MILWAUKEE -- No matter the results of National League Rookie of the Year Award balloting on Monday night, Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin considered 2025 a win.

“There’s a sense of confidence,” Durbin said during a phone conversation last week. “It’s like, I know I can do it.”

The 25-year-old infielder did it well enough to be named a finalist for the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s top rookie honor in the NL , alongside catcher Drake Baldwin of the Braves and right-hander Cade Horton of the Cubs.

Durbin found out he’d made the top three when MLB tagged him in a post on Instagram, and it was an honor he didn’t see coming. In fact, Durbin says, he wasn’t sure at season’s end whether he was the best rookie on his own team, which also featured converted infielder Isaac Co

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