The week ahead in MLB news will provide winners of what are considered the eight "major" individual annual awards. We'll see AL and NL Rookies of the Year, Managers of the Year, Cy Youngs and MVPs, Monday through Thursday. Here's a list of the finalists for each award.

One thing I love the most about these awards is the debate over who should win. When done respectfully, great sports debates are the lifeblood of an offseason.

Each award is voted upon by two members of each chapter (so 30 total votes) and we only get to vote on one award. So the voting body by award is all BBWAA, but it varies on an individual basis.

Of utmost importance in any debate is to remember these are regular-season awards. In fact, not only did voters not consider the postseason, we didn't have the chance. I voted on NL Cy Young and my ballot was due before the first pitch of the NL Wild Card Game.

In fact, here's a sneak peek of the first paragraph of my article on how/why I voted the way I did (to be posted in full on Wednesday night after the results are announced):

I'm sending this message to the future. As I type this, it is actually Oct. 3. You now know who won the World Series while I'm just about 24 hours from seeing the Baltimore Orioles visit the Toronto Blue Jays for the AL Wild Card Game. Hopefully I have an epic month of playoff baseball ahead of me, but that's not the subject at hand.

First off, I'm jealous of that guy. What a ride he was about to go on.

I waited as long as I could to fill out my ballot because I wanted all possible data. None of that data included how the likes of Noah Syndergaard, Madison Bumgarner, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Kyle Hendricks and Jon Lester performed in the postseason.

Kyle Hendricks pitched well in the postseason, but that's irrelevant in Cy Young voting. USATSI

Does it matter that Joe Maddon's Cubs took down Dave Roberts' Dodgers, who took down Dusty Baker's Nationals (the NL Manager of the Year finalists)? Nope.

Kris Bryant was very good in the postseason while Daniel Murphy was awesome in his one series. Corey Seager was pretty bad. These are the finalists for NL MVP and -- channel your inner Rock -- it doesn't matter.

Over in the AL MVP race, Mike Trout and Jose Altuve didn't play in the postseason. Some will hold that against them and that's OK (even if I disagree). What's not possible is holding Mookie Betts' subpar ALDS against him.

So keep in mind when making your strong arguments in awards voting that the postseason hadn't yet happened when we voted.