Each year, certain rookies make their mark in a way that merits special acknowledgment during awards season. While there are certainly many rookies who had individual games, months or other stretches over which they performed well this past season, two of them will walk away with hardware to show they were the league's best with a Rookie of the Year Award.
Last year, those rookies were a pair of right-handed pitchers -- the Yankees' Luis Gil and the Pirates' Paul Skenes. Who will follow in their footsteps?
Here's a look at each Rookie of the Year Award finalist for 2025 ahead of the announcement of the winners on MLB Network at 7 p.m. ET on Monday:
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Roman Anthony , OF, Red Sox
The fact that Anthony is even a finalist with 303 plate appearances proves how strong his b

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