If you started a team from scratch, would you build around an ace? Maybe a stud shortstop? A slugging center fielder? A number of MLB decision-makers had a different idea in mind.
Roughly four weeks into 2025, there’s no clear-cut favorite to bring home the American League Rookie of the Year Award this season, but there’s certainly no shortage of contenders.
The ball Andy Lugo lifted to the warning track eventually landed, but we're still not sure about the bat, which the Red Sox prospect sent spinning to the skies after his walk-off hit for High-A Greenville.
Matt Strahm still gets sent the meme of Nicolas Cage's face superimposed on his body, and the good sport leapt at the offer when his glove company suggested making a "National Treasure"-themed mitt.
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