Wait. We’re almost at the finish line. Already? It seems like 10 minutes ago that Ian Happ was mashing the first pitch of the season halfway to South Beach. Doesn’t it?



But apparently, that was 2,000 games ago. And here we are, handing out those end-of-season awards you all enjoy so much. As usual, I couldn’t convince Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy Connors, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Rollins or even Jimmy Yacabonis to present these much-coveted awards. So I’ll just have to do it myself. Now here we go!



NL MVP – JAVIER BÁEZ, CUBS



First off, a full disclosure: I’m a National League MVP voter. So I’m not permitted to reveal my full ballot. And, to be honest, I’m still not 100 percent sure how I’m going to vote. I would never cast my official ballot — for anything — before the end of any season.



And that’s especially true in a season like this one, where this race...