Bob Nightengale's MVP & Manager of the Year Award Predictions

Bob, if you told me this before, correct me if I'm wrong, but you have a vote for the National League Most Valuable Player Award. Who do you like in that side of the bracket here when it comes to the NL Most Valuable Player? Well, let's give you a no-brainer. It's going to be Pete Crow-Armstrong from the Cubs. He's going to win unanimously. It was like, uh, Ohtani's going to finish second, Bryce Harper, and the Brewers will finish third. But this is Crow Armstrong's award. He ran away with it in September, particularly when Ohtani got hurt, when Ohtani stopped pitching, and Crow-Armstrong took off. So I'd be stunned if it's not unanimous. Over on the American League side, who do you like over there? I like Yordan Alvarez of Houston. He kind of carried that team on his back. Junior Caminero had a heck of a year. I think Caminero finishes second. Bobby Witt finishes third. But I think this is Alvarez's MVP to lose. You know, I got to tell you, too, the Manager of the Year Awards, too, obviously, especially here, you got to vote here on this. Mattingly with the Phillies, Murphy with the Brewers, Weiss with the Braves. Who do you like here? It's almost a toss-up between Weiss and Murphy. Thank I think Murphy could... Squeeze in there. Remember, the votes are done at the end of the regular season, but postseason doesn't count. That's why Bruce Bochy's only won one of those Manager of the Year awards. So I'm not sure Weiss will be on everybody's ballot for top three, but I think Murphy will be. you. So I'll give a slight, slight edge to Murphy, but I think it'll be close. And I think Mangling will finish third. He would have had a better chance, but of course, they didn't make the playoffs until the final day. It could have been the worst collapse in baseball history. And they saved themselves by winning on that final Sunday. American League Manager of the Year. Who do you like there? Yeah, it's got to be Will Venable. To go from 121 losses to 102 to make the playoffs, nearly won the division. So very close against the AL Central. I'll go Will Venable, number one for sure. And probably, I would think Cash would be three. And then two would be Boston.