First baseman Nick Kurtz of the Athletics and catcher Drake Baldwin of the Atlanta Braves have been selected the 2025 Baseball Digest / TDH Creative American and National League Rookies of the Year.

This is the 54th season (since 1972) that Baseball Digest has presented AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards. The selections were made by the independently submitted votes of an 11-member panel of baseball writers and broadcasters, including the six contributors who provided Baseball Digest’s 2025 division previews.

Kurtz was a unanimous selection in the American League, receiving all 11 first-place votes while his A’s teammate Jacob Wilson got nine second-place votes and one third-place vote. In the National League, Baldwin grabbed seven first-place votes and four second-place votes while

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