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Can Cody Bellinger continue Dodgers' tradition of Rookie of the Year winners?

This is how the rich get richer: Select a skinny high school first baseman with a sweet swing that only led to one home run his senior season in the fourth round of the 2013 draft. Then, less than four years later, watch that player explode onto the major league scene with nine home runs in his first 25 games.

That is exactly what has happened with Cody Bellinger in Los Angeles.

The Dodgers have a rich history of rookies, going back to their Brooklyn days. Jackie Robinson was named the first Rookie of the Year in 1947 and Dodgers players have won 17 of the awards, most of any team.