Judge, Sabathia, Astros honored by New York baseball writers

Posted November 09, 2017 6:00 am

By MIKE FITZPATRICK

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 file photo, New York Yankees' Aaron Judge follows through on a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in New York. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is a finalist for AL MVP and Rookie of the Year, giving him a chance to become just the third player to win the awards in the same year. The Baseball Writersâ Association of America revealed the finalists for its major awards on Monday night, Nov. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File) The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and the World Series champion Houston Astros were big winners Wednesday in voting by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Judge was selected New York player of the year and the rookie outfielder also will receive the Joe DiMaggio Toast of the Town award at the chapter's 95th annual dinner on Jan. 28 in Manhattan.

Astros ace Justin Verlander and second baseman Jose Altuve shared the Babe Ruth award as postseason MVP. Houston center fielder George Springer, the World Series MVP, was honored with the Arthur and Milton Richman You Gotta Have Heart award for overcoming a severe stutter. Astros shortstop Carlos Correa will receive the Joan Payson/Shannon Forde award for community service after leading hurricane relief efforts in his native Puerto Rico.

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia got the Ben Epstein/Dan Castellano Good Guy award.

The Willie, Mickey & The Duke award will go to the 1998 Yankees on the 20th anniversary of their championship season. That dominant team - led by Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Bernie Williams and others - compiled an incredible 125-50 record, including postseason games.

The Casey Stengel You Could Look It Up award went to former New York Mets first baseman John Olerud, who batted .354 in 1998. That remains the highest single-season mark in franchise history.

The chapter also paid tribute to late Major League Baseball executive Katy Feeney with the William J. Slocum and Jack Lang Award for Long and Meritorious Service. Feeney, among the most prominent women in baseball during her four-decade career, died April 1 at age 68. She retired last December after working her final postseason.

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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 1998, file photo, New York Mets' John Olerud bats against San Francisco Giants pitcher Orel Hershiser in the third inning of a baseball game in New York. The Casey Stengel You Could Look It Up award from the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America went to former Mets first baseman Olerud, who batted .354 in 1998. That remains the highest single-season mark in franchise history. (AP Photo/John Dunn, File) The Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, Houston Astros' Justin Verlander hugs Jose Altuve after Game 7 of baseball's American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees in Houston. The Astros won 4-0 to win the series. Verlander and Altuve shared the Babe Ruth award as postseason MVP, in awards voting by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith, File) The Associated Press

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