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Jake McCarthy 4th in NL Rookie of the Year voting

Jake McCarthy received a quartet of third-place votes, though it must be admitted, there was a big gap after the top two. Michael Harris II and his teammate, pitcher Spencer Strider, combined for all thirty first-place votes and all but one of the second-place votes. It's the first time since 2011 that the top two finishers for NL Rookie of the Year have come from the same team. On the last occasion, it was also Atlanta, with Craig Kimbrel and Freddie Freeman. Third spot went to the Cardinals' Brendan Donovan, who got 22 third-place selections.

Neither AZ representative from the BBWAA voted for Jake, though I'm not certain how "local" Meg Rowley of Fangraphs should be considered?