Riley, Snitker not among finalists for NL MVP, manager of the year

ATLANTA — The Baseball Writers Association of America announced their finalists for the AL and NL MVPs, Cy Young Awards, Rookies of the Year and Managers of the Year on Monday night

But Braves fans won’t find any familiar names on the list this year.

Austin Riley was not named one of the finalists for National League MVP. The same goes for Brian Snitker in the National League Manager of the Year category.

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The nominees and winners are decided on ballots sent at the end of the regular season and does not factor in postseason play. If it did, Riley and Snitker would be in the conversation.

The BWAA nominated Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper, Nationals outfielder Juan Soto and Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. for NL MVP.

The Brewers’ Craig Counsell, Giants’ Gabe Kapler and former Cardinals manager Mike Shildt are the nominees for NL Manager of the Year.

The awards will be announced in December along with the full list of voting results. Riley and Snitker will learn then how close they came to making the cut.

The Braves Twitter account had the best response after Riley and Snitker were shut out: posting photos of the two holding the World Series trophy.

Riley finished the regular season with the second most and eighth most RBIs at 107. Only his teammate Adam Duvall had more in the NL with 113. Riley hit .309 batting average throughout the year with a .905 OPS with 33 home runs and 33 doubles over 160 games played.

Harper led MLB in slugging (.615) and 1.044 OPS while hitting a 309 batting average. The Phillies outfielder finished the year with MLB-best 42 doubles along with 84 RBIs and 35 home runs in 141 games played.

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Soto led MLB with a .465 on-base percentage thanks in part to his league high 145 walks. The Nationals outfielder and had the NL’s second-best batting average (.313) and OPS (.999).

Despite missing dozens of games due to injury, Tatis finished second in MLB with .611 slugging percentage and his 25 stolen bases ranked third in the National League.

If you compared advanced statistics, Soto had the best wins above replacement among the three finalists at 7 with Tatis behind at 6.6. bWAR and Harper at 5.9 bWAR. Riley finished with 6.1 bWAR.

MLB and Baseball Reference stats contributed to this article.

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