Rookie of the Year
This award goes to the player that made his first appearance in Double-A, previously never played above the Double-A level and his first appearance as a Harrisburg Senator this season.
There were a total of 58 players that suited up for the Senators in 2008. Out of all of those players only 10 qualified for this award: Marvin Lowrance, Mike Daniel, Andrew LeFave, Edgardo Baez, Bill Rhinehart, Jordan Zimmermann, Cory VanAllen, Marco Estrada, Adrian Alaniz and Yunior Novoa.
Immediately I can cross off Lefave, Baez, Rhinehart, Alaniz and VanAllen. All 5 have bright futures and all might start the 2009 season in Harrisburg but they all performed below expectations in Harrisburg this season. I’m curious as to why Rhinehart changed his stance in Harrisburg when he hit so well in Hagerstown and Potomac? Oh well that is for another post.
Initally I had Daniel penciled in for this award but looking at what Zimmermann, Estrada, Novoa and Lowrance did I’m glad he was only penciled in….
I can’t talk enough about how well Daniel played during the first half but his second half was really, really bad. He struck out a total 126 times, more than 40 of them looking. That is way too high for someone with leadoff hitter potential.
Zimmerman and Estrada are the more polished of the bunch, but I really like what Novoa did this season (2.44 ERA in 32 games with almost a strike out per inning). Lowrance also did very well in 47 games with Harrisburg hitting .286, 8 HR’s, 24 RBI’s and 27 runs scored.
2008 Senators Rookie of the Year is Jordan Zimmermann
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