In a recent poll of MLB executives<\/a>, names like Tigers’shortstop Kevin McConigle and Toronto’s RHP Trey Yesavage were at the top of their list. Meanwhile, Emerson didn’t even get a mention, and that bulletin board material could add fuel to his fire. He would be the dark horse in the race… only to somehow pull off a win at the finish line.<\/p>\n The Mariners have a history with the award Mar 30, 2023; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez, center, poses for a photo with former players Ichiro Suzuki, left, and Edgar Martinez, right, after receiving his Silver Slugger and Rookie of the Year awards before a game against the Cleveland Guardians at T-Mobile Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images | Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n One of the two greatest Mariners of all time, outfielder Ichiro Suzuki<\/a> won the American League Rookie of the Year Award in 2001 on his way to a Hall of Fame career. Underrated first baseman Alvin Davis took home the honor in 1984, and Kazuhiro Sasaki did so in 2001. More recently, Kyle Lewis won it in 2020, and Julio Rodriguez<\/a> achieved the accolade two years later. So a victory by Emerson would be the sixth one in franchise history,<\/p>\n CLICK FOR MORE: Mariners farm system recently voted one of the best in Major League Baseball<\/a><\/p>\n If Colt Emerson<\/a> wins the award in 2026, it will be because he makes good contact all year long and sports a high batting average. While he’s no slouch in terms of slugging, his playing style seems to lean toward a future batting champion and Gold Glover. Playing at that level for a winning team would definitely get him some votes at the postseason ballot box.<\/p>\n More Seattle Mariners News & OpinionsSwitch-pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje is a unique Mariners prospect<\/a>With prospects on the rise, the Mariners must seek shorter-term deals in free agency<\/a>Mariners All-Star Julio Rodriguez picked as the favorite for the 2026 AL MVP Award<\/a>Mariners’ power prospect Lazaro Montes could be ‘All-or-Nothing’ at the MLB level<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colt Emerson will enter Spring Training in a few weeks with much anticipation. The Seattle Mariners and their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-404333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"J-ROD](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01ker53nc9svrjxz0tvn.jpg\" "\\"J-ROD")
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