The season may not have ended the way that either Félix Bautista or Devin Williams wanted but the two most dominant closers in the game were rewarded on Wednesday with the Reliever of the Year Award in their respective leagues.

Bautista, whose remarkable campaign for the upstart Orioles was cut short by Tommy John surgery, took home the Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award, while Williams -- whose Brewers were swept out of the National League Wild Card Series -- claimed his second career Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award.

Though Bautista is expected to miss the entire 2024 season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, he'll be looking to join that exclusive club when he returns to the mound in '25.

“He should be back to being Félix Bautista in Spring Training 2025, so we’ll be in good shape there long term,” Orioles general manager Mike Elias said in September. “He’s going to get through this. He’s got very good health and work ethic otherwise. But, obviously, we’re going to miss the hell out of the guy.”

Congratulations to both Strikeout Artists!