Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant was a unanimous pick as NL Rookie of the Year after helping Chicago return to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
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He received all 30 first-place votes for 150 points from the Baseball Writers’ Assn. of America in balloting announced Monday.
This award, in which Correa topped AL finalists Francisco Lindor and Miguel Sano, gives Correa a clean sweep of the major rookie awards this offseason, as he has already been named the Sporting News AL Rookie of the Year and the MLBPA Players Choice Award for the AL Most Outstanding Rookie. And right now, it’s really just enjoying the award that I won and the season that we had as a team. I said it before: I think I played with a little chip on my shoulder this year.
“We have a strong, young core of players who are going to play for us for the next years and are going to bring a lot of emotions and a lot of accomplishments to the city of Houston”, said Correa, the first Puerto Rican taken No. 1 overall in the draft. “Moving on from this season, I think the future’s so bright for this team”. “It really means a lot not only for them, but me as well”. Bryant’s 99 RBIs were the most by an NL rookie since Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals had 110 in 2006. He also won the NL’s Rookie of the Month twice and made it to the 2015 All-Star Game. 385 on-base percentage and. He led the entire AL in second-half batting average, was third in hits, 11th in on-base percentage (.386), T-15th in runs scored and 10th in OPS (.930).
The 23-year-old Bryant batted.
Bryant played three seasons at United States dollars, winning the Golden Spikes Award as the best collegiate player two years ago.
Of Bryant’s 26 home runs, two were grand slams, and he became the first player to hit a home run off the left field video board when he hit a game-tying home run against the Nationals on May 26.
Bryant credited a few of his comfort to the gradual addition of fellow rookies Addison Russell and Kyle Schwarber, along with Jorge Soler (23) and Javier Baez (22).
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The same could be said for Bryant, who captured the attention of the baseball world by hitting nine homers in 14 spring training games. Duffy received 22 of 30 second-place votes and four third-place votes.
