The first group of year end awards were announced yesterday by The Sporting News and White Sox manager Will Venable is their AL Manager of the Year. These awards are voted on by peers and, more often than not, returns the same result as the “official” awards handed out by the Baseball Writers of America. Venable is just the sixth White Sox manager to win this version of the award, following Ozzie Guillen in 2005, Jerry Manuel in 2000, Jeff Torborg in 1990, Tony La Russa in 1983, and Chuck Tanner in 1972.
On the player side, Chase Meidroth was named to The Sporting News American League All-Star Team as the second baseman. He’s the first White Sox player to be named a year-end All-Star since José Abreu in 2020.
While Purdue begins their defense of the Big Ten Tournament title this afternoon, they’ve already started to collect some post-season hardware. On Wednesday, the Sporting News announced that Zach Edey was their National Player of the Year for the second straight season, making him just the eighth repeat winner since the award began in 1943. Edey swept the six National Player of the Year awards last year and is the favorite to do so again this year, a feat last accomplished by Bill Walton in 1972 and 1973.
