November 10, 2008
Jackie Robinson Day
The Baseball Writers announce The Jackie Robinson Award for NL Rookie of the Year this afternoon. Geovany Soto is expected to take home the prize. His batting stats, however, are very close to Joey Votto, and Votto played more. Soto will get a boost from playing catcher. His defensive prowess combined with his good offense made Geovany the top NL catcher in terms of win shares. Votto just can't match the defensive contribution playing first base.
Update: Fixed the last sentence, I meant Votto.
Posted by David Pinto at
09:06 AM
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Not to nitpick, but I assume you meant Votto in the last sentence.