Cubs’ Bryant unanimous pick as NL Rookie of the Year

Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa, the top pick in the 2012 amateur draft, was chosen for the AL honor.

Bryant played three seasons at United States dollars, winning the Golden Spikes Award as the best collegiate player two years ago. Kang received just over half of the third place votes with 16 and had four second place votes cast in his name for 28 points. The homer and RBI marks are franchise records for a rookie, breaking the marks set by Billy Williams in 1961 (25 and 86, respectively). He was impressive in improving on his release of the ball, without a hitch in his throws by season’s end.

“Now we know what it’s like to play playoff baseball. Now we know the atmosphere of playoff baseball”, said Correa, who also made a key error in the pivotal Game 4.

Cleveland’s front office drew the ire of fans for leaving Lindor in the minor leagues over the first two months of the season as the team struggled. Jeff Bagwell won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1991.

Bryant received all 30 first-place votes, for a total of 150 points, from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in balloting announced Monday. Their on-base-plus-slugging percentages were close -.857 for Correa and a surprising. Duffy led NL rookies in batting average at.295, and filled the void left by Pablo Sandoval very nicely in San Francisco. There is no guarantee that Lindor will always be able to hit so well throughout his career, but his excellent defense at shortstop should last until his legs start to fall off. “It really means a lot not only for them, but me as well”.

And the 6-4, 210-pound Correa put up offensive numbers that drew comparisons to Alex Rodriguez and Cal Ripken Jr. At 21, Correa is just scratching the surface. Yeah, me either. Bryant shook off the “late” callup-playing with a chip on his shoulder as he ran away with the Jackie RobinsonNL rookie of the Year award unanimously.

At one point, Cubs manager Joe Maddon called him the “best baserunner” on the team.

Meanwhile, Bryant hit. 275 with 26 home runs and 99 RBI in 151 games.

Congratulations to Bryant on this award. He also had 13 stolen bases, which ranked third among NL rookies.