[MLB] Paul Skenes is your 2024 National League Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year!

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1. The worst kept secret in baseball in the past few weeks

2. The last full season pitchers to win it in the NL were Jacob deGrom and Jose Fernandez. It’s been a while.

3. Should have been Jackson Merrill tbh

4. i mean i get it

   im not happy about it, but i get it

5. Well deserved, he’s a beast

6. Here come the separate award arguments incoming

7. obviously; can’t wait to see Pirates fans be sore winners regarding Merrill lol

8. To the surprise of only padres fans.

   They tried to meme merill into the RoTY but I don’t think a lot of people realize just how insane a rookie pitcher with a sub 2.00era in over 130 innings is

9. Buc Yeah!

10. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Pirates don’t get a PPI draft pick because he wasn’t on the Opening Day roster or there within 2 weeks

    Edit: He’ll finish Top 3 in Cy Young voting so they’ll get the pick there

11. I believe this gives him a full year of service time for the season now.

12. Dude was a top 3 Cy Young finisher and some people thought he wasn’t winning ROY

13. Skenes was the best pitcher in baseball since he debuted, absolutely deserved.

14. Skenes had some FILTHY pitches this year. 

15. A full season of 130 ops+ centre field is a fantastic but not freakish season, whereas 130 innings of sub 2 ERA puts skenes among the best rookie pitchers in many many many years, it’s clear skenes had a more special season and is a better player.

16. Congrats to Livvy Dunne /s

17. Sadness
    Always
    Nonstop

    Despair
    In
    Excruciating
    Games
    Only

18. 214 ERA+ is absolutely insane

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20. Somehow this is the more normal result of the two ROTYs

21. Not at all surprising. I am still bummed we didn’t get to see them matchup.

22. Glad Shota got a couple down ballot votes. He deserved it.

23. Not super stoked about the decision but losing Roy to someone like Skenes at least makes it sting a little less

24. Good Lord. Shota came over and went 15-3 with a 2.91 ERA and barely got a passing glance at the bottom of the ballot.