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My mistake wasn’t the choice of José Abreu at No. 1 for the White Sox. That pick remains. But I left off Dick Allen’s highly impressive 1972 season when listing other worthy candidates for that honor. That issue will be rectified, as the Top 5 are now listed below.
The player’s season in this category is judged by the actual first pitch thrown or first swing taken with the White Sox. So while Ron Kittle had a power-packed Rookie of the Year campaign in 1983, he already had 32 plate appearances in ‘82. The same goes for left-handed pitcher Gary Peters, who won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in ’63 but made 12 appearances combined over the previous four years.
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MINNEAPOLIS The Twins have won two consecutive American League Central titles on the strength of a well-rounded and deep roster, but having star power on both sides of the ball has certainly helped. Nelson Cruz once again led the Twins offense, while the newly acquired Kenta Maeda emerged as the true ace of the pitching staff, and both were recognized for their 2020 performance with All-MLB Second Team selections on Wednesday.
Marcell Ozuna of the Braves won First Team honors at designated hitter ahead of Cruz, who was the First Team DH on last season s inaugural All-MLB Team. Maeda fell to the Second Team starting rotation behind Trevor Bauer, Shane Bieber, Yu Darvish, Jacob deGrom and Max Fried in the voting conducted by fans and a panel of experts.