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| deGrom (L); Abreu (R) |
The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (
IBWAA) has announced its choices for the AL and NL Rookies Of The Year.
Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox was elected as
AL Rookie Of The Year.
Masahiro Tanaka (NYY) finished second and
Dellin Betances (NYY) finished third in the overall voting.
Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets was named the
NL Rookie Of The Year—while
Billy Hamilton (CIN) and
Ender Inciarte (AZ) finished second and third, respectively. The IBWAA was founded in 2009 by Howard Cole, editor of
BaseballSavvy.com. Members come from organizations such as
MLB.com,
Yahoo! Sports, and
ESPN. Two members of the
FenwayNation staff (Editor-In-Chief
Ernie Paicopolos and the International Editor
Mark Lawrence) are also members of the IBWAA.
