Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo wins the NL rookie of the month Award – MLB News
The Chicago Cubs’ first baseman Anthony Rizzo on Thursday, August 02, won the National League Rookie of the Month Award for July. The young player who was just in the first month of his career in the Major League surprised many a game pundits with his extraordinary
performance.
Anthony Rizzo’s rise also helped the team make a resurge, winning more games in July than any other month of the season. Rizzo, with his incredible performance, outshone the NL rookies when it comes to hitting – having a total of 32.
He also had seven homers coupled with 17 RBIs and 55 total bases. Having topped in the aforementioned aspects of the game, Rizzo remained second in runs, scoring a total of 14, third in the NL rookies with .330 batting average.
He also stood third in on-base percentage with .375 and .567 slugging percentage. With such a record, enviable as it is for any rookie, the 22-year old Rizzo has outperformed the young contenders in the National League.
He was the first Chicago Cubs player, for example, to hit three-game winning RBIs in the very first five games of the career. Not only that, he also went on to have 20 hits in the last 25 games he played.
The second half of the season has generally remained good for the Chicago Cubs. The pitchers have been performing well, so as the batters. The rise of Anthony Rizzo is an infallibly good sign for the Cubs as a whole.
The trading of players may have some impact for the team. Even though the likes of Ryan Dempster and Paul Maholm were traded this week, the Cubs will try to bring capable enough pitchers to fill the spot.
If Anthony Rizzo, on the other hand, continues to show the same consistency, he is all set to bolster the Cubs’ offence, allowing it more space to manoeuvre.
The Cubs, which have not won any World Series for over nine decades now, are in a transition that will determine the future course, allowing them to become a better and stronger team to compete the rivals.
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