Julio Rodriguez was voted the American League Rookie of the Year on Monday after lifting the Seattle Mariners back to the playoffs for the first time in 21 years.
Fellow center fielder Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves joined him later in the night by winning the National League Rookie of the Year award.
Rodriguez received 29 of the 30 available first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America to win in a landslide with 148 total points. Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman received the other first-place vote and finished a distant second (68 points). Cleveland Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan (44) was third.
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