In a typical year, a Rule 5 guy hitting .297/.344/.418 with 3.9 fWAR and 3.8 rWAR would be an absolute lock to receive Rookie of the Year votes, if not win the whole dang thing. Unfortunately for Odubel Herrera, this was not a typical year. As I noted last week in a piece for The Hardball Times, the percentage of league WAR contributed by rookies in 2015 was the highest it’s been since World War II. The elite rookie class and Rookie of the Year ballots limited to just three names made it extraordinarily difficult to grab NL ROY votes this year.
Odubel Herrera Shutout in ROY Voting
