The Rookie Class Sends Its Report Card
The first-year players worth watching.
Today belongs to the newcomers. Munetaka Murakami leads a rookie hitting board that runs deep, and a pair of young arms are keeping their ERAs where veterans would be jealous. Here's who's arrived and who's climbing.
The rookie class
Top first-year players, hitters by OPS (minimum real playing time).
Munetaka Murakami tops the rookie bats with a .938 OPS and 20 home runs for the White Sox, already the class of this group. Colorado has two on the list, with Cole Carrigg at .907 and TJ Rumfield at .859, while Atlanta's Didier Fuentes (2.41 ERA) and San Diego's Bradgley Rodriguez (2.00) lead the rookie arms.
Munetaka Murakami
Chicago White Sox0.938OPS rookie›AVG .240 · HR 20 · OPS 0.93841 RBI · 1 SBOPS0.938elite
Cole Carrigg
Colorado Rockies0.907OPS rookie›AVG .282 · HR 3 · OPS 0.90716 RBI · 2 SBOPS0.907elite
TJ RumfieldColorado Rockies0.859OPS rookie›AVG .293 · HR 12 · OPS 0.85946 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.859above avg
Bryce Eldridge
San Francisco Giants0.829OPS rookie›AVG .276 · HR 6 · OPS 0.82917 RBI · 0 SBOPS0.829above avg
Kevin McGonigle
Detroit Tigers0.819OPS rookie›AVG .284 · HR 7 · OPS 0.81931 RBI · 11 SBOPS0.819above avg
Didier Fuentes
Atlanta Braves2.41ERA rookie›ERA 2.41 · WHIP 1.07 · IP 33.2GS 1 · 4 W · 38 KFORM79elite
Bradgley Rodriguez
San Diego Padres2.00ERA rookie›ERA 2.00 · WHIP 1.19 · IP 36GS 3 · 1 W · 34 KFORM78elite
Rookies breaking out
Rookies with the biggest OPS jump this week.
Owen Caissie is the one on the move, nudging his OPS up 30 points to .744 for the Marlins. Not a leap yet, but the kind of quiet climb that turns into something.
Owen Caissie
Miami MarlinsOPS 0.714→0.744 (+0.030) rookie›AVG .238 · HR 11 · OPS 0.74449 RBI · 4 SBOPS0.744average
Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.