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Zack Wheeler and Yordan Alvarez earn MLB Comeback Player of the Year awards

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The Associated Press. (2026, November 12). Zack Wheeler and Yordan Alvarez earn MLB Comeback Player of the Year awards. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/zack-wheeler-and-yordan-alvarez-earn-mlb-comeback-player-of-the-year-awards/article_0b94f932-123b-5ff3-b97a-1ac8b296165d.html

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Alvarez PERSON · 3× Milwaukee ORG · 2× American League ORG · 1× Houston GPE · 1× LAS VEGAS GPE · 1× National League ORG · 1× Philadelphia GPE · 1× Shohei Ohtani PERSON · 1× Yordan Alvarez PERSON · 1× Zack Wheeler PERSON · 1×

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Others receiving NL votes included Miami right-hander Sandy Alcantara, Cincinnati reliever Tejay Antone, Padres infielder Ty France, Atlanta outfielder Michael Harris II, Pittsburgh right-hander Jared Jones, Milwaukee outfielder Garrett Mitchell and Arizona left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez.
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Philadelphia pitcher Zack Wheeler was voted National League Comeback Player of the Year and Houston designated hitter Yordan Alvarez earned the American League honor on Wednesday night. asserted
Alvarez → vote → night
Alvarez also was picked for the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award, ending a streak of five straight wins by Shohei Ohtani. asserted
Alvarez → pick → Ohtani
Alvarez and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs won Hank Aaron Awards as the most outstanding offensive performers. asserted
Alvarez → win → performers
San Diego’s Mason Miller was selected as the Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year and Tampa Bay’s Bryan Baker as the Mariano Rivera AL Reliever of the Year. asserted
Miller → select → Year
Rays president of baseball operations Erik Neander was voted executive of the year for the second time following his win in 2019. asserted
Neander → vote → 2019
Wheeler, a 36-year-old right-hander, was 14-5 with a 3.00 ERA in 28 starts, striking out 193 and walking 47 in 162 innings. asserted
Wheeler → strike → innings
He was 10-5 with a 2.71 ERA in 24 starts last year, when he didn’t pitch after Aug. 15 and had thoracic outlet decompression surgery. asserted
he → pitch → surgery
Alvarez, 29, won his first AL batting title, hitting .316 with 42 homers, 106 RBIs and a 1.033 OPS over a career-high 158 games. asserted
Alvarez → win → games
He was limited to 48 games in 2025 because of a broken right hand and sprained left ankle. asserted
He → limit → hand
Others receiving NL votes included Miami right-hander Sandy Alcantara, Cincinnati reliever Tejay Antone, Padres infielder Ty France, Atlanta outfielder Michael Harris II, Pittsburgh right-hander Jared Jones, Milwaukee outfielder Garrett Mitchell and Arizona left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez. asserted
Others → receive → Alcantara
Others getting AL votes included New York Yankees right-handers Paul Blackburn and Gerrit Cole, Cleveland/Washington pitcher Foster Griffin, Tampa Bay left-hander Shane McClanahan and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout. asserted
Others → get → Blackburn
Voters for the MLB reliever awards included Hoffman, Rivera, fellow Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers and Billy Wagner, and John Franco, Joe Nathan and Troy Percival. asserted
Voters → include → Fingers
Earlier in the day, Miller and Toronto’s Louis Varland won the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s inaugural Relievers of the Year awards. asserted
Miller → win → awards
Voting for executive of the year was by the 30 teams, which cast ballots before the postseason. asserted
which → cast → postseason
Milwaukee president of baseball operations Matt Arnold finished second after winning the previous two years. asserted
Arnold → finish → operations
Past winners and distinguished players voted on the Hank Aaron Awards. asserted
winners → vote → Awards
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