The best relief pitcher in the American League is now
awarded the Mariano Rivera Award, while the best relief pitcher in the National
League is given the Trevor Hoffman Award. Who will win each prestigious award
in 2019? Keep reading…
Brad Hand of the Cleveland Indians is my pick for the
Mariano Rivera Award. No, I’m not picking Aroldis Chapman, but I did seriously
consider it to be completely honest. I just feel like Hand pitched extremely
well for Cleveland after being traded from the Padres last season and I think
that will translate to a strong 2019 campaign. Hand was splitting the closing duties
with Cody Allen in 2018, but Allen has since departed via free agency at the
time of this writing and will leave all the save opportunities to Hand. Hand
has struck out at least 100 batters in three consecutive seasons and will look
to make it a four-peat here in 2019.
Jeremy Jeffress of the Milwaukee Brewers is my pick to win
the Trevor Hoffman Award for the National League. I have the Brewers making it
to the World Series in 2019 and that cannot be done without a strong bullpen. I
know some probably expected me to pick Josh Hader, if I was going to pick a
Brewers player, or Edwin Diaz of the Mets, but I just had a gut feeling with
Jeffress that I simply cannot ignore.
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