Outfielder Julio Rodríguez of the Seattle Mariners has been voted the American League Rookie of the Month for the second consecutive month, and outfielder Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves has been voted the National League Rookie of the Month for June.
Rodríguez earned his second career monthly award and is the first Mariners player to win AL Rookie of the Month in consecutive periods since Ichiro Suzuki during his historic MVP Award-winning 2001 season in which he claimed rookie honors in five-of-six months. Julio became the first American Leaguer to accomplish the feat since this month’s AL Player of the Month Yordan Alvarez during his Rookie of the Year-winning 2019 campaign. The last Mariners player other than Rodríguez to win was Mike Carp in August 2011. Harris was awarded his first monthly award and is Atlanta’s first rookie winner since his teammate Austin Riley in May 2019.
Julio Rodríguez, Seattle Mariners (@jrodshow44)
• Posted a slash line of .280/.361/.542 with 22 runs scored, 30 hits, seven doubles, seven home runs, 16 RBI and five stolen bases over 29 games played.
• Paced all AL rookies in hits, runs, home runs, RBI and total bases (58) during his excellent month at the plate.
• Finished his award-winning month in grand fashion, batting .324 with 13 runs, a pair of doubles, five home runs and nine RBI across his final 10 games of June.
• Became the third player (fourth time) in team history to log at least 20 runs, seven doubles, seven home runs and five stolen bases in a calendar month, joining Alex Rodriguez, who did so twice, and Phil Bradley. Was the sixth Major League player aged 21-or-younger to do so, and the first since Ronald Acuña Jr. in August 2018.
Michael Harris II, Atlanta Braves (@mike.harris24)
• Batted .347 (35-for-101) with 18 runs, seven doubles, two triples, four home runs, 16 RBI, four stolen bases and a .574 slugging percentage across 27 games.
• Homered in consecutive games on June 13th and June 14th, becoming the first Braves rookie to do so since his teammate Austin Riley in June 2019.
• Owned a .327 batting average through his first 31 career games, the highest mark by a Braves hitter through 31 career outings since Jose Constanza (.337) in 2011.
• Posted an eight-game hitting streak during Atlanta’s 14-game winning streak. Was the longest active streak by an MLB rookie at the time, and he was the first Braves rookie with a streak of eight-or-more games since his teammate Ronald Acuña Jr. in August 2018.
Others receiving votes for AL Rookie of the Month included shortstop Jeremy Peña (.255, 8 R, 13 H, 4 XBH) of the Houston Astros and Steven Kwan (.341, 11 R, 29 H, 6 RBI) of the Cleveland Guardians.
Others receiving votes for NL Rookie of the Month included outfielder Jack Suwinski (18 R, 22 H, 8 HR, 12 RBI) of the Pittsburgh Pirates; infielder Brendan Donovan (.321, 15 R, 34 H, 17 RBI) and outfielder Juan Yepez (.292, 6 2B, 5 HR, 16 RBI) of the St. Louis Cardinals; second baseman Jake Hager (.310, 9 H, 5 BB) of the Arizona Diamondbacks; shortstop Christopher Morel (.283, 21 R, 7 2B, 5 HR) and relief pitcher Scott Effross (11 G, 1.74 ERA, 15 SO, 3 BB) of the Chicago Cubs; and Harris’ teammate Spencer Strider (2-0, 3.24 ERA, 25.0 IP, 35 SO).
