Shin Soo-Choo was selected for the Cleveland Indians’  Tribe’s Man of the Year award.  This honor is an individual award that is voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.  Pretty darn good because Shin Soo-Choo is a position player and not a pitcher, where many Asian players are usually slotted for on Major League Baseball teams.  His stats are pretty impressive for just his first year in the big leagues and hopefully he’ll get better.

The BBWAA selected Shin-Soo Choo as the Tribe’s Man of the Year for the consistent production he provided in the Indians lineup. Utility infielder Jamey Carroll, who is now a free agent, was saluted as the Frank Gibbons/Steve Olin Good Guy Award winner.

Choo is a first-time winner of the Man of the Year honor. He batted .300 with 20 homers, 38 doubles and 86 RBIs in his first full big league season.

Asdrubal Cabrera was the runner-up for the award in the BBWAA voting.

Carroll won the Good Guy Award for the leadership he provided in the Tribe clubhouse and his approachability and accessibility with the media, in good times and bad. Travis Hafner and Aaron Laffey were also nominated.

Source: MLB.com

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