MLB Awards Watch: Mike Trout and everyone else

<p>Fulmer was always going to regress, and that has happened. Still, he’s turned an impressive-but-normalized 3.49 ERA since the All-Star break, and that includes a 5.32 mark in Fulmer’s last four starts. In the same breath, the 23-year-old was working from a massive lead and he hasn’t given it away yet. You would be hard pressed to argue for any “normal” candidate (we’ll get to one in a moment that isn’t so normal) and Fulmer simply needs to hold the line to have the clearest path to victory.</p>. SP. Detroit Tigers. Michael Fulmer. 1. player. 63

3. player. 43. <p>This just feels absurd. Gary Sanchez, at the time of this post, has appeared in 35 games with 151 plate appearances. That shouldn’t be enough to warrant inclusion. However, Sanchez now ranks<em> at the top</em> when it comes to AL rookies in both WAR categories, and he has been flatly absurd at the plate. For reference, Sanchez’s 189 wRC+ would lead everyone in baseball if he had enough at-bats to qualify, and his slash line of .333/.411/.697 is out of a video game. No one believes he can keep <em>this</em> up, but with two more weeks, he might climb to second overall.</p>. C. New York Yankees. Gary Sanchez