BtBWAA Awards: NL Rookie of the Year: Craig Kimbrel
by Lewie Pollis on Oct 26, 2011 11:47 AM EDT
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PrintAt the end of the season, 11 Beyond the Box Score writers held our own vote for the most important annual MLB awards. We kicked off the 2011 BtBWAA awards results last week by naming Alex Anthopoulos our MLB Executive of the Year. This week, we're moving on to the Rookies of the Year—we announced that Michael Pineda was the AL's top gumshoe on Tuesday, and the NL results are a couple inches down on your screen.
As with the real RoY voting, each writer picked their top three players, and votes were scored on a 5-3-1 scale. Here are the top finishers: (number of first-place votes in parentheses)
1.
Craig Kimbrel, Braves — 41 (7)
2.
Danny Espinosa, Nationals — 25 (2)
3.
Brandon Beachy, Braves — 14 (2)
Full results after the jump.
| 4. | Wilson Ramos, Nationals — 8 |
| T5. | Freddie Freeman, Braves — 3 |
| T5. | Vance Worley, Phillies — 3 |
| T7. | Josh Collmenter, Diamondbacks — 1 |
| T7. | Allen Craig, Cardinals — 1 |
Aside from the fact that Craig, who does not have rookie eligibility, got a vote (at least he didn't get a first-place vote like Alexi Ogando did), I think we did pretty well. I voted for Kimbrel, Beachy, and Espinosa, in that order, so I can't really complain.
And, before you ask: just because the Braves got more points than the other 15 NL teams combined doesn't mean we writers are conspiring to make Atlanta look good. That would be ridiculous. There is, however, a conspiracy to help Seattle. That one's legit.
Cy Young results to come next week.
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Two Nationals. Awesome!
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Glad Craig won.
He was one of the most dominant relievers of the past few years, and his strikeout rates are historic.
I voted Ramos 2nd and Espinosa 4th, but I guess that’s just a matter of personal taste. Either way, it’s clear that both the Nats and Braves have bright futures.
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by Jacob Peterson on Oct 26, 2011 12:24 PM EDT reply actions
Until the last week of the season, of course
I kid I kid.
Agreed that Kimbrel had an amazing year. I would have had him #2 behind Espinosa based on total value, as well as the fact that doing what Espinosa did as a rookie at a premium postion is a tad more impressive than Kimbrell.
Good to see a slight bit of love for Josh Collmenter
Even if it’s a single token third place vote haha.
This vote was easy, Kimbrel was phenomenol this year. Someone like Beachy or the Nats position players may turn out to be more valuable in the long run just due to them not being relivers, but Kimbrel was clearly the cream of the crop this year.
Aren't you going to be publishing the "ballots?"
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