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- Updated: October 1, 2016
SEATTLE — Robinson Cano has been outstanding from start to finish this year for the Mariners, which makes it no surprise that the 33-year-old second baseman was named Friday as the team’s Most Valuable Player by Seattle’s chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
The local writers also voted Hisashi Iwakuma as the team’s Most Valuable Pitcher and gave Nelson Cruz the annual “Unsung Player” Award. The awards were presented in a pregame ceremony at Safeco Field Friday by Seattle BBWAA chapter chairman Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times.
Manager Scott Servais said all three honors were “well deserved” and a tribute to the players selected.
“Robbie from the get-go has had a phenomenal year,” Servais said. “Offensively, the numbers speak for themselves.”
Cano had put up a .297/.349/.523 line with a career-high 36 home runs and 97 RBIs going into Friday’s game. The batting average is tops on the team and he’s second to Kyle Seager in on-base percentage, second to Cruz in slugging percentage and home runs and third behind Cruz and Seager in RBIs.
Servais said …
