 ERA · 0.89 WHIP · 127 K74.8SCORE›ERA 2.65 · WHIP 0.89 · IP 139.1GS 21 · 11 W · 127 KFORM83above 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
Parker Messick
Cleveland Guardians · 2.57 ERA · 1.04 WHIP · 136 K68.6SCORE rookie›ERA 2.57 · WHIP 1.04 · IP 136.2GS 23 · 9 W · 136 KFORM78above avg
Kazuma OkamotoToronto Blue Jays · .228 AVG · 24 HR · 71 RBI · 0.736 OPS66.5SCORE rookie›AVG .228 · HR 24 · OPS 0.73671 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.736above avg
Foster GriffinCleveland Guardians · 3.25 ERA · 1.11 WHIP · 125 K64.0SCORE rookie›ERA 3.25 · WHIP 1.11 · IP 138.1GS 24 · 13 W · 125 KFORM68above avg
National League
Sal Stewart
Cincinnati Reds · .256 AVG · 25 HR · 87 RBI · 0.804 OPS70.3SCORE rookie›AVG .256 · HR 25 · OPS 0.80487 RBI · 12 SBOPS0.804above avg
Nolan McLean
New York Mets · 3.42 ERA · 1.13 WHIP · 159 K62.6SCORE rookie›ERA 3.42 · WHIP 1.13 · IP 136.2GS 24 · 8 W · 159 KFORM65above avg
TJ Rumfield
Colorado Rockies · .294 AVG · 13 HR · 59 RBI · 0.824 OPS62.5SCORE rookie›AVG .294 · HR 13 · OPS 0.82459 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.824above avg
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.