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BBWAA AL Reliever of the Year Voting

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The Associated Press. (2026, November 12). BBWAA AL Reliever of the Year Voting. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/bbwaa-al-reliever-of-the-year-voting/article_d7b3c822-068a-5fde-8aed-f6a70725a145.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-11-12 · by The Associated Press

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The article reports on voting results for an award given to a relief pitcher in baseball. It lists points awarded to ten pitchers based on rankings from first to fifth place by voters. Louis Varland of Toronto received the most total points with 146, followed by Cade Smith of Cleveland with 133 points. The article presents these rankings without additional commentary or context beyond the numerical data provided.

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Louis Varland, a right-handed reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays, has won the inaugural American League Reliever of the Year award from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). He received 16 first-place votes and 146 total points, topping Cleveland’s Cade Smith who had seven first-place votes and 133 points. Varland took over as closer in April and ended with a 1.27 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 78 innings, recording 35 saves out of 37 opportunities. He was acquired by the Blue Jays from the Minnesota Twins at last year’s trade deadline and was named an AL All-Star for the first time this season in July.

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Louis Varland, a relief pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, has been named the inaugural American League Reliever of the Year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Varland won with 35 saves and a 1.27 ERA in 2026, topping Cleveland’s Cade Smith and Tampa Bay’s Bryan Baker to earn the award. Despite starting the season as an understudy, Varland became a dominant closer once he got the opportunity, helping…

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