No award gets you excited about the future the way Rookie of the Year does. It's a young player being recognized for his greatness, and great young players are what sports hopes are built on. With that in mind,

MLB's Rookie of the Year award is presented to the best rookies of the American and National League. Check out the full list of winners by year.

Each year, certain rookies make their mark in a way that merits special acknowledgment during awards season. While there are certainly many rookies who had individual games, months or other stretches over which they performed well this past season,

The Cubs rookie had a second-half for the ages, but that wasn’t enough for him to win the Rookie of the Year Award.

Fanatics unveiled a new program for rookies, similar to the MVP Buyback, called the Bowman Red Rookie Redemptions, where red rookie logoed Bowman cards have an initial Fanatics Cash value of $100, and more if you hold the card and they continue to win awards.

The 2025 finalists for MLB's four major end-of-season awards from the Baseball Writers' Association of America -- the Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Awards, the Manager of the Year Awards, the Cy Young Awards and the Most Valuable Player Awards -- were announced on Monday.