BBWAA Awards finalists scheduled to be announced Monday night at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network

By Vancouver Television Sports Desk

Major League Baseball says the BBWAA Awards finalists across its top individual categories will be revealed Monday night at 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network. The lineup of finalists will cover the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards, the Manager of the Year Awards, the Cy Young Awards, the Most Valuable Player Awards, and—new for 2026—the Relief Pitcher of the Year Awards, which expand the league’s year-end pitching recognition beyond the traditional Cy Young and rookie categories.

BBWAA awards finalists are expected to include National League Cy Young candidates after MLB highlighted Jacob Misiorowski of the World Series champion Milwaukee Brewers as a likely contender. Misiorowski, described as the league’s ace for the Brewers, is entering his second big league season and is listed as having produced a 1.80 ERA, a 0.80 WHIP, 252 strikeouts and a .157 opponents’ batting average, all characterized in the announcement as the best among qualified pitchers.

The same MLB preview points to a position-player path into NL MVP consideration for Chicago Cubs centre fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong. MLB says Crow-Armstrong could be in the running for NL MVP after compiling what it describes as the seventh 40-homer, 40-steal season in MLB history, alongside defensive performance in centre field described as spectacular.

In addition to the on-base and impact measures associated with the MVP discussion, the announcement also ties Crow-Armstrong’s case to advanced value. MLB references his FanGraphs WAR total of 10.6, describing it as the highest by an NL player since Barry Bonds’ 11.9 WAR in 2004, positioning the Cubs star’s overall season value as a central storyline ahead of the BBWAA finalist reveal.

While the finalists themselves will be announced Monday, MLB indicates that the BBWAA award winners will be determined during the week of Nov. 9. The schedule is said to start with the Rookies of the Year, which means Monday’s announcement will set the field for the subsequent series of winner determinations that follow in sequence.

The inclusion of the new Relief Pitcher of the Year Awards category is the most notable structural change to the BBWAA slate for 2026. MLB’s Monday-night announcement explicitly confirms that relief pitchers will have a standalone BBWAA award recognition this year, underscoring an expanded focus on late-inning and bullpen value alongside existing pitching and position-player awards.

For fans tracking the postseason-to-awards transition, Monday’s finalist announcements function as the first public checkpoint in the BBWAA process, with multiple award tracks announced in a single evening window. With the winners scheduled to follow in the week of Nov. 9, the finalists revealed at 6 p.m. ET will effectively narrow each award category to a shorter list before the BBWAA winners are announced beginning with the Rookie of the Year awards.

As the broadcast window approaches, MLB’s preview content suggests the industry’s primary talking points going into BBWAA finalist announcements will include the Brewers’ Misiorowski as a potential Cy Young finalist on the National League side and the Cubs’ Crow-Armstrong as a key name to watch for NL MVP honours, alongside the broader field across managerial, rookie and Most Valuable Player categories. The complete set of finalists across all listed award categories will be confirmed when MLB Network airs the official announcements Monday night at 6 p.m. ET.