2025 AL MLB Awards Race: List Of Frontrunners, Finalists, and Announcement Dates
Baseball’s trophy season is here, folks, and the American League races are loaded with star power, breakout arms, and rookies who didn’t blink under the lights. Finalists are locked, the schedule is set, and MLB Network’s got the stage for a four-night reveal that’ll spark debates from barstools to front offices.
Circle the calendar for award nights starting Nov. 10 and rolling through MVP on Nov. 13, then check BBWAA for full ballots and totals once each show wraps. Also, recently the 2025 NL Awards Race reports came out and it’s pretty interesting.
AL MVP Award Finalists & Frontrunners
Finalists: Aaron Judge (Yankees), Cal Raleigh (Mariners), José RamÃrez (Guardians). Judge is the stat-stack monster with a 1.144 OPS and 53 nukes, the classic best-player-on-an-elite-team case. Raleigh brings catcher value with 60 homers and a near .950 OPS, the unicorn power season behind the plate.
RamÃrez delivers all-fields chaos with 30/44 and elite baserunning/defense, the WAR darling who does everything well. Edge: Judge, but Raleigh’s historic C power is real juice.
AL MVP Announcement: Date, Time & Where to Watch
The AL and NL MVPs close the week on Thursday, Nov. 13, live on MLB Network at 7 p.m. ET, capping the four-night BBWAA awards rollout. Y’all can expect full vote breakdowns to post on BBWAA.com shortly after the broadcast ends so every ballot-nerd can dive into totals and placements. Pencil in a spicy Judge vs. Raleigh discourse as soon as the envelopes open.
AL Cy Young Award Finalists & Frontrunners
Finalists: Tarik Skubal (Tigers), Garrett Crochet (Red Sox), Hunter Brown (Astros). Skubal is the clubhouse fave with a 2.21 ERA and 6.6 bWAR, the pitch-mix bully who leveled up to ace. Crochet’s lefty dominance came with volume this MLB season: 255 K, 205.1 IP, and a 2.59 ERA in a full-throttle breakout. Brown’s 2.43 ERA and 206 K over 185.1 IP kept Houston’s engine humming. Edge: Skubal, with Crochet as the high-K spoiler.
AL Cy Young Announcement: Date, Time & Where to Watch
The Cy Young lands on Wednesday, Nov. 12, with MLB Network carrying the reveal at 7 p.m. ET during the BBWAA awards week slate. As with all four nights, vote details will be posted by BBWAA right after, so you can see where the swing voters leaned between Skubal’s efficiency and Crochet’s strikeout thunder.
AL Rookie Of The Year Award Finalists & Frontrunners
Finalists: Nick Kurtz (Athletics), Jacob Wilson (Athletics), Roman Anthony (Red Sox). Oakland’s youth wave is the headline – Kurtz brought lefty thump and mature zone control, while Wilson’s bat-to-ball and steady glove stabilized the infield. Anthony’s sweet swing and OBP machine vibes put him squarely in the mix. Lean Kurtz for impact bat narrative, but Wilson’s floor-plus-defense case is sneaky.
AL Rookie Of The Year Announcement: Date, Time & Where to Watch
MLB’s AL Rookie of the Year kicks off awards week on Monday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. ET on MLB Network, opening the floodgates for three more nights of hardware. Book it as the most “future-of-the-franchise” night, and hop to BBWAA.com for each ballot’s receipts when the show wraps.
AL Manager Of The Year Award Finalists & Frontrunners
Finalists: John Schneider (Blue Jays), Stephen Vogt (Guardians), Dan Wilson (Mariners). Schneider steered a 94-win AL East crown – style points in baseball’s shark tank. Vogt followed last year’s win with another division title, culture and bullpen magic on repeat. Wilson guided a 90-win, top-heavy AL West grind. Slight lean Schneider for gauntlet navigated, with Vogt’s consistency right there.
AL Manager Of The Year Announcement: Date, Time & Where to Watch
MLB Managers get their flowers on Tuesday, Nov. 11, live at 7 p.m. ET on MLB Network, night two of the BBWAA carousel. As always, voting is regular-season only, and the BBWAA site posts the full accounting after the reveal, perfect for parsing first-place vote clusters.
And that’s a wrap!
2025 AL MLB Awards Race: List Of Frontrunners, Finalists, and Announcement Dates
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