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Tuesday 14 November 2017
Judge unanimous pick as AL Rookie of the Year

By NOAH TRISTER catcher Gary Sanchez
AP Baseball Writer transformed them almost
Aaron Judge has won overnight into an exciting
American League Rookie young team with tremen-
of the Year honors, becom- dous potential.
ing the first New York Yan- Judge’s 495-foot shot on
kees player to receive the June 11 was the longest
award since Derek Jeter in home run in the major
1996. leagues this season, ac-
Judge won the award cording to Statcast, and
unanimously in voting by although he struck out 208
the Baseball Writers’ As- times in the regular season
sociation of America, an- and 27 more in the post-
nounced Monday on MLB season, Judge is one of a
Network. The 6-foot-7 slug- handful of reasons why the
ger’s victory was a fore- Yankees suddenly seem
gone conclusion after he to have one of the bright-
led the American League est futures of any team in
with 52 home runs and baseball.
helped the Yankees reach New York came within a
the postseason as a wild victory of the World Series
card. Judge is also a finalist These are 2017 file photos showing Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger, left, and New York this year, losing to Houston
for the MVP award. Yankees’ Aaron Judge. Associated Press in Game 7 of the AL Cham-
Ichiro Suzuki in 2001 and pionship Series.
Fred Lynn in 1975 are the Boston outfielder Andrew cini. in 1987. The Yankees en- The NL Rookie of the Year
only players to win the AL Benintendi finished second Judge’s AL-leading home tered this season with mar- was to be announced later
MVP and Rookie of the to Judge in the Rookie of run total also broke the ginal expectations by their Monday, with Cody Bell-
Year awards in the same the Year race, followed by rookie record of 49 set by standards, but the prodi- inger of the Los Angeles
season. Baltimore slugger Trey Man- Oakland’s Mark McGwire gious power of Judge and Dodgers a clear favorite.q