Rookie of Year Award Goes to…

As the 2011 season draws to a close, all the playoff teams have staked their claims on postseason berths save the wildcard entries. Both the NL & AL Wildcard races will excitingly come down to the final game of the season – and possibly Game 163 should a one-game playoff be needed. While I was opposed to the wildcard implementation in 1995, I now see that it promotes exciting September baseball and affords the best non-division winner a chance to overcome divisional deficiencies to make the postseason. I do reserve the right to plead with the Commissioner and MLB to refrain from further expanding the wildcard and prevent fixing what isn’t broken. Individual awards will not be announced until mid-November but they are only predicated upon regular season statistics. In March 2011 I made predictions on this very web portal regarding NL & AL Cy Young, MVP and Rookie of the Year. Now we focus on the back end of those predictions, taking the 2011 season into consideration. Perform...