{"id":1110,"date":"2017-11-15T20:07:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T03:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2017-11-15T20:07:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T03:07:03","slug":"judge-rules-over-rookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules Over Rookies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"tgwQGMTgSTt5jKODnmEwDw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/862150680\" target=\"_blank\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\nwindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'tgwQGMTgSTt5jKODnmEwDw',sig:'sEh7RMZBZUElD1IhSgi7k_oBk2SzZ-FCaJyugn6RH_g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'862150680',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s cut to the chase.\u00a0 Putting Aaron Judge at the top of the ballot for Rookie of the Year was probably one of the easiest decisions each of us made this year.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not to say there weren&#8217;t many good first year players in the league this year.\u00a0 Quite the opposite, actually.\u00a0 But none of those other rookies had one of the best offensive seasons in recent league history during their maiden voyages.\u00a0 Judge did.\u00a0 He already won the American League Rookie of the Year award and is likely to be a strong contender for the DTBL Most Valuable Player award which will be announced next week.\u00a0 Mavericks outfielder Aaron Judge is the unanimous selection as the 2017 DTBL Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Before I go too much further, I need to point out that I have not yet completed the post-season adjustments to the 2017 PAR totals.\u00a0 Because of the offensive explosion in the league this season, expect hitters&#8217; PAR totals to go down a bit.\u00a0 With that said, Judge just posted the fourth highest batting PAR for seasons in which it has been calculated to date (since 2009).\u00a0 Granted, two of the three totals ahead of Judge&#8217;s 11.0 were also accumulated this year.\u00a0 So it was a hitter friendly environment.\u00a0 Nonetheless, Judge&#8217;s numbers speak of themselves.\u00a0 He slugged 49 home runs, finishing second in the league behind Giancarlo Stanton and also second in league history among rookies, trailing only Ryan Howard&#8217;s 58 homers in 2006.\u00a0 His 120 runs scored ranked third in the league and he also drove in triple digits:\u00a0 106.\u00a0 Additionally, he stole nine bases and hit a very respectable .287.\u00a0 Not bad for a guy with swing-and-miss issues.\u00a0 Judge led the Mavericks in HR, RBI and R.\u00a0 Perhaps his most impressive feat was topping Mike Trout to lead the Mavericks in batting PAR.\u00a0 It is the first time in Trout&#8217;s career that he has not led them in that category.<\/p>\n<p>This was a pretty special season for the Mavericks organization, and Judge was obviously a huge part of that.\u00a0 After hitting just .179 with four homers in 27 games at the end of 2016, none of the ten DTBL teams decided to select Judge during the draft this March.\u00a0 But the Mavericks wisely moved in with a free agent claim in the second week of the season.\u00a0 One season does not make a career, but this is already looking like the biggest free agent heist in league history.\u00a0 One day we may look back and wonder how in the world Aaron Judge was not among the 280 players on a DTBL roster to start this season.\u00a0 Actually, that day has already passed.\u00a0 Anyway, all the Mavericks got out of their early season free agent signing was one of the best seasons in recent memory, and with it, a league championship.<\/p>\n<p>I probably would have had to question anybody who didn&#8217;t put Judge #1 on their ballot.\u00a0 Fortunately, that didn&#8217;t prove necessary as he received all ten first place votes for a point total of a perfect 100.\u00a0 Jake Arrieta was a unanimous choice for this award two years ago, but the last hitter to do it was Judge&#8217;s Mavericks teammate Mike Trout.\u00a0 Trout was also the last Maverick to win this award.\u00a0 Comfortably finishing in second place was Gators third baseman Jose Ramirez who shocked everybody by hitting .318 with 29 home runs and 17 stolen bases.\u00a0 Ramirez appeared on all ten ballots and received eight of the ten second place votes for a total of 64 points.\u00a0 Finishing third was another breakout star with little hype entering the season, Moonshiners 7th round pick, Robbie Ray.\u00a0 The hard-throwing lefty struck out 195 in just 143 innings for the Moonshiners.\u00a0 Ray also received votes from all ten people and was the third choice for seven of them, finishing with 46 points.\u00a0 The only first round pick to finish in the top five was Jackalope catcher Gary Sanchez.\u00a0 Definitely one of the favorites for this award entering the season, Sanchez did not disappoint.\u00a0 He clubbed 33 homers at one of the few remaining positions where big offensive numbers are hard to come by.\u00a0 Sanchez was only on half the ballots, but accumulated 17 points.\u00a0 Finally, a relief pitcher sneaked into the five hole.\u00a0 Darkhorses closer Corey Knebel wasn&#8217;t signed as a free agent until May, but racked up 39 saves anyway.\u00a0 An interesting note about him is that he was technically on a DTBL roster a year ago, but the Moonshiners never put him on their major league roster, preserving his rookie status into this season.\u00a0 Knebel received one second place vote which helped him reach 15 total points and this fifth place ranking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/ROY17.txt\">Click here<\/a> to view the full voting results.<\/p>\n<p>Even though all of the major MLB awards are being announced this week, you are going to have to wait until next week to find out who won the other two big DTBL awards.\u00a0 Next up will be the Cy Young award, which will probably be announced next Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embed from Getty Images Let&#8217;s cut to the chase.\u00a0 Putting Aaron Judge at the top of the ballot for Rookie of the Year was probably one of the easiest decisions each of us made this year.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not to say there weren&#8217;t many good first year players in the league this year.\u00a0 Quite the opposite, 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