By now you have probably heard that Atlanta Braves closer, Craig Kimbrel, was voted National League Rookie of the Year. Despite his implosion in game No. 162, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that Craig Kimbrel is taking home the hardware. 127 strikeouts as a relief pitcher will certainly help your case. So will 46 saves – regardless of how stupid you think the stat is. As far as the New York Mets are concerned, they got dominated over the course of nine appearances (nine innings) against Craig Kimbrel. Lucas Duda managed to push across the only run tallied against the rookie with a 9th inning homer on September 18th. Back in 1983 and ’84, the New York Mets actually produced back-to-back Rookie of the Year winners in Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden. There are some interesting prospects currently coming up through the New York Mets’ system so maybe the RoY award will come back to Queens at some point over the next few seasons.
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