Chris Sale, Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani highlight All-MLB 2024 awardees

Left-handers Chris Sale of the Atlanta Braves and Garrett Crochet of the Chicago White Sox were selected Major League Baseball's Comeback Players of the Year on Thursday.

Cleveland Guardians right-hander Emmanuel Clase won his second AL Reliever of the Year Award and St. Louis Cardinals righty Ryan Helsley won the NL honor.

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani joined Hall of Famer and current FOX Sports MLB analyst David Ortiz as the only players to win four straight Outstanding Designated Hitter Awards. 

Ohtani and the New York Yankees' Aaron Judge won Hank Aaron Awards as the outstanding offensive performers in their leagues.

Major League Baseball made the announcements at its All-MLB Awards Show.

Sale, 35, was 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and 225 strikeouts in 177 2/3 innings for the NL's first pitching triple crown since the Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw in 2011. He earned his eighth All-Star selection and first since 2018.

Sale helped the Boston Red Sox to the 2018 World Series title but made just 56 starts from 2020-23, going 17-18 with a 4.86 ERA, 400 strikeouts and 79 walks over 298 1/3 innings. He was acquired by Boston from the Chicago White Sox in December 2016 and made nine trips to the disabled and injured lists with the Red Sox, mostly due to shoulder and elbow ailments. He had Tommy John surgery on March 30, 2020, and returned to a big league mound on Aug. 14, 2021.

Sale fractured a rib while pitching in batting practice in February 2022 during the management lockout. In his second start back he broke his left pinkie finger on July 17 when he was hit by a line drive off the bat of then-Yankee Aaron Hicks. Sale then broke his right wrist while riding a bicycle en route to lunch on Aug. 6, ending his season