This time last year, when the finalists were announced for the BBWAA end-of-season awards, Kansas City Royals superstar Bobby Witt Jr. was undoubtedly a finalist for the American League MVP award after a career season.
While he may have not been the same player this season as he was in 2024, there's was still plenty of reason to think that he'd be among the finalists once again this year - even if it was just to finish third behind Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh.
But after the BBWAA awards finalists were revealed on Monday, Judge and Raleigh were both unsurprisingly there, but Witt was nowhere to be seen.