No. 1 is an easy choice. But there’s been substantial movement beyond the top spot in the third edition of MLB Pipeline’s 2023 Rookie Power Rankings — there are four new players ranked this month.
Each month, the Pipeline staff votes on who they believe to be the likeliest Rookie of the Year winners at the end of the season.
That last part is critical, by the way: “at the end of the season.” This is not a vote on who would win if the awards were handed out today. Performance to date is considered heavily, of course, but it’s balanced with expectations for the rest of the year. As the year goes on, current-season stats will weigh more heavily, and those projections will wash out of the rankings.
