Rookie of the Year Awards

The Rookie of the Year awards for both the American and National Leagues were announced on Monday (November 15), and neither one was a huge surprise: Giants catcher Buster Posey won it in the NL, and Rangers' closer Neftali Perez won it in the American League.

Baseball Reference: ROY Results

A few interesting odds and ends:

• The O's Brian Matusz ended up tied for 5th in the AL voting; he finished behing Tampa's Wade Davis (4th), but was probably the better pitcher, overall. In the 2nd half, he went 7-3 with a 3.63 ERA, struck out almost 8 batters per 9 innings, and held opponnents to a .228 batting average.
• Brennan Boesch from the Tigers tied with Matusz for 5th place (along with John Jaso of Tampa) with one of the wierdest stat-lines you'll ever see; he hit .342 in the 1st half, and less than HALF that (.163) in the 2nd half. He ended up at .256.
• ATL's Jason Heyward was everyone's favorite to win the NL award at the beginning of the year, but the hype kind of faded as the season went along. His numbers didn't though - he finished at .277/.393/.456, in 2nd place. In my opinion, he is far and away the most talented player in this rookie class, and is in line for an amazing career. He won't turn 22 until August, and produced at a .302/.419/.457 clip (.876 OPS) in the 2nd half.