Correa & Bryant Win AL/NL Rookie of the Year Honors

He’s the 20th unanimous victor overall, the 11th N.L. unanimous inner and the first Cub to ever be so selected.

Duffy finished second with 22 second-place votes. He had 150 points, well ahead of San Francisco third baseman Matt Duffy (70) and Pittsburgh infielder Jung Ho Kang (28). NY Mets starter Noah Syndergaard, Miami Marlins first baseman Justin Bour, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Joc Pederson and St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stephen Piscotty rounded out the voting.

Houston Astros shortstop, Carlos Correa was named 2015 American League Rookie of the Year, followed by Lindor and Minnesota’s Miguel Sano.

Lindor was the second place finisher, picking up 13 first place votes, 14 second place votes, two third place votes, and 109 points following a strong half year with the Cleveland Indians. 300 until falling off to. 295 with 12 homers and 77 RBI.

“Twenty years from now”, Bryant said, “you’re not going to remember your batting average or how many home runs you hit in a certain season”.

“I felt I was pulling the ball too much”, Bryant said Monday night during a conference call. The 23-year-old hit.275, leading big league rookies with 26 homers, 31 doubles and 99 RBIs as Chicago returned to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

In June 2012, the Houston Astros bet their future on a young shortstop from Puerto Rico who wasn’t regarded as the consensus top pick in the draft. He hit. 279 with a. 345 on-base percentage, 22 home runs, 22 doubles and 14 stolen bases while batting third in the Astros’ order and playing a key role in their run to the wild card. He also joined Joe DiMaggio (1936) and Mickey Mantle (1952) as just the third player in Major League history age 21 or younger to hit third in the starting lineup of a postseason game.

Interestingly enough, neither Bryant nor Correa began the year on their respective team’s major league roster.

Giants prospect suspended: Shortstop Travious Relaford has been suspended for the first 50 games of next season after a second positive test for a drug of abuse under baseball’s minor league drug program. He hit a three-run home run against Kyle Lohse at Miller Park for his first career dinger, and his teammates didn’t just give him the silent treatment, they left the dugout entirely.