It’s settled. Fans from The Huntsville Times coverage area agree that Braden Booth of Bob Jones is the 2024 Baseball Player of the Year.

Booth was the runaway winner in the AL.com poll for the top performer from this season, earning 52 percent of the votes cast in the three-day survey. He easily outdistanced his Madison high school rival Carson Loosier of James Clemens and Madison County High School’s Memphis Scott, who tied for second with 11 percent of the vote each. Loosier is a senior outfielder for the Jets while Scott is a junior third baseman/second baseman for the Tigers.

Booth was the AL.com pick for Player of the Year after his incredible season in leading coach Jared Smith’s Bob Jones squad to its first state championship.

Booth, a senior right-handed pitcher/shortstop who is headed to Mississippi State to continue his career, was the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s 2024 Mr. Baseball as well as the sports writers’ group’s Player and Pitcher of the Year in Class 7A. He was also the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year and picked up MVP honors in the state championship series last month.

Booth batted .700 – and drew intentional walks in his final two at-bats – in the state championship series win over Central-Phenix City. He had a home run in all three games and finished with 10 on the year and he threw a two-hitter in the first game of the series.