Who will be the next Reds Rookie of the Year? Will it be Nick Senzel? Jesse Winker? Shed Long?
No one knows for sure. Most Cincinnati Reds who have won that award went on to have pretty good careers. There was Frank Robinson (1956), Pete Rose (1963), Tommy Helms (1966), Johnny Bench (1968). Pat Zachry shared it with San Diego’s Butch Metzger (1976) Chris Sabo won in
1988.
Joey Votto should have won it in 2008 but it went instead to Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto. But Soto played for the Cubs, was a catcher, made the All-Star game (thanks to ballot stuffing by Cubs fans) so Votto was snubbed.