NL Rookie of the Year

[Gwreck]

Sal Stewart of the Reds won.  32 HR/112 RBI, .260/.330/.457.  2.0 WAR.

Benge was second:  20 HR/65 RBI,  .281/.346/.430,  4.3 WAR.   Benge got 7 first place votes; Stewart 20.  Two writers left Benge off their ballots entirely, meaning they didn’t think he was one of the top five rookies in the league.

McLean was fourth, on 29 of 30 ballots.  Ewing was 9th, with a sole fifth place vote.

[Cowtipper]

Not a bad showing by Mets rookies, to say the least. Interesting to note that McLean also got some votes last year. This is the first time since 2014 that the Mets had more than one representative in the voting -- that year, it was deGrom (the winner), Travis d'Arnaud (two points) and Jeurys Familia (two points). 

What surprises me is Kevin McGonigle in the AL didn't sweep all the first place votes. 

[seawolf17]

I mean, whatever. Congrats to Sal Stewart, who hit a lot of home runs but didn't really do much of anything else. It's still very cool to have two of the top four rookies in the league, plus Ewing.

Two people left Wetherholt off entirely too. (I can't imagine it's the same two people, but it would be fascinating to find one voter who left both off..)

[smg58]

Stewart had old school stats working in his favor.  Yes RBI depend a lot on how often people get on base in front of you (over which you have no control), and also how well-timed your singles are (over which your control is limited), but 112 RBI are 112 RBI. 

The bottom line is we've had several young guys show up and do reasonably well fairly quickly.  It was the only source of optimism the team had this season, but at least we had it.

[Centerfield]

If it’s close, the baseball writers are never going to award the Mets with a draft pick.