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The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (
IBWAA) has announced their choices for the AL and NL Relief Pitchers Of The Year.
Greg Holland of the AL Champion Kansas City Royals was elected as
AL Relief Pitcher Of The Year.
Dellin Betances (NYY) finished second and
Wade Davis (KC) finished third in the overall voting.
Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves was named the
NL Relief Pitcher Of The Year—while
Aroldis Chapman (Reds) and
Kenley Jansen (LAD) finished second and third, respectively. The IBWAA was founded in 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of
BaseballSavvy.com. Members come from organizations such as
MLB.com,
Yahoo! Sports, and
ESPN. Two members of the
FenwayNation staff (Editor-In-Chief
Ernie Paicopolos and International Editor
Mark Lawrence) are also members of the IBWAA.
