Colton Cowser earned the respect of his peers in his first full season in the majors. The players voted Cowser as the American League’s Outstanding Rookie in 2024, and the former first-round pick finished second in the Rookie of the Year Award voted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
The Player’s Choice Award came with a video that featured winners of other awards talking about Cowser. Players like Aaron Judge, Tarik Skubal, and Cowser’s future teammate Tyler O’Neill praised the rookie as a “gritty player” and a “great hitter” that made an immediate impact on the game. Eventually, the video cut to Cowser reading a list of players that previously won the award.
“There’s a lot of great names on here,” Cowser said. “My fellow lockermate Gunnar Henderson from last year, Yordan,