ROOKIES OF THE YEAR
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr.,
20, is the National League Rookie of the Year, announced Monday night. Acuna earned 27 of 30 firstplace votes and was second on the other ballots. He handily finished ahead of Washington’s Juan Soto,
19. Acuña led all rookies with 26 homers and hit .293 with a .917 on-base plus slugging percentage. The American League Rookie of the Year is Angels pitcher-DH Sho
hei Ohtani with 25 first-place votes despite suffering an elbow injury that led to Tommy John surgery. He will not pitch until the 2020 season. The 24-year-old Japanese import made his impact felt immediately, hitting three homers in the first four games of the season. He finished with a .285 average, .925 OPS, 22 home runs and 61 RBI in
326 at-bats across 104 games. Ohtani became the first player since Babe Ruth in 1919 to pitch 50 innings and hit 15 homers in a single season.