Spoiler alert, I didn’t have Gary Sanchez winning the American League Rookie of the Year Award back during the preseason when I made these predictions. That may be a severe lack of judgement on my part but I’m sure you guys are used to that if you’ve been reading my work and my predictions long enough. I don’t tend to get them right as often as I probably should, I guess that’s why I’m a poor man with a blog and not a rich man who won the lottery or invented some new tool or device that took the country by storm. And FYI, I’m okay with that.
Here are my predictions I made back in March of this year:
In the American League there is a name we’ve heard a ton
about for a long, long time. That name is Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins,
a longtime top prospect in Major League Baseball. The Twins have been patient
with the young outfielder and they finally got some dividends paid back in
2015. Buxton hit .209/.250/.326 in 138 plate appearances in 2015 and is still
considered a prospect for the 2016 season meaning he is still eligible to win
the American League’s version of the ROY Award, and he will in my estimation.
Let’s not forget that Mike Trout began his career in 2011 with a 40 game stint
that included a .220/.281/.390 triple slash.
Don’t be surprised if Luis Severino is listed somewhere in
the final voting though, this kid has all the making of being pretty special. (Edit: hahahahahahahaha)
In the National League I considered going with Steven Matz
of the New York Mets or Corey Seager of the Los Angeles Dodgers but I
ultimately landed on the starting shortstop for the Washington Nationals, Trea
Turner. Turner burst onto the scene in a big way in 2015 posting a
.322/.370/.458 triple slash with 29 stolen bases in the minor leagues before
making a quick cameo in the Major Leagues last season. With Ian Desmond out the
Nationals will give the bulk of the playing time to Turner giving him plenty of
opportunities and plenty of runners on base in front of him to get him the
award.
I wanted to go with Carlos Martinez of St. Louis but that
suspension is going to eat up much of his season leaving him on the outside
looking in.
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