Bleeding Green wrote:I was with you until you uttered Delmon Young's name. There were no fewer than 8 better rookies in the AL.
Pedroia
Okajima
Matsuzaka
Bannister
Guthrie
Willits
Fields
Soria
Perez
Then there's Iwamura and Harris on his own team!
As great as Delmon will be someday...If it weren't for almost leading the league in at bats and having 681 plate appearances, then his counting stats would have sucked, and the impression that his rookie season was very good would have been ruined. It was a pretty good rookie season, I think. Well, except for leading the league in double plays hit into. Then again he got 16 assists from right field, so...Yeah, pretty good year. Maybe among the 10 best rookie years in the AL last year.