279 with 22 home runs and 68 RBI and was a key contributor to the Astros first post-season berth in a decade.
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Duffy had little chance to beat out Bryant, a phenom in spring training who spent less than two weeks at Triple-A before he was called up to Chicago and became an N.L. All-Star. “It’s just been an incredible year for me”.
“I play for the love of the game”, Bryant said. The future for Bryant is bright.
Last night, it was announced that Jung-Ho Kang finished third in National League Rookie of the Year balloting, behind Kris Bryant and Matt Duffy.
According to Hardball Talk, Bryant is the 20th player to win the rookie of the year award with a unanimous vote.
“I took a few big leaps forward as far as pulling the ball, and I look forward to using the field a lot more”.
The nod to Correa likely came from his power as well as batting third in the line-up on a playoff team. He also stole 13 bases in 17 attempts while providing very good defense at third base.
Bryant also stole 13 bases and showed such surprising speed, aggressiveness and instincts that a major-league evaluator nicknamed him “The Untaggable Man”.
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While Bryant won rookie honors unanimously, Correa had a stiff challenge for the award from fellow Puerto Rican shortstop Francisco Lindor of the Cleveland Indians. Jeff Banister, AJ Hinch, and Paul Molitor are the finalists in the American League, while Terry Collins, Joe Maddon, and Mike Matheny are the National League finalists. In the final two months of the season when the Cubs needed him most? Setting both the franchise’s single-season home run and RBI records, the rookie infielder helped the Cubs reach 97 wins for the first time since 2008 before ending their season just four games shy of the World Series. “It’s going to be the championship that you won”.
