2008 BBWAA Rookie of the Year Picks (AL & NL)

The ballots are officially in and the American and National League Rookies of the Year awards have been provided. In the American League, it is Evan Longoria , and Geovanny Soto who takes the cake in the National League. These picks were to be expected , neither coming as a surprise to anyone. However, the BBWAA are not getting off easy here, as they did botch part of the voting. Evan Longoria won the American League's award as an unanimous choice , collecting each of the 28 first place votes. Longoria, as the linked article states, was the only player to show up on each of the 28 ballots, which is part surprising, part disgusting. The most second place ballots went to the Chicago White Sox infielder Alexei Ramirez . Certainly Ramirez is worthy of being on ones AL Rookie of the Year ballot, however, he clearly was not the second best rookie in the American League. Finishing third in VORP is support for that. Worse yet, Jacoby "I fell off the table" Ellsbury , took third place. This ... (link)