For all the hand-wringing that came before Kris Bryant even took a major-league at-bat for the Chicago Cubs, his rookie season ended exactly how a lot of people expected it would.
He hit 26 homers, drove in 99 runs and showed every bit of the potential that has him pegged as one of the game's top sluggers for the next decade. He and the Cubs eventually surprised some people and even made the posteason.
On Monday, Bryant added the next logical piece of hardware — the NL Rookie of the Year award. He was the unanimous winner of the award, getting all 30 first-place votes.