Noah Cameron was never a highly-regarded prospect, but he just delivered results at each minor league level. And in a stacked rookie class, he was one of the best debut players in baseball.

Cameron finished fourth in Rookie of the Year voting, as announced by the Baseball Writers of America last night. Cameron was not called up until April 30, but managed to finish 9-7, with a 2.99 ERA and 114 strikeouts in 138.1 innings in 24 starts, good for 3.8 rWAR. Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz the unanimous winner, taking all 30 first-place votes. The 2024 draft pick hit .290/.383/.619 with 36 home runs in just 117 games.

Cameron was second among all AL rookies in rWAR at 3.8, behind only Kurtz, although he fared much worse under fWAR at 1.8. Among Kansas City writers, Dave Brown of Pitcher’s

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