September 30, 2019

Congratulations to Stephen Craig, winner of the 2019 MLB Predictions Pool! Steve becomes our fourteenth new winner in his eleventh year as an entrant.

• Three of us made “unique" picks this year: Greg Glassman (Anthony Rendon - NL RBI), Jeff Gatland (Ronald Acuña Jr. - NL runs), and Amy Gill (Jacob deGrom - NL SO).
• Danton Boller wins the annual Hughie Jennings Memorial Award, leading the pool with 55 tiebreaker points.

Here are the season category leaders, with bold indicating players we actually chose:

AL BA: Tim Anderson

AL HR: Jorge Soler

AL RBI: José Abreu

AL R: Mookie Betts (12)

AL SB: Mallex Smith (5)

NL BA: Christian Yelich (6)

NL HR: Pete Alonso

NL RBI: Anthony Rendon (1)

NL R: Ronald Acuña Jr. (1)

NL SB: Ronald Acuña Jr.

AL IP: Justin Verlander (2)

AL W: Justin Verlander (2)

AL ERA: Gerrit Cole

AL SO: Gerrit Cole (3)

AL S: Roberto Osuna (5)

NL IP: Stephen Strasburg

NL W: Stephen Strasburg

NL ERA: Hyun-Jin Ryu

NL SO: Jacob deGrom (1)

NL S: Kirby Yates

AL HBP: Alex Gordon

NL HBP: Anthony Rizzo (10)

AL HB: Spencer Turnbull

NL HB: Julio Teherán

Thanks a lot to everyone for participating this year, and big ups to Brian for making the daily Twitter and blog updates possible. Enjoy the playoffs!

-Jud and Dan