Aaron JudgeOF | Yankees

Judge honored with MLB Award for Best RookieNovember 18, 2017 | 08:18 PM

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge captured the attention of Major League Baseball with his remarkable rookie season. Writer's Analysis: There was the effortless and otherwordly power on display at the Home Run Derby in July and daily at Yankee Stadium, where he was backed by a Judge's chamber cheering section that helped make "All Rise" a catchphrase that will be linked to the 2017 season. Judge racked up accolades for his special season, the latest of which came Friday night when he won the Esurance MLB Award for Best Rookie over Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers and Andrew Benintendi of the Red Sox. MLB Awards count both regular-season and postseason performance, and Judge was a force during both. He hammered an American League-leading 52 home runs, which broke Mark McGwire's three-decades-old record for most homers by a rookie. Combine Judge's slash line of .284/.422/.627 while pacing the AL in runs (128), walks (127) and ranking second in RBIs (114), on-base percentage (.422) and slugging percentage (.627), and it's easy to see why Judge stockpiled on awards since the end of the season. Judge also unanimously captured the AL's Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award, as voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. It was a no-brainer considering he led all AL rookies in games played (155), homers, RBIs, OPS (1.049) and Wins Above Replacement (8.2) -- to name a few categories. Judge, who won an AL Silver Slugger Award, also finished second in AL MVP voting behind Jose Altuve and was named an AL Gold Glove finalist in right field.