
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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