No, Bobby Witt Jr. didn’t win the Rookie of the Year Award in 2022. That honor went to Julio Rodríguez of the Seattle Mariners. MLB Pipeline’s 2022 Preseason Top Prospects list named Witt the game’s top prospect. Rodríguez came in at number three. Expectations were sky-high when both started the 2022 season on Opening Day in the Major Leagues.
Julio brought home the hardware and helped his franchise see playoff baseball for the first time in over two decades. “Junior”, on the other hand, played on a 97-loss team that didn't even sniff contention. Team performance aside, was his rookie campaign a disappointment?