Award Season

Yoon-tae Kim won the Superior League Jeffrey Lamar Lewis award for top rookie. The 28 year old from South Korea hit 45 homers and drove in 115 runs after signing a 10 year, 250 million dollar contract in Las Vegas. He gathered 29 of 30 first place votes. Trevor Wood, who hit 31 homers and played gold glove defense at shortstop, finished second. Miami's Jerry McDonald finished third and Baltimore's Noel Walton fourth. Walton picked up the other first place vote.

In the major league it was Tsugumichi Masuda from Portland. The 32 year old from Japan signed a 5 year, 145 million dollar contract with Portland and hit .289 with 33 homers and 104 RBI. Masuda received 20 of 30 first place votes, with the other 10 going to Florida's Don Glenn. Glenn hit .303 with 31 homers and 100 RBI for the Penguins.

Jason Gambini and Keith Grace, who each managed in the world series, won the two manager of the year awards. 

Hollywood's Pat Evans took home the Roger Chillingworth award for top pitcher. Evans was 17-3 with a 2.89 ERA and struck out 219 batters. He also won 2 games in the world series as Hollywood won the championship. Evans barely edged Cristobal Rangel for the award, with a lead of 15-14 in first place votes and 163-154 in overall points. Alaska closer Cesar Cordero also earned a first place vote after a 45 save season where he struck out 162 batters in only 74 innings.

Carson Olsen took the award home for the Superior League after a 15 win, 287 strikeout season that included a no-hitter. Louisville's Andy Roughton finished second, followed by Ben Angus of Las Vegas (who led with a 2.83 ERA) and Miami's Johnny Anderson who won 18 games.

The Conan award for MVP went to Alex Duran after he had the best offensive season by any second baseman in history. Duran hit .352, had a .454 on base percentage, .611 slugging percentage, stole 21 bases in 24 attempts, and had 32 homers among 80 extra base hits. Duran scored 119 runs and drove in 113. He picked up 28 of 30 first place votes. Simon Burgos, who led the league with 51 homers and 145 RBI, received the other two. Miguel Cruz and Cesar Corona finished 3rd and 4th.

The Superior League award went to Cleveland's Troy Wyckoff. Wyckoff hit .326 with 46 homers and 117 RBI and led his team to their first ever world series. He had 29 of 30 first place votes. In 2nd and 3rd place were Louisville outfielders Jimmy Flannery and Cole Werner. Silveran Kanan Bonis finished 4th, and earned the other first place vote. Bonis hit .272 with 28 homers in only 119 games. While not batting, he took the mound 32 times and struck out 255 batters against only 40 walks. He went 10-9 with a 3.51 ERA.