Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles were named finalists for American League MVP, while a pair of St. Louis Cardinals infielders were named among the finalists for the top National League award.

MLB announced Monday three finalists in four award categories in each league: Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy Young Award and MVP.

A pair of left-handers are finalists for the top NL pitching award: Max Fried (Atlanta Braves) and Julio Urias (Los Angeles Dodgers). The 39-year-old Justin Verlander of the World Series champion Houston Astros was named among the group for the AL’s top pitching award.

None of the six managers up for the top award in each league saw their teams advance to the championship series.

The top rookie from each league will be announced Nov. 14, the managers will be revealed Nov. 15, the Cy Young winners are set to be announced Nov. 16 and the MVPs will be known Nov. 17.

AL MVP: Judge, Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez (Astros)

NL MVP: Paul Goldschmidt (Cardinals), Nolan Arenado (Cardinals), Manny Machado (Padres)

AL Cy Young: Dylan Cease (White Sox), Alek Manoah (Blue Jays), Verlander

NL Cy Young: Fried, Urias, Sandy Alcantara (Marlins)

AL Rookie of the Year: Steven Kwan (Guardians), Julio Rodriguez (Mariners), Adley Rutschman (Orioles)

NL Rookie of the Year: Brendan Donovan (Cardinals), Michael Harris II (Braves), Spencer Strider (Braves)

AL Manager of the Year: Terry Francona (Guardians), Brandon Hyde (Orioles), Scott Servais (Mariners)

NL Manager of the Year: Dave Roberts (Dodgers), Buck Showalter (Mets), Brian Snitker (Braves)

–Field Level Media

The Los Angeles Angels hired three new coaches for the staff of manager Phil Nevin, including new hitting coach Marcus Thames.

Phil Plantier was hired as an assistant hitting coach, while Bill Hezel was brought aboard as an assistant pitching coach. Nevin, who was named interim manager after Joe Maddon was fired in June, was retained last month on a one-year deal.

Thames will replace Jeremy Reed, who was let go as the team’s hitting coach last month. Assistant hitting coach John Mallee also was fired.

The club also intends to keep former major league coaches Dom Chiti (bullpen) and Mike Gallego (third base), although both will be reassigned.

The Angels have yet to announce a replacement for Gallego.

Thames, 45, played 10 seasons in the major leagues with six of those for the Detroit Tigers. He was a career .246 hitter with 115 home runs and 301 RBIs in 640 major league games.

Plantier, 53, played eight seasons with five different teams, including four seasons with his hometown San Diego Padres. Neither Thames nor Plantier played in the major leagues with the Angels.

Thames arrives after serving as the Miami Marlins’ hitting coach in 2022. He was also on the New York Yankees coaching staff with Nevin. Plantier was the Padres’ hitting coach from 2012-14.

Hezel arrives from the baseball training facility Driveline, based in Seattle.

–Field Level Media

The Minnesota Twins exercised their 2023 club option on right-hander Sonny Gray.

He will earn $12.7 million next season.

Also Monday, shortstop Carlos Correa, as expected, opted out of his contract, and the Twins declined their 2023 club options on right-handed pitchers Chris Archer and Dylan Bundy, as well as infielder Miguel Sano.

Gray, 33, started 24 games in Minnesota, his first season with the Twins. He finished 8-5 with a 3.08 ERA, 117 strikeouts and 36 walks in 119 2/3 innings pitched. Acquired in a trade with Cincinnati in March, Gray has a 90-77 record and 3.56 ERA in 247 career games (238 starts) with the Oakland Athletics (2013-17), New York Yankees (2017-18), Reds (2019-21) and Twins.

Correa, 28, hit .291 with 22 HRs and 64 RBIs in his only season with the Twins. He spent his first seven seasons with the Houston Astros before signing a three-year, $105.3 million deal with Minnesota this offseason. The contract contained two player opt-out years.

Archer, 34, was 2-8 with a 4.56 ERA in 25 starts for the Twins in 2022.

Bundy, 29, started a team-leading 29 games and was 8-8 with a 4.89 ERA.

Sano, 29, played only 20 games due to injury and had just five hits in 60 at-bats (.083) with one homer and three RBIs.

–Field Level Media

As team president Brian Cashman promised, the New York Yankees exercised their 2023 option on right-hander Luis Severino, who will be paid $15 million next season.

Severino, 28, signed a four-year contract in 2018 worth $40 million plus the team option for 2023. He becomes a free agent after the World Series next November.

In his first full season since Tommy John surgery in 2020, Severino missed time due to a lat injury that forced him to the 60-day injured list.

He made 19 regular-season starts with a 3.18 ERA and 1.00 WHIP over 102 innings, with 112 strikeouts in 2022.

Cashman said last week it was an “easy decision” to pick up Severino’s option.

Twice a top-10 finalist for the American League Cy Young Award before his injury, Severino turns 29 in February and has pitched a total of 120 innings since his surgery.

The Yankees have Severino, right-hander Gerrit Cole, All-Star left-hander Nestor Cortes and Frankie Montas under contract for 2023.

Montas, 29, is returning from a shoulder injury that limited his availability following New York’s move to bring him on board from the Oakland Athletics at the trade deadline.

–Field Level Media