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MLB Awards: 2017 AL Rookie of the Year Ballot

By David Hill

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 1: Brian Cashman general manager of the New York Yankees, left, and Damon Oppenheimer amateur scouting director of the New York Yankees, center, present Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees with a crystal gavel before the Yankees final regular season baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on October 1, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 1: Brian Cashman general manager of the New York Yankees, left, and Damon Oppenheimer amateur scouting director of the New York Yankees, center, present Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees with a crystal gavel before the Yankees final regular season baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on October 1, 2017 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images) /
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The Rookie of the Year votes may be the easiest MLB awards to predict this year. Which players deserve to be in consideration for the award this year?

Let’s face it – the two Rookie of the Year awards may be the easiest MLB awards to predict this year. We have seen performances the likes of which had not happened in baseball history, as these first year players looked like ten year veterans. And yet, for as impressive as some of these players were, there was that one player who easily outperformed the others.

In the American League, that player was Aaron Judge. His record setting performance this season put him into consideration for the AL MVP award, let alone with Rookie of the Year. With the Yankees resurgence led by a youthful core, Judge may have started his ascension to stardom in quite the explosive way.

However, Judge was not the only rookie in the American League worthy of attention. Even if the winner is predictable, there are still a couple of other rookies worthy of our attention. Let us then look at the top three potential vote getters for the AL Rookie of the Year award, as they appeared on my IBWAA ballot this year.

Let us begin with the third place vote getter.

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