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Shot eleven homers and towed 25 runs

Carlos Figueroa Ruiz.- The Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr. and the Dominican Miguel Andújar were chosen as the most outstanding rookies of August.

In 30 matches during the fifth month of the campaign, Acuña left .336 average (of 116-39) with 25 runs scored, seven doubles, a triple, 11 homers, 25 RBIs, 12 tickets and swindled half a dozen pads. He is the first player of the Braves that obtains this recognition in the National League since Evan Gattis won it twice in a row in the months of April and May of 2013.

Andújar, a Yankees third baseman, won the trophy for the second time in the American League. In 30 games he hit 122-39 for a .320 average with 21 runs scored, seven doubles, ten home runs and 29 RBIs.

Favorites A scant twenty-six dates to conclude the elimination round of the 2018 MLB season, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are in full battle for the Rookie of the Year award in each league.

While Vargass outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (Braves) leads Juan Soto (Nationals) outfielder, San Cristobal-born third baseman Miguel Andujar (Yankees) has slight favoritism over his teammate, Caracas waiter Gleyber Torres, according to poll released yesterday. by the journalist Richard Justice in the digital portal mlb.com.

Justice reveals that he consulted members of the Baseball Writers Association of the United States. In the National League, Acuña has 36 points ahead of Soto, who dominated the three previous queries, while Andújar beat Torres by five points and Otani in the American League by eight, whose previous polls were dominated once by the Japanese and four times for the Venezuelan.