The major awards season is around the corner for Major League Baseball. While the Players Choice Awards and accolades from publications have been dropped, we await the biggest hardware of them all. 

Some Atlanta Braves players should be in the running for some of these awards – or at least be finalists for them. Let’s look at some key dates that are relevant to Braves who are up for or are expected to be up for awards in November. 

This is a very jam-packed day. Buckle up.

The first major award that will be up for grabs by a Braves player is the Hank Aaron Award. Named after the Braves legend, the award aims to recognize some of the top offensive performers from the season. 

Designated hitter Marcell Ozuna is the Braves rep who is up for the award. 

The All-MLB First and Second Teams will be announced. Five Braves players have a shot to be on either team. 

First Base: Matt Olson

DH: Marcell Ozuna

Starting Pitchers: Chris Sale and Reynaldo López

Relief Pitcher: Raisel Iglesias 

Then, there is Comeback Player of the Year. Chris Sale has already won it during the Players Choice Awards and for Sporting News. That could be a sign he’ll take it home a third time when the writers at MLB.com decide their winner. 

A reliever in each league will be named the Reliever of the Year – named for Trevor Hoffman in the NL and Mariano Rivera in the AL – be on the lookout for Raisel Iglesias who was stellar for the Braves this season. He had a 1.95 ERA and had a run of 30 games without giving up a run. 

Lastly, there is the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award. There is one winner. It will likely be Shohei Ohtani, but it can’t hurt to look out for Ozuna. 

Like with the Gold Glove Awards, the Silver Slugger Award will be handed out to a player at each position. 

The lone Braves finalist this season is once again Ozuna. Now, he’s up against Shohei Ohtani. It might be some of the stiffest competition for an award that anyone has. 

But since he is a finalist nonetheless, we’ll be on the lookout. 

The National League Rookie of the Year finalists have yet to be announced, so we mention this date. Starting pitcher Spencer Scwellenbach had a phenomenal rookie season, but he has stiff competition.

San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill has felt like a favorite for a bit as does Pittsburgh Pirates starter Paul Skenes. Shota Imanaga looked good in his first MLB season over in Chicago with the Cubs. The odds are stacked against him, but maybe he’ll be a surprise finalist. 

Brian Snitker is not likely to be named the National League Manager of the Year. But we don’t even know the finalists yet, so until then, we mark the date. 

Chris Sale is without a doubt the clear Cy Young frontrunner in the National League. He took home the first NL Triple Crown since 2011 – 18 wins, 2.35 ERA and 225 strikeouts. 

Triple Crown winners win the award more often than not. He won Outstanding Pitcher of the Year at the Players Choice Awards. His peers like him. Now, it’s up to the writers to agree. 

Again, maybe Ozuna is a finalist for the award. It looked certain at one point he would at least be one. But after going on a bit of a production slump down the stretch, it’s to be determined. 

If he is, he’ll likely get the honor of finishing third behind Shohei Ohtani and New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor. 

ATLANTA – As the Atlanta Falcons prepare for their upcoming game against the New Orleans Saints, the team has taken a moment to give back to one of its most loyal fans. Tiffany, a devoted supporter, and her four daughters received a complete home makeover, courtesy of a partnership between the Falcons and Rooms to Go.

The top-to-bottom renovation marks the fourth home makeover the Falcons have completed this year. Tiffany and her family expressed immense gratitude for being chosen for the life-changing experience, calling it unforgettable.

This initiative is part of the Falcons’ ongoing efforts to give back to their community and support their fans in meaningful ways.

ATLANTA – Tributes continue to pour in for legendary producer and composer Quincy Jones, who passed away Sunday night. In Atlanta, Jones is not only being remembered for his contributions in music, but also for his role in the civil rights movement.

“He always answered the call,” civil rights icon Xernona Clayton told FOX 5.

As the world prepares to say its goodbyes to the man whose music touched millions of lives, Clayton and other giants in the civil rights movement are saying goodbye to a friend and ally in the fight for equality.

Clayton, now 94 years-old, says she remembers her friend Quincy Jones as a man who stood firmly with activists as they took on the system.

“He was the man you read about with all this talent,” she said. “When there was time to get a concert together, a fundraiser, he’d help do that…so it was a group of talented people raising money for the civil rights movement,” she continued.

The woman, once credited with convincing a KKK Grand Dragon to step down from the organization, tells FOX 5 she met Jones in Los Angeles in the early 1960s before moving to Atlanta with her then-husband Ed Clayton.

“He was funny and fun,” she recalled. “He would help everybody…I would hear of stories where he’d help a lot of people get in the industry.”

Jones would eventually begin helping the movement financially, assisting those who’d found themselves in jail or in the hospital.

“We were always in need of funds, and we had a list of the folk we knew could help and he was on our list,” Clayton stated.

She says while she was heartbroken to hear about his passing, his contributions will not be forgotten, and his life’s work was complete.

“I was feeling sad because you can’t call him anymore,” she said.

Jones will be honored at a memorial service on Nov. 14, in Los Angeles, where family, friends, and fans are expected to gather in his memory.