Gaslamp Ball · Nov 22, 2024
Jackson Merrill, four other Padres get MVP votes
As expected, Shohei Ohtani won the NL MVP today. Perhaps what wasn’t expected was where Jackson Merrill finished in the race compared to Paul Skenes after Skenes won the Rookie of the Year earlier in the week.
Interesting… https://t.co/fv1SctTy7w
— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) November 22, 2024 Why didn’t Merrill win the Rookie of the Year if he finished ten spots higher in the MVP race over Skenes?
Well, these are two different awards.
It appears most voters decided their Rookie of the Year was going to be who had the most dominant/historic season and Skenes had the edge there. My guess is his sub-2 ERA is something that stood out more than any one Merrill stat.