It's been a great summer for Missouri baseball.
The St. Louis Cardinals have overcome every injury and every super Chicago Cubs rookie thrown their way, have dominated what seems to be baseball's toughest division and look headed for the first 100-win season since the 2011 Philadelphia Phillies.
The Kansas City Royals have dropped the word "surprising" from their name and replaced it with "powerhouse." They have the American League's best record, and any day now they're going to clinch their first division title since 1985.
We salute the Cardinals and Royals here...because we're about to leave them both out.
Sorry about that, Missouri, but look at it as a compliment. Your teams are so good—emphasis on teams—that no single player stood out enough to win one of Bleacher Report's 2015 end-of-season-with-one-month-left awards. And your teams are so good that while both Mike Matheny and Ned Yost have done fine jobs, other managers faced bigger challenges this season.
We hope you don't take offense and at least remember that when the playoffs begin next month, the rest of the country will have no choice but to pay attention to you.
But enough about you, because it's time to look at who holds the lead as we head down the stretch for Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year.
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