DENVER — Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado was named one of three finalists for the National League MVP, Major League Baseball announced on Monday.
Rockies manager Bud Black was also named a finalist for National League Manager of the Year.
In the MVP category, Arenado is up against Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers and Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs. However, Yelich is considered to be the favorite in the category by many MLB insiders.
Your 2018 NL MVP finalists:
Nolan Arenado@javy23baez@ChristianYelich pic.twitter.com/CulW8H0Iyj
— MLB (@MLB) November 5, 2018
Arenado was awarded his sixth straight Gold Glove on Sunday night.
On the American League side, are Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox, Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians and Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels.
Your 2018 AL MVP finalists:@mookiebetts@mrlapara@MikeTrout pic.twitter.com/xLG3flO3Ck
— MLB (@MLB) November 5, 2018
For NL Manager of the Year, Black was nominated along with Brian Snitker of the Atlanta Braves and Craig Counsell of the Brewers.
Your 2018 NL Manager of the Year finalists:
Bud Black
Craig Counsell
Brian Snitker pic.twitter.com/xBUT82Thng— MLB (@MLB) November 5, 2018
On the American League side, the nominees include Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays, Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox and Bob Melvin of the Oakland A’s.
Your 2018 AL Manager of the Year finalists:
Kevin Cash@ac13alex
Bob Melvin pic.twitter.com/b9Kbzn8Wwe— MLB (@MLB) November 5, 2018
The winners for each category will be announced next week.
