2012 NL Rookie of the Year?

[klw]

Here is a list of the top NL rookies in HR's. A lot of Reds near the top of the list.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/batting...uns/order/true


Sortable Batting

RK	PLAYER	       TEAM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Wilin Rosario	COL	83	12	19	6	0	7	17	0	2	4	27	.229	.267	.554	.821
2	Todd Frazier	CIN	79	9	22	6	3	5	13	0	1	5	24	.278	.329	.620	.950
 	Zack Cozart	CIN	187	24	44	12	2	5	12	1	0	11	44	.235	.281	.401	.682
4	Bryce Harper	WSH	109	21	31	6	4	4	11	2	2	14	21	.284	.368	.523	.891
5	Freddy Galvis	PHI	169	11	39	13	1	3	23	0	0	6	26	.231	.257	.373	.630
 	Devin Mesoraco	CIN	67	9	14	2	0	3	8	0	1	10	13	.209	.316	.373	.690
 	Brett Pill	SF	68	7	14	3	0	3	9	0	0	4	14	.206	.270	.382	.653
 	Matt Carpenter	STL	104	16	30	9	3	3	20	0	0	10	25	.288	.356	.519	.875
9	Vinny Rottino	NYM	17	5	4	0	0	2	3	1	0	1	5	.235	.278	.588	.866
 	K Nieuwenhuis   NYM	159	25	46	7	1	2	15	3	1	17	54	.289	.358	.384	.741

RK	PLAYER	        TEAM	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
 	Hector Sanchez	SF	74	8	21	4	0	2	17	0	0	1	16	.284	.286	.419	.705
12	Justin Sellers	LAD	44	6	9	3	1	1	2	0	0	5	14	.205	.286	.386	.672
 	Erik Kratz	PHI	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	1.000	1.250
 	W. Castillo	CHC	27	2	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	7	.185	.241	.370	.612
 	Yonder Alonso	SD	175	12	50	16	0	1	14	1	0	21	35	.286	.364	.394	.758
 	Marwin Gonzalez	HOU	62	10	15	3	0	1	2	0	0	3	10	.242	.277	.339	.616
 	Andy Parrino	SD	91	7	16	4	0	1	3	1	0	11	29	.176	.279	.253	.532
 	Shane Robinson	STL	71	7	18	3	0	1	6	1	0	4	15	.254	.293	.338	.631
 	James Darnell	SD	17	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.235	.316	.471	.786
 	Jordan Pacheco	COL	83	10	24	5	2	1	9	0	0	2	8	.289	.302	.434	.736
RK

[fisch11]

Harper will garner the attention. Will need some stats to back it up. Likewise, it will take some overpowering numbers from someone else to cover up the hype.

[dougdirt]

Harper will garner the attention. Will need some stats to back it up. Likewise, it will take some overpowering numbers from someone else to cover up the hype.

Of course, Harper is clearly the best rookie hitter so far this year and I don't think it is particularly close. He is hitting for average, drawing plenty of walks and hitting for power. His plate discipline is outstanding (much less considering what it is for his age), so he is likely to continue doing what he is doing if we can assume he keeps his peripherals the same.

Todd Frazier has been outstanding in terms of his slash line, but he also has a 4-1 K-BB rate, suggesting there will be plenty of correction coming it's way unless he fixes that. And outside of Todd Frazier, no other hitter is even in the same stratosphere as Harper right now from the rookie class in overall production.