After an impressive showing with the Los Angeles Dodgers during September 2015, Corey Seager entered last season as baseball’s consensus No. 1 prospect. Seager was the favorite to win the 2016 National League Rookie of the Year Award, and played himself into a unanimous selection.
Washington Nationals shortstop/center fielder Trea Turner and Dodgers right-hander Kenta Maeda each received 11 second-place votes, but Turner received nine third-place votes to Maeda’s four, and finished second in Rookie of the Year voting with 42 points.
Seager became the 17th Dodgers player in franchise history to win Rookie of the Year, and first since Todd Hollandsworth in 1996.