Arroyo was the recipient of two awards from the Reds in 2006.

The first, the Johnny Vander Meer Award, is given to the “Reds’ Most Outstanding Pitcher.” Reds.com points out:

Arroyo, who was acquired in a March 2006 trade from Boston for outfielder Wily Mo Pena, went 14-11 with a 3.29 ERA in 35 starts last season. The right-hander led the Major Leagues in innings pitched with 240 2/3 and was tied for first in starts. The 30-year-old was also Cincinnati’s lone representative to the All-Star Game in Pittsburgh.

The other award, the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award, is traditionally given to Sean Casey. Good Guy Award balloting in the post-Casey era was not so clear-cut, according to The Enquirer:

The Good Guy voting was extremely close. Arroyo got three votes. Adam Dunn, Kent Mercker and Todd Coffey got two each, and Scott Hatteberg, Aurilia, Austin Kearns, Javier Valentin and David Ross all got one.

Arroyo was the recipient of two awards from the Reds in 2006.

The first, the Johnny Vander Meer Award, is given to the “Reds' Most Outstanding Pitcher.” Reds.com points out:

Arroyo, who was acquired in a March 2006 trade from Boston for outfielder Wily Mo Pena, went 14-11 with a 3.29 ERA in 35 starts last season. The right-hander led the Major Leagues in innings pitched with 240 2/3 and was tied for first in starts. The 30-year-old was also Cincinnati's lone representative to the All-Star Game in Pittsburgh.

The other award, the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award, is traditionally given to Sean Casey. Good Guy Award balloting in the post-Casey era was not so clear-cut, according to The Enquirer:

The Good Guy voting was extremely close. Arroyo got three votes. Adam Dunn, Kent Mercker and Todd Coffey got two each, and Scott Hatteberg, Aurilia, Austin Kearns, Javier Valentin and David Ross all got one.

From Reds.com:

The Cincinnati chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America voted Arroyo as winner of both the Johnny Vander Meer Award as the Reds' Most Outstanding Pitcher and the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award.

Re the Most Outstanding Pitcher Award: So the message to new pitchers here is to kick ass for the first six weeks and your 11 attempts at win number ten and average end of the season will be completely forgotten.

Re the Good Guy Award: So the message to aspiring baseball writers here is that, if you want to joing the Baseball Writers' Association of America, you'll want to start using crack as soon as possible.

Just in case there are any Reds fans in Massachussetts…Bronson Arroyo is making a personal appearance in Boston. Well, the suburbs of Boston, anyway. He's signing autographs tomorrow at the Natick Mall in Natick, MA.

In other news, Brandon Claussen signed with the Nats. He got a minor league deal.

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