Rookie Winners

The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) gets a jump on the Rookie of the Year Awards:

Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) announced the winners in its rookie category Monday, with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s Shohie Ohtani winning the 2018 IBWAA American League Rookie of the Year award, and Ronald Acuna Jr., of the Atlanta Braves, being selected as the 2018 IBWAA National League Rookie of the Year winner.

This is the tenth annual election for the IBWAA in the rookie category.

Election results are as follows:

AL Rookie:

1st Place: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim – 451 points
2nd Place: Miguel Andujar, New York Yankees – 375
3rd Place: Gleyber Torres, New York Yankees – 176

NL Rookie:

1st Place: Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves – 570 points
2nd Place: Juan Soto, Washington Nationals – 378
3rd Place: Walker Buehler, Los Angeles Dodgers – 77

Ballot tabulations by Brian Wittig & Associates, using the Borda Method.

The IBWAA was established July 4, 2009 to organize and promote the growing online baseball media, and to serve as a digital alternative to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA). Voting for full season awards takes place in September of each year, with selections being announced in November. The IBWAA also holds a Hall of Fame election in December of each year, with results being announced the following January.

I thought the vote would be much closer between Soto and Acuna, Acuna having more power, Soto doing a better job of getting on base, both producing a similar WAR. Someone who didn’t get any love was Joey Wendle of the Rays. He was one of the better defenders among the rookie finalists.

We know that these will be the top three in each league when the BBWAA announces their winners tonight at 6 PM.

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