2026 Cy Young Awards and Reliever of the Year Awards

Major League Baseball has announced a bunch of awards.

This includes the Cy Young Awards and the (brand new) Reliever of the Year Awards from the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) and a slew of awards from Major League Baseball.

Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers and Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees both won the Cy Young Award unanimously. Here are the vote totals.

Mason Miller of the San Diego Padres and Louis Varland of the Toronto Blue Jays won the inaugural Reliever of the Year Awards. Miller won unanimously. Here are the vote totals for the Americal League and National League awards.

Thus far, there have almost no surprises this year for the BBWAA awards. The American League Reliever of the Year Award is the only award that didn't have a heavy favorite.

2026 Managers of the Year

Major League Baseball has announced its 2026 Managers of the Year. Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox is the American League Manager of the Year, and Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers is the National League Manager of the Year. Murphy is the first manager to win this award three years in a row. Here are the vote totals.

2026 Rookies of the Year

Major League Baseball has announced its 2026 Rookies of the Year. As expected, infielder Kevin McGonigle of the Detroit Tigers is the American League Rookie of the year, and first baseman Sal Stewart of the Cincinnati Reds is the National League Rookie of the Year. The vote totals for all candidates are available on this page.

2026 Gold Glove Winners

Major League Baseball announced its 2026 Gold Glove winners.

What Happens in Les Diablerets Stays in Les Diablerets

I am heading off to Les Diablerets for a few days for the 2026 GeoCow workshop, where I'll be mentoring a project group on the question of whether large language models can help in the validation of opinion-dynamics models.

RIP Patrick Stewart (1940–2026)

This has been a rough week for Star Trek fans. Just a few days after we lost Walter Koenig (who played Pavel Chekov in The Original Series), now comes the news that Sir Patrick Stewart has died. (Here is his Wikipedia entry.) He, of course, played Captain Jean-Luc Picard on The Next Generation, Professor X in the X-Men movies, and many other things. Back when I was living in Oxford, I also had the chance to see him on the stage in Waiting for Godot (and he was amazing in it).

Milwaukee Brewers Win 2026 World Series

Congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers on winning the World Series for the first time in franchise history.

What Happens in Oxford Stays in Oxford (yet again)

I am heading to Oxford for a few days to visit my old stomping grounds!

Dodgers Head to the National League Championship Series!

The Dodgers just finished off the Braves (by 3 games to 1) to win their National League Division Series, and they are now heading to the National League Championship Series to face the Milwaukee Brewers. Go Dodgers!