Another quick and easy update on the two potential picks for the Rookie of the Year in their leagues. Things are going more than swell for one rookie in California, while there's still a little bit of trouble in New York. It's still the middle of August, so things can most certainly change and the script could flip. Untik then, here is this week: Cody Bellinger Tues., 8/8 at AZ: 1-for-4, one double (17), one run (62) 8/9 at AZ: 2-for-4, one double (18), two runs (63, 64), one home run (33), one RBI (76) 8/10 at AZ: 0-for-5, one run (65), reached on base due to an error 8/11 vs. SD: 3-for-5, one run (66), two RBIs (77, 78) 8/12 vs. SD: 3-for-3, one run (67), one home run (34), one RBI (79), one walk (43) 8/13 vs. SD: 1-for-3, one run (68), one double (19), one walk (44) 8/15 vs. CHW: 1-for-2, one run (69), two walks (45, 46) Through 7 games- Batting Average: .423 Runs: 8 Hits: 11 Doubles: 3 Home Runs: 2 RBIs: 4 Strikeouts: 3 In case you have not noticed, Bellinger is tearing it up right now with his current 9-game run streak. He also made headlines recently by being one home run away from tying the franchise rookie record by Hall of Famer Mike Piazza. Yep, things are definitely looking up for Bellinger in August as he continues to gather interest as the front runner for the National League Rookie of the Year. With his consistent hitting (look at his strikeout total for those 7 games!!) and history-making, he can definitely get the most votes. As of right now, he sits at fifth place for most RBIs by a rookie in the franchise with 79. He probably won't catch Piazza there (112), but he can get close. Aaron Judge Wed., 8/8 at Tor: 0-for-3, two walks (80, 81) 8/9 at Tor: 0-for-4, one run (86), one walk (82) 8/10 at Tor: 1-for-4, one double (14), one walk (83) 8/11 vs. Bos: 0-for-2, one run (87), two walks (84, 85) 8/12 vs. Bos: 0-for-4 8/13 vs. Bos: 1-for-4, one walk (86) 8/14 vs. NYM: 1-for-3, one run (88), one walk (87), one RBI (79), one home run (36!!) 8/15 vs. NYM: 1-for-3, one run (89), one double (15), one walk (87) Through 8 games- Hits: 4 Runs: 4 Doubles: 2 Home Runs: 1 RBIs: 1 Walks: 9 Batting Average: .153 Judge is still struggling right now with his pesky strikeout streak but hopefully he can end it before he becomes the player with the most consecutive strikeouts, because we want Adam Dunn to still hold that record. A positive for Judge is that he hit his 40th career home run on Monday and it only took 140 games to get that, the fourth-fastest in MLB history. It was also his first home run at Yankee Stadium since July 31st, so August may be warming up to him. If he manages to get out of this slump, he can once again regain some of the high respect he received in the first half. I've been saying that these past few weeks many times, but I really believe that he should win the Rookie of the Year because he did great things in the first half and has the rest of August and September to impress us even more. *stats found on baseball-reference.com, the best site! When Judge comes back, just know that I believed in him! Also, you should come back... around next week when new things happen!
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