SB Nation Writers Vote: NL/AL Rookie of the Year

by Eli Greenspan on Nov 10, 2009 9:32 PM EST

Take a look at who the baseball writers of SB Nation voted for Rookie of the Year in the National League:

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Tommy Hanson	Atlanta Braves	9	9	6	78
2	J.A. Happ	Philadelphia Phillies	6	9	7	64
3	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	3	5	54
4	Chris Coghlan	Florida Marlins	7	5	4	54
5	Dexter Fowler	Colorado Rockies	-	3	1	10
6	Randy Wells	Chicago Cubs	-	-	6	6
7	Garrett Jones	Pittsburgh Pirates	1	-	-	5
8	Casey McGehee	Milwaukee Brewers	-	1	2	5
9	Seth Smith	Colorado Rockies	-	1	-	3

And in the American League:

Rk	Player	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pts
1	Elvis Andrus	Texas Rangers	6	9	6	63
2	Andrew Bailey	Oakland Athletics	11	1	3	61
3	Jeff Niemann	Tampa Bay Rays	3	5	3	33
4	Rick Porcello	Detroit Tigers	2	7	2	33
5	Brett Anderson	Oakland Athletics	5	1	3	31
6	Gordon Beckham	Chicago White Sox	1	2	8	19
7	Nolan Reimold	Baltimore Orioles	1	-	1	6
8	Matt Wieters	Baltimore Orioles	-	1	3	6
9	Brad Bergesen	Baltimore Orioles	-	1	-	3
10	Ricky Romero	Toronto Blue Jays	-	1	-	3
11	Travis Snider	Toronto Blue Jays	-	1	-	3

Some pretty interesting results if you ask me. Let's hear what you guys think! Sound off in the comment box below.

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Chris Coghlan! It's not even close! Are you guys kidding me??? 4th???

The guy was 4th in the NL in batting. He collected over 150 hits, which is amazing considering he didn’t even play the whole season. The guy played out of position in left field and was asked to leadoff which he also had never done before. He meant more to his team than any of the other guys on the list. Who voted on this?

by JP 23 on Nov 11, 2009 9:34 AM EST via mobile reply actions

I wouldnt be surprised

If thats how the BBWAA vote turned out as well for Coghlan. Hanson, Happ and McCutcheon all posses what those guys look for in a ROY candidate. My vote would have been for McCutcheon, but I wont be shocked at all if Hanson wins the award. He is already the ace of a very good Atlanta team. He was a top 10 in the game prospect and he has electric stuff. He’s the sexy candidate for NL ROY.

by backtocali on Nov 11, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions

I would be shocked if McCutcheon or Happ won it.

McCutcheon’s a good player, don’t get me wrong. But his team finished in last place in the central division. While he put up good numbers, Coghlan put better numbers across the board in a shorter period of time, and his team was just 2 games out of making the playoffs, in which Coghlan was a huge factor in almost making it to postseason.

I think it comes down to Coghlan and Hanson.

by JP 23 on Nov 11, 2009 12:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions