Five of the top six prospects on our preseason Top 100 spent the bulk of the season in the big leagues, including No. 1 Bryce Harper, No. 3 Mike Trout and No. 4 Yu Darvish, all of whom had exceptional years and made the postseason all-rookie team.
Rays' righthander Jeremy Hellickson is the 2011 Rookie of the Year
The Royals turned over first base to 21-year-old rookie Eric Hosmer, who batted .293 with 19 homers from May 6 to the end of the season. That performance at that age solidified his standing as a top young talent in a year in which rookie pitchers Jeremy Hellickson, Ivan Nova and Vance Worley all pitched their way onto playoff rosters.
Five years after their teams squared off for the Georgia Class AAAA state championship, Jason Heyward and Buster Posey found themselves on a considerably larger stage.
Major league teams treated us to yet another bumper crop of first-year talent—so much that we couldn't make room for all the top rookies on our end-of-season team.
The 2009 rookie team as selected by Baseball America's staff.
Put into a tough spot, Andrew McCutchen excelled to be named Baseball America's 2009 Rookie of the Year.
We pick the best 20 rookies for 2008. Geovany Soto's work behind the dish and above-average bat propelled him over a superb campaign by Evan Longoria.
Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is our 2008 Baseball America Rookie of the Year.
Ryan Braun is Baseball America's 2007 Rookie Of The Year.
A look at the top 20 rookies of 2007, which includes quite a few surprises.
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