Picking Every MLB Team's MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year in 2025
Before the baseball world shifts its focus to the offseason, let's slap a bow on a memorable 2025 campaign by selecting the MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year for every MLB team.
Most teams don't have a legitimate candidate for leaguewide MVP honors, which will almost certainly go to Shohei Ohtani in the National League and either Aaron Judge or Cal Raleigh in the American League, but every team has at least one standout worthy of taking home the team award.
The same is true of Cy Young, though a team like the Colorado Rockies did make that tricky after they posted a MLB-worst 5.97 ERA as a team.
Selecting each club's top rookie was by far the hardest part of this, as some teams had multiple deserving candidates, while others received virtually no contributions from rookies in 2025.
Only position players were considered for the team MVP award, while rookies were eligible to also be selected as their team's MVP or Cy Young. Just like the actual leaguewide awards, the focus was also solely on regular-season production.
Arizona Diamondbacks
1 of 30
MVP: OF Corbin Carroll
Cy Young: SP Ryne Nelson
ROY: RP Andrew Saalfrank
Shortstop Geraldo Perdomo was the D-backs' WAR leader thanks in large part to his elite defense, but Corbin Carroll still earns team MVP honors after posting a 140 OPS and filling up the stat sheet with 32 doubles, 17 triples, 31 home runs, 84 RBI and 32 steals.
No one would have guessed Ryne Nelson would be the team's top pitcher when the year started with Corbin Burnes, Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly headlining the rotation. The 27-year-old quietly posted a 3.39 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 132 strikeouts in 154 innings after starting the year in the bullpen.
Athletics
2 of 30
MVP: 1B Nick Kurtz
Cy Young: SP Jeffrey Springs
ROY: 1B Nick Kurtz
The Athletics have assembled a fantastic young core offensively, and Nick Kurtz immediately becomes the crown jewel after posting a ridiculous 173 OPS with 36 home runs in 117 games. The batted-ball metrics suggest he is the real deal.
Flashy signing Luis Severino would have been the Athletics' best pitcher if all his starts came on the road (14 GS, 3.02 ERA, 80.1 IP), but he was absolutely shelled at home (15 GS, 6.01 ERA, 82.1 IP). Instead, fellow offseason addition Jeffrey Springs (11-11, 4.11 ERA, 138 K, 171.0 IP) gets the nod.
Atlanta Braves
3 of 30
MVP: 1B Matt Olson
Cy Young: SP Chris Sale
ROY: C Drake Baldwin
With Austin Riley (102 G), Ronald Acuña Jr. (95 G) and Sean Murphy (94 G) all missing significant time, Matt Olson was far and away the most productive offensive player in the Atlanta lineup, leading the team in hits (170), doubles (41), home runs (29), RBI (95), runs scored (98) and total bases (302). He also won his third Gold Glove Award.
Not only was he Atlanta's top rookie, but catcher Drake Baldwin also has a real shot at taking home NL Rookie of the Year honors, with Chicago Cubs starter Cade Horton his biggest competition for the hardware.
Baltimore Orioles
4 of 30
MVP: SS Gunnar Henderson
Cy Young: SP Trevor Rogers
ROY: SP Tomoyuki Sugano
Something of a forgotten man when he struggled late in 2024 after he was acquired from the Miami Marlins, left-hander Trevor Rogers was as good as any pitcher in baseball during the second half, finishing 9-3 with a 1.81 ERA, 0.90 WHIP and 103 strikeouts in 109.2 innings.
Tip of the cap to Tomoyuki Sugano who made his MLB debut at the age of 35 after 12 seasons in the Japanese League. He was not a frontline starter, but he made 30 starts and chewed through 157 innings while posting a 4.64 ERA.
Boston Red Sox
5 of 30
MVP: OF Jarren Duran
Cy Young: SP Garrett Crochet
ROY: OF Roman Anthony
A case could be made that Roman Anthony was not only the Red Sox top rookie, but also their MVP, as the team went 44-27 (.620) in the games he played, compared to 45-46 (.494) without him. It's hard not to wonder if the postseason might have gone differently if he were healthy.
Garrett Crochet was acquired to be the ace of the staff and paid to be the ace of the staff when he signed a six-year, $170 million extension, and he delivered with a 2.59 ERA and 1.03 WHIP while leading the AL in innings pitched (205.1) and strikeouts (255).
Chicago Cubs
6 of 30
MVP: OF Pete Crow-Armstrong
Cy Young: SP Matthew Boyd
ROY: SP Cade Horton
Despite fading in the second half, Pete Crow-Armstrong still finished as a 6.0-WAR player in 2025, posting a 118 OPS with 31 home runs and 35 steals to become the team's first 30/30 player since Sammy Sosa in 1995.
Southpaw Matthew Boyd was inked to a reasonable two-year, $29 million deal last offseason, and he ended up having a career year, earning an All-Star selection while finishing 14-8 with a 3.21 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 154 strikeouts in 179.2 innings.
Chicago White Sox
7 of 30
MVP: IF Lenyn Sosa
Cy Young: SP Shane Smith
ROY: SP Shane Smith
Right-hander Shane Smith ended up being one of the best Rule 5 picks in recent memory, earning a spot in the White Sox rotation out of camp and finishing with a 3.81 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 145 strikeouts in 146.1 innings while earning an All-Star selection.
Infielder Lenyn Sosa led the White Sox in hits (137), home runs (22), RBI (75) and total bases (225), taking one of the biggest leaps forward of any player in baseball offensively after he entered the year as a career .229/.257/.347 hitter over 578 plate appearances.
Cincinnati Reds
8 of 30
MVP: SS Elly De La Cruz
Cy Young: SP Andrew Abbott
ROY: SP Chase Burns
Despite a major second-half swoon, Elly De La Cruz still led the Reds in hits (166), doubles (31), home runs (22), RBI (86), runs scored (102) and steals (37) while posting a 109 OPS over 699 plate appearances.
Hunter Greene is still the ace of the staff, and he was great when healthy over the 19 starts he made, but Andrew Abbott anchored the staff with a 2.87 ERA, 1.15 WHIP and 149 strikeouts in 166.1 innings while making his first All-Star team.
Cleveland Guardians
9 of 30
MVP: 3B José Ramírez
Cy Young: RP Cade Smith
ROY: SP/RP Joey Cantillo
Not only was he one of the top setup relievers in baseball for much of the season, but Cade Smith also stepped seamlessly into the closer's role after Emmanuel Clase was suspended. The 26-year-old finished with a 2.93 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 12.7 K/9 while tallying 16 saves and 19 holds in 76 games.
Joey Cantillo (34 G, 13 GS, 3.21 ERA, 108 K, 95.1 IP) and Parker Messick (7 GS, 2.72 ERA, 38 K, 39.2 IP) both made an impact on the mound, with Cantillo getting the nod for his larger body of work. Both should factor into the team's 2026 plans in some capacity.
Colorado Rockies
10 of 30
MVP: C Hunter Goodman
Cy Young: SP Kyle Freeland
ROY: RP Juan Mejía
After hitting .190 with a 68 OPS over 224 plate appearances in 2024, Hunter Goodman took a massive step forward at the plate this season to emerge as the best hitter in the Rockies lineup.
The 26-year-old batted .278/.323/.520 with 31 home runs and 91 RBI, and he had an .803 OPS and 18 home runs on the road, so his stats were not simply a product of Coors Field.
Despite leading the NL with 17 losses, Kyle Freeland is the obvious choice for the team's top pitcher. His 4.98 ERA was roughly league average with park factors taken into account (98 ERA ), and he led the team in starts (31), innings pitched (162.2) and strikeouts (124).
Detroit Tigers
11 of 30
MVP: OF Riley Greene
Cy Young: SP Tarik Skubal
ROY: SP/RP Troy Melton
There is a case to be made for catcher Dillon Dingler as the Tigers MVP after he put together a breakout season at the plate and took home AL Gold Glove honors, but Riley Greene gets the nod for the heavy lifting he did in the middle of the lineup with a 36-homer, 111-RBI season.
With a fastball that averaged 97.1 mph and a hard-biting slider, Troy Melton flashed swing-and-miss stuff while filling a variety of roles on the pitching staff. He should get a long look for a spot in the Opening Day rotation next spring.
Houston Astros
12 of 30
MVP: SS Jeremy Peña
Cy Young: SP Hunter Brown
ROY: OF Cam Smith
In a contract year for Framber Valdez, right-hander Hunter Brown left little doubt that he is the present and future ace of the staff in Houston. The 27-year-old posted a 2.43 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 206 strikeouts in 185.1 innings, and he was announced as one of the three finalists in AL Cy Young voting.
Shortstop Jeremy Peña looked like a star on the rise when he won ALCS and World Series MVP in 2022, and he finally took that next step forward in 2025, hitting .304/.363/.477 for a 132 OPS with 30 doubles, 17 home runs, 62 RBI, 20 steals and 5.6 WAR.
Kansas City Royals
13 of 30
MVP: SS Bobby Witt Jr.
Cy Young: RP Carlos Estévez
ROY: SP Noah Cameron
Kris Bubic was having a breakout season before going down with an injury, and Noah Cameron was terrific after making his debut, but Carlos Estévez was a rock at the back of the bullpen all season. He led the majors with 42 saves, to go along with a 2.45 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and a .199 opponents' batting average in 67 games.
As for the aforementioned Noah Cameron, his future looks extremely bright after he logged a 2.99 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 114 strikeouts in 138.1 innings while tallying 10 quality starts.
Los Angeles Angels
14 of 30
MVP: SS Zach Neto
Cy Young: SP Yusei Kikuchi
ROY: RP Ryan Zeferjahn
The Angels continue to spin their tires in the mud of mediocrity with 10 straight losing seasons, but they have found a star in Zach Neto to supplant Mike Trout as the team's most productive player. The 24-year-old posted a 117 OPS with 29 doubles, 26 home runs, 62 RBI and 26 steals while logging his second straight 5-WAR campaign.
Production from rookies was limited, but Ryan Zeferjahn flashed some intriguing stuff out of the bullpen. His 4.74 ERA and 1.74 WHIP don't jump off the page, but he struck out 73 batters in 57 innings while recording two saves and 17 holds in 62 games.
Los Angeles Dodgers
15 of 30
MVP: DH/SP Shohei Ohtani
Cy Young: SP Yoshinobu Yamamoto
ROY: RP Jack Dreyer
The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto over $1 billion combined during the 2023-24 offseason, and it's hard to imagine the team taking home back-to-back titles without them after the impact they both made throughout the year and into the postseason.
Roki Sasaki was expected to be the team's top rookie, and he ended up making a major impact in October, but looking solely at the regular season, it was Jack Dreyer who was the team's top newcomer with a 2.95 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 10 holds in 67 appearances.
Miami Marlins
16 of 30
MVP: OF Kyle Stowers
Cy Young: SP Edward Cabrera
ROY: OF Jakob Marsee
Outfielder Kyle Stowers was one of baseball's biggest breakout performers in 2025, going from a former top prospect trying to find his footing in the big leagues to an All-Star while posting a 148 OPS with 25 home runs and 73 RBI in 117 games.
An impressive late-season showing from Jakob Marsee was enough to move him ahead of Agustín Ramírez as the team's top rookie. The 24-year-old hit .292/.363/.478 for a 132 OPS with 26 extra-base hits and 14 steals in 55 games after making his MLB debut on Aug. 1.
Milwaukee Brewers
17 of 30
MVP: 2B Brice Turang
Cy Young: SP Freddy Peralta
ROY: OF Isaac Collins
After winning NL Platinum Glove honors in 2024, Brice Turang took his offensive game to another level this season, hitting .288/.359/.435 with 18 home runs, 81 RBI and 24 steals while raising his OPS from 86 to 121.
There were key rookie contributions up and down the Brewers roster, with Isaac Collins narrowly edging out Caleb Durbin, Chad Patrick and Jacob Misiorowski for top rookie honors, though they were all instrumental in the team's success.
Minnesota Twins
18 of 30
MVP: OF Byron Buxton
Cy Young: SP Joe Ryan
ROY: 2B Luke Keaschall
A healthy Byron Buxton proved he is still a star in 2025, posting a 136 OPS with 35 home runs, 24 steals and 4.9 WAR in 126 games, marking just the second time in his career he has played more than 120 games.
Following the team's deadline fire sale, Joe Ryan is one of the top speculative trade chips of the offseason. The 29-year-old has two more years of club control remaining, and he is coming off a season where he finished 13-10 with a 3.42 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 194 strikeouts in 171 innings while making his first All-Star team.
New York Mets
19 of 30
MVP: OF Juan Soto
Cy Young: RP Edwin Díaz
ROY: SP Nolan McLean
The Mets rotation finished 18th in the majors with a 4.13 ERA, and they leaned heavily on a trio of rookies during the stretch run, so it should not come as much of a surprise that closer Edwin Díaz takes home team Cy Young honors. The 31-year-old had another dominant season, nailing down 28 of 31 save chances with a 1.63 ERA, 0.87 WHIP and 13.3 K/9 in 62 games.
As for the rookies who shouldered the late-season load in the rotation, Nolan McLean was the best of the bunch with a 2.06 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 57 strikeouts in 48 innings. Not bad for a guy just two years removed from being a third-round pick in the 2023 draft.
New York Yankees
20 of 30
MVP: OF Aaron Judge
Cy Young: SP Max Fried
ROY: SP Cam Schlittler
Even before his postseason heroics, Cam Schlittler had established himself as a key piece of the Yankees future by posting a 2.96 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 84 strikeouts in 73 innings over 14 starts. The 24-year-old looks like one of the biggest steals in the 2022 draft class as the No. 220 overall pick in the seventh round.
In the first season of an eight-year, $218 million contract, Max Fried filled the role of staff ace in Gerrit Cole's absence, finishing 19-5 with a 2.86 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 189 strikeouts in 195.1 innings.
Philadelphia Phillies
21 of 30
MVP: DH Kyle Schwarber
Cy Young: SP Cristopher Sánchez
ROY: IF Otto Kemp
Fresh off a 56-homer, 132-RBI season and a possible runner-up finish in NL MVP voting, Kyle Schwarber is one of the biggest names on this year's free-agent market. How much will teams be willing to pay for a 32-year-old designated hitter, considering he is the type of bat that can legitimately transform a lineup?
With Zack Wheeler injured down the stretch and Aaron Nola not pitching up to his usual standard, Cristopher Sánchez stepped up big as the ace of the staff in Philadelphia. The 28-year-old had a 2.50 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 212 strikeouts in 202 innings, and he led all pitchers with 8.0 WAR in a continuation of last year's breakthrough performance.
Pittsburgh Pirates
22 of 30
MVP: 1B Spencer Horwitz
Cy Young: SP Paul Skenes
ROY: SP/RP Braxton Ashcraft
Paul Skenes would be the clear choice for team MVP if we were not limiting that spot to position players, but Spencer Horwitz deserves some recognition after posting a 118 OPS with 37 extra-base hits in 108 games while taking over as the team's primary first baseman.
Right-hander Braxton Ashcraft began his rookie season as a multi-inning option out of the bullpen, but eventually moved into the starting rotation where he logged a 2.16 ERA in 33.1 innings over eight starts. He should enter spring training with an inside track to win a spot in the Opening Day rotation.
San Diego Padres
23 of 30
MVP: OF Fernando Tatis Jr.
Cy Young: SP Nick Pivetta
ROY: RP David Morgan
Fernando Tatis Jr. was the Padres' best player in 2025, posting a 125 OPS with 25 home runs, 32 steals and 5.9 WAR while winning his second Gold Glove and earning his third All-Star selection. Still only 26 years old, he already has three 5-WAR seasons under his belt, and a run at MVP honors still seems possible in the near future.
A year after Jackson Merrill took the league by storm as a rookie, the Padres received little production from first-year players in 2025. Reliever David Morgan was the best of the bunch, logging a 2.66 ERA and 9.5 K/9 in 41 appearances working mostly in middle relief.
San Francisco Giants
24 of 30
MVP: 3B Matt Chapman
Cy Young: SP Logan Webb
ROY: IF Christian Koss
The six-year, $151 million extension given to Matt Chapman looks like money well spent after he put together another strong all-around season, posting a 120 OPS with 21 home runs while providing his usual strong defense at the hot corner in a 4.1-WAR campaign.
The Giants should have one of baseball's top rookies heading into the 2026 season in Bryce Eldridge after he got his feet wet as a September call-up, but they didn't have an impact rookie this past season. Utility infielder Christian Koss had a 94 OPS in 191 plate appearances and soaked up 39 starts at second base.
Seattle Mariners
25 of 30
MVP: C Cal Raleigh
Cy Young: SP Bryan Woo
ROY: SP Logan Evans
Most would have slotted Bryan Woo as the No. 5 starter on the Seattle staff heading into the season, even after a breakout 2024 campaign, but he ended up being the team's best pitcher. The 25-year-old finished with a 2.94 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and 198 strikeouts in 186.2 innings.
There might not be a clear spot for him in the rotation looking ahead to next year, but Logan Evans did a solid job this year as organizational depth. He ended up making 15 spot starts, posting a 4.32 ERA in 81.1 innings as the Mariners went 8-7 in those games.
St. Louis Cardinals
26 of 30
MVP: 2B Brendan Donovan
Cy Young: SP Sonny Gray
ROY: RP Matt Svanson
As the Cardinals get set for an overdue rebuild, Brendan Donovan and Sonny Gray might be their two most valuable trade chips. The ultra-versatile Donovan was an All-Star for the first time in 2025, while Gray still has plenty left in the tank after posting a 4.28 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and 201 strikeouts in 180.2 innings in his age-35 campaign.
Sinkerballer Matt Svanson ended up being one of the team's top relievers, especially after Ryan Helsley and Phil Maton were traded at the deadline. The 26-year-old had a 1.94 ERA, 0.88 WHIP and 10.1 K/9 in 39 appearances.
Tampa Bay Rays
27 of 30
MVP: 3B Junior Caminero
Cy Young: SP Drew Rasmussen
ROY: OF Jake Mangum
Aided by some dramatic home/road splits, Junior Caminero was one of baseball's most productive middle-of-the-order sluggers. Still only 22 years old, he has emerged as the face of the franchise, and he could be the club's best homegrown hitter since Evan Longoria.
After dealing with a variety of injuries throughout his career, Drew Rasmussen reached 30 starts for the first time in 2025, and provided frontline production with a 2.76 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 127 strikeouts in 150 innings.
Texas Rangers
28 of 30
MVP: OF Wyatt Langford
Cy Young: SP Jacob deGrom
ROY: SP Jack Leiter
Jack Leiter (No. 2 overall in 2021) and Wyatt Langford (No. 4 overall in 2023) were both high picks in their respective draft classes, and now they look like building blocks for a team set to trim payroll this winter.
Meanwhile, baseball fans were treated to a fully healthy Jacob deGrom for the first time in years, and he delivered with a 2.97 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and 185 strikeouts in 172.2 innings. It was the first time since 2019 that he topped 100 innings pitched, and he is still owed $75 million over the next two years.
Toronto Blue Jays
29 of 30
MVP: DH George Springer
Cy Young: SP Kevin Gausman
ROY: RP Braydon Fisher
There is no question Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is the face of the franchise for the Blue Jays, and he put together an all-time great postseason, but the focus here is the regular season and George Springer had the better year. The 36-year-old hit .309/.399/.560 with 32 home runs, 84 RBI and 18 steals in one of the best seasons of his entire career.
Similar to Vlad Jr. being the guy in the postseason, Trey Yesavage made a name for himself in October after just three regular-season starts. Before that, Braydon Fisher helped get them there with a 2.70 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 11.2 K/9 in 52 games.
Washington Nationals
30 of 30
MVP: OF James Wood
Cy Young: SP MacKenzie Gore
ROY: OF Daylen Lile
James Wood and MacKenzie Gore were both acquired from San Diego in the Juan Soto blockbuster, and now they are the two best players on the Nationals roster as they continue to build toward contention. Wood had a 132 OPS and 31 home runs, while Gore had 185 strikeouts in 159.2 innings.
The hyped rookie entering the season was Dylan Crews, but fellow outfielder Daylen Lile ended up having a far better 2025 season. The 22-year-old hit .299/.347/.498 for a 137 OPS with 15 doubles, 11 triples, nine home runs, 41 RBI and eight steals in 91 games.
