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title: IBWAA MLB Season Awards for 2017
date: 2017-11-17 19:15:00 -0300
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- Cy Young
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- Rookie of the Year
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The awards for the 2017 season were announced over the course of this past week. Another excellent group of players were recognized and
have some (more) hardware for their trophy cases. These awards are voted on by members of the <a href = "https://bbwaa.com/" target = "_blank"> Baseball Writers Association of America</a> (BBWAA).
The <a href = "https://ibwaa.com/" target = "_blank"> Internet Baseball Writers Association of America</a> (IBWAA), of which I am a member, carries out a parallel voting procedure. There are
some differences between the two groups in the process, but it is fairly similar and although the IBWAA voting has no influence on the 
eventual winners of the awards, comparing the official BBWAA results with the IBWAA results *can* provide points for discussion.

For the 2017 season, the *IBWAA* winners were as follows:

<table style="width:85%" align="center">
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		<th style="text-align:left" bgcolor="gainsboro">Award </th><commit_msg>update post<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: IBWAA MLB Season Awards for 2017
date: 2017-11-17 09:15:00 -0300
use-site-title: true
comments: true
archive: true
subscribe: true
tags:
- Awards
- IBWAA
- BBWAA
- Cy Young
- MVP
- Rookie of the Year
---

The awards for the 2017 season were announced over the course of this past week. Another excellent group of players were recognized and
have some (more) hardware for their trophy cases. These awards are voted on by members of the <a href = "https://bbwaa.com/" target = "_blank"> Baseball Writers Association of America</a> (BBWAA).
The <a href = "https://ibwaa.com/" target = "_blank"> Internet Baseball Writers Association of America</a> (IBWAA), of which I am a member, carries out a parallel voting procedure. There are
some differences between the two groups in the process, but it is fairly similar and although the IBWAA voting has no influence on the 
eventual winners of the awards, comparing the official BBWAA results with the IBWAA results *can* provide points for discussion.

For the 2017 season, the *IBWAA* winners were as follows:

<table style="width:85%" align="center">
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		<th style="text-align:left" bgcolor="gainsboro">Award </th>
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