Blue Jays’ hit man finishes below his pair in the just concluded
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NEW YORK — Baltimore’s Felix Bautista was a unanimous winner of the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award and Milwaukee’s Devin Williams won the Trevor Hoffman National League honour on Wednesday.
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Williams, a 29-year-old right-hander, was 8-3 with a 1.53 ERA and 36 saves in 40 opportunities for the NL Central-champion Brewers. Williams also won the award in 2020 and joined former teammate Josh Hader, Edwin Diaz, Liam Hendriks, Kenley Jansen and Craig Kimbrel as the only multiple winners of the honour, known as the Delivery Man of the Year Award from 2005-13.
Rivera and Hoffman were among the six voters, joined by fellow Hall of Famers Dennis Eckersley and Rollie Fingers along with John Franco and Billy Wagner. Balloting was based on the regular season and used a system in which the first choice got five points, the second three and the third one.
Cleveland’s Emmanuel Clase was second in the AL after winning last year and Toronto’s Jordan Romano was third.
Pittsburgh’s David Bednar was second in the NL and San Diego’s Josh Hader third.
