2018 Conan Awards

The Superior League award went to Utah's Erick Reinfelder in a unanimous vote.  Reinfelder hit .293 with 34 homers, 100 RBI, stole 32 bases, all while playing outstanding defense in center field.  Reinfelder's season was worth 9.9 wins above replacement.

Two time winner Devan Arceneaux finished second, after a .302/34/106 season.  He topped it off with a .339 average, 7 homers, 16 RBI, and a .758 slugging in the postseason, however his single to center field turned into the final out of the season when Ricky Buckley was thrown out at the plate.

After Arceneaux the voting went:

Troy Wyckoff
Won-Shik Lee
Jared Pollard
Bobby Barrios
Miguel Fernandez
Javier Soto
Kyle Bonderman
Jesus Valdez
Dwight Schrute
Doug Frazier

C.C. Salbacca, Peter Rabbitt, Alvaro Samuel, Billy Bass, Jose Landry, and Silveran Kanan Bonis also placed on ballots.

The Major League vote was much closer.  Michael Rondon earned 10 first place votes and 299 points overall.  Stephen Hamburg won 11 first place votes, but finished second at 248 overall points.  Larry Brooks, Miguel Cruz, and Silvanos Tonka also had first place votes. Following them in the voting were:
Alex Duran, Conn Barbarian, Bryce Parkman, Lee Thompson, Roger Blackwood, Adrian Sandusky, Wellington Gehrig Bear, Buddy Dervish, Jonathan Umber, Mark Crawford, Cristobal Rangel, Squirrel Nutkin Jr, Jeremy Keen, Angel Garcia, and Ryan Stephens.

Rondon hit .296 with a league best .387 OBP.  He hit 24 homers, 37 doubles, 7 triples, and drove in 81 runs.  He stole 32 bases and played average defense at third base, good for a 7.6 WAR season.  Rondon is now a free agent, and likely will be very rich by the coming of the spring.