There was so much hype surrounding outfielder Corbin Carroll as he came up through the D-backs’ system that it would have been hard for him to live up to it.
As a rookie, Carroll did not live up to hype, he actually found a way to exceed it.
Carroll’s magical season was capped off Monday when he was the unanimous winner of the Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year Award as voted on by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
[MLBTR] The Opener: Rule 5 Protection Deadline, Q.O. Deadline, Manager of the Year by Nick Deeds
This evening marks one of several deadlines in the early part of the offseason: the deadline for protecting prospects from next month’s Rule 5 draft.