On Monday night, the winner of the American League Rookie of the Year award was announced. As has been the case every year since 1989, an Orioles rookie did not win the award. The winner for 2020 was Seattle outfielder Kyle Lewis, who won for the shortened 2020 season by batting .262/.364/.437 over 58 games.
Upon Lewis being named the winner, I was informed by my counterpart Kate Preusser on SB Nation’s Mariners blog, Lookout Landing, that Lewis’s victory may mean that the Curse of Gregg Olson has been lifted. Not being aware that any such curse had existed, I came to discover that there is a segment of Mariners fans that have been stewing a bit that future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr.