The 2010 season is likely to go down as the “Year of the Pitcher,” but it could also be adequately labeled the “Year of the Rookie.”
Two rookies, Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner, led the San Francisco Giants to an unlikely championship. The much-hyped Jason Heyward made good on his reputation as a five-tool stud, and Stephen Strasburg was brilliant in his brief MLB stint.
Don’t forget Ike Davis, Jaime Garcia, Gaby Sanchez, and Starlin Castro—and that’s just in the National League.
Yesterday, Bleacher Report’s Featured Columnists continued our 16-part series previewing Major League Baseball’s end-of-season awards with the results of our AL Rookie of the Year vote. Today, we look at the best newbies in the Senior Circuit.
So read on, see how we did and be sure to let us know what we got wrong!