Tampa Bay closer Bryan Baker earned MLB’s Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award on Wednesday. San Diego’s Mason Miller won the National League counterpart.
Baker tied Cleveland’s Cade Smith for the major league lead with 41 saves and posted a 1.44 ERA in 65 appearances. He did not allow a run in nine postseason outings and recorded five playoff saves.
The MLB award is separate from the new Baseball Writers’ Association of America relief award, which went to Toronto’s Louis Varland in the American League.
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