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MINORS: 2012 AL/NL Rookie of the Year Candidates
Apr 13 2012
(This article originally appeared in the April 11, 2012 edition of USA Today SportsWeekly.)
Now that the dust has settled on spring training and 25-man rosters have been finalized, we can get a clearer picture of the likely candidates for the 2012 AL and NL Rookie of the Year Awards. While there are plenty of high-profile prospects expected to be the early pace-setters, the rookie of the year field is notoriously difficult to handicap. Last year, few prognosticators saw Vance Worley, Iván Nova, or Josh Collmenter as likely ROY contenders, but all three finished in the top 5 in voting.
This year, the American League has four strong contenders for the award and it would be a major upset if one of didn’t come home with the...
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