Nominated by NikT. “Unless of course he maintains his rookie status for next year?” Well, he does, but that does not stop him from qualifying this season too. This can happen in the “proper” baseball awards as well. In 2021, Ryan Mountcastle and Ian Anderson received Rookie of the Year votes for the second consecutive year, and Gregg Jefferies finished =6th and 3rd in 1988 and 1989. So there is precedent... Indeed, two of this year’s five nominees (McCarthy and Perdomo) were also present on last year’s SnakePit Rookie of the Year ballot, getting three percent and six percent of the vote.