I feel a bit bad for Steven Kwan.
He finished second in strikeout rate, 12th in average,13th in OBP, 26th in outs above average, and 29th in fWAR (these are among ALL players, by the way), helped his team get within one game of the ALCA, and was the only unanimous choice among Fielding Bible award winners. That’s a hell of a year.
But still, he’s a longshot to win Rookie of the Year. I don’t think Kwan is shedding any tears about it, though.
The Kwan we saw take the baseball world by storm in the opening week of the season was the same guy we saw all season.