Six Award Races, and Only Two Runaways

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

Award season is down to the numbers, and our 0-100 Scores lay out where the ballots stand today. Two races look close to settled; the other four are still a scrum. Here's who's leading each conversation right now.

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.

Yordan Alvarez holds the AL lead at an 83.4 Score, and the .312 average with 38 homers and a 1.021 OPS explains why, though Ben Rice (76.8) and Junior Caminero (76.6) are essentially tied a length back. The NL is closer at the top: Pete Crow-Armstrong leads at 80.7 and has only gotten hotter with a 1.007 OPS over his last 30 days, a full-blown breakout in a spot where the Cubs got sub-.790 production for years. Kyle Schwarber (76.8) and his 44 homers keep him in the picture behind him.

• Yordan AlvarezHouston Astros · .312 AVG · 38 HR · 96 RBI · 1.021 OPS83.4SCORE›
• Ben RiceNew York Yankees · .256 AVG · 36 HR · 88 RBI · 0.870 OPS76.8SCORE›
• Junior CamineroTampa Bay Rays · .281 AVG · 39 HR · 93 RBI · 0.900 OPS76.6SCORE›

• Pete Crow-ArmstrongChicago Cubs · .281 AVG · 41 HR · 97 RBI · 0.947 OPS80.7SCORE›
• Kyle SchwarberPhiladelphia Phillies · .242 AVG · 44 HR · 92 RBI · 0.886 OPS76.8SCORE›
• James WoodWashington Nationals · .266 AVG · 30 HR · 74 RBI · 0.919 OPS76.1SCORE›

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.

Jacob Misiorowski owns the clearest lead of any race, an 87.0 Score for Milwaukee behind a 1.95 ERA and a 0.80 WHIP, with Chris Sale (83.7) the nearest NL threat. The AL side belongs to Cam Schlittler at 82.9, a 2.01 ERA and 220 strikeouts fronting the game's best rotation, and he's pitched even better lately at a 1.13 ERA over his last 30 days. Drew Rasmussen and Dylan Cease sit tightly behind at 73.8 and 73.1.

• Cam SchlittlerNew York Yankees · 2.01 ERA · 0.92 WHIP · 220 K82.9SCORE›
• Drew RasmussenTampa Bay Rays · 2.88 ERA · 0.91 WHIP · 156 K73.8SCORE›
• Dylan CeaseToronto Blue Jays · 2.40 ERA · 1.04 WHIP · 227 K73.1SCORE›

• Jacob MisiorowskiMilwaukee Brewers · 1.95 ERA · 0.80 WHIP · 236 K87.0SCORE›
• Chris SaleAtlanta Braves · 2.10 ERA · 1.01 WHIP · 184 K83.7SCORE›
• Yoshinobu YamamotoLos Angeles Dodgers · 2.62 ERA · 0.88 WHIP · 171 K76.4SCORE›

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 tightest of the bunch. In the AL, Munetaka Murakami and Parker Messick are deadlocked at 70.4, the slugger's 31 homers against the lefty's 2.53 ERA, though Murakami has gone cold at a .592 OPS this past month. Sal Stewart leads the NL at 71.4, his 107 RBI the loudest number in a rookie class, giving the Reds first-base production far above what they'd gotten before.

• Munetaka MurakamiChicago White Sox · .210 AVG · 31 HR · 63 RBI · 0.829 OPS70.4SCORE rookie›
• Parker MessickCleveland Guardians · 2.53 ERA · 1.04 WHIP · 173 K70.4SCORE rookie›
• Kazuma OkamotoToronto Blue Jays · .232 AVG · 30 HR · 83 RBI · 0.757 OPS67.8SCORE rookie›

• Sal StewartCincinnati Reds · .267 AVG · 31 HR · 107 RBI · 0.815 OPS71.4SCORE rookie›
• Nolan McLeanNew York Mets · 3.06 ERA · 1.14 WHIP · 179 K63.8SCORE rookie›
• TJ RumfieldColorado Rockies · .297 AVG · 15 HR · 67 RBI · 0.846 OPS63.0SCORE rookie›

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