During the recording of a recent episode of the Bless You Boys podcast, we found ourselves stumped by what seemed to be a routine question leading up to the first week of the season: who did we think the Detroit Tigers Rookie of the Year would be? Last season, the staff were evenly split in our predictions of it being either JaCoby Jones or Joe Jimenez.
This year’s crop of young talent for the team doesn’t offer a clear contender for the mantle, and the predictions are made especially difficult when we factor in that many of the team’s “rookies” have actually already surpassed rookie limitations, making them ineligible to win (you can find MLB’s rookie eligibility rules here).