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Is Nick Kurtz the Dark Horse Threatening to Upend the AL Rookie of the Year Race?

Is Nick Kurtz the Dark Horse Threatening to Upend the AL Rookie of the Year Race?

“Nick, he’s still learning the league,” Kotsay said. “Jacob got a little head start on him.

“But Nick seems to be a quick learner.”

‘Now it’s go time’

Three weeks of torching Triple-A pitching earned Kurtz his big-league call-up on April 23, roughly nine months after he was selected fourth overall in the 2024 MLB Draft. It wasn’t smooth sailing at first: After he hit his first home run on May 13, Kurtz fell into an 0-for-21 skid that plummeted his OPS to a paltry .558.

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