Our second MLB Monday miniseries gets another now-annual entry, as we look at the secondary awards for the 2025 MLB season. We did our first 2025 awards piece last week, and now we’re on to the next one! As we all know, the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first repeat World Series champions in quite some time with a thrilling, seven-game Fall Classic victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. What an October! On with the show …

2025 World Series MVP: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, P, Los Angeles (NL) (original, confirmed)

This is pretty much an easy decision to make as Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto was incredible in this matchup, posting three victories (Games 2, 6, and 7) across 17 2/3 innings pitched with only two earned runs allowed to go along with 15 strikeouts. His 0.679 WHIP was stunning, as well, considering how well the Blue Jays were hitting the ball, generally, in the postseason. He won the vote, and we won’t bother arguing.

2025 ALCS MVP: Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., 1B, Toronto (original); George Springer, RF, Toronto (revised)

Toronto defeated the Seattle Mariners in a seven-game series here, with Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. winning the vote. While he did hit .385 in the matchup, he only drove in three runs—on three solo home runs, no less—in the seven games. That doesn’t impress us much, in truth. He also didn’t lead his team in runs or walks, so it’s a strange popularity contest to us that he won this vote. Who else is there now?

Three different Mariners players posted OPS marks over 1.000 in the series, so they cancel each other out. But Toronto right fielder George Springer provided most of the actual win probability on offense for the Blue Jays, by far. His batting line—seven runs, seven RBI, three doubles, three walks—topped the lineup for the victors, and his OPS was also over 1.000 for the matchup. We’re going with Spring for this award … duh.

Maybe this makes up for the 2017 World Series MVP we took away from him for sign-stealing thievery.

2025 NLCS MVP: Shohei Ohtani, DH/SP, Los Angeles (original, confirmed)

Los Angeles swept Milwaukee, leaving us with an easy analysis here, as do-it-all superstar Shohei Ohtani dominated the series with three HRs, three RBI, and six shutout innings in a Game 4 victory for the Dodgers. It may have been one of the most impressive performances ever in the MLB postseason, and even though he only drove in one other run in the first three games, this singular games really overwhelms all.

2025 AL MOTY: Stephen Vogt, Cleveland (original, confirmed)

For the second year in a row, Cleveland Guardians Manager Stephen Vogt won this award, and he certainly deserved it again, taking a team to division title when it really was a sub-.500 team, production wise. Cleveland won 88 games as it finished eight wins over its Pythagorean projection, thanks to Vogt. This really does give credence to that idea veteran catchers make the best managers. The Guardians are lucky.

2025 NL MOTY: Pat Murphy, Milwaukee (original); Rob Thomson, Philadelphia (revised)

Here we go again: for the second year in a row, Milwaukee Brewers Manager Pat Murphy won this award—but he shouldn’t have. He actually posted a negative PPP mark (minus-2) despite leading his team to an NL-best 97 victories. Strangely, the only manager of an NL playoff team to post a positive PPP mark was Philadelphia Phillies Manager Rob Thomson (plus-2). It’s easy to give him this award, therefore. So be it.