Despite not having star Gerrit Cole for almost the entire first half of 2024, the New York Yankees found Luis Gil a guarantee within the rotation.
The Dominican seemed airtight for a good part of the course, enough to become a great candidate for Rookie of the Year in the American League.
Congratulations to Luis Gil on being named Baseball Digest’s American League Rookie of the Year 👏@thegil81 👑 pic.twitter.com/sGzvjdk9u4
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) November 7, 2024
In fact, Gil won an award that can serve as a preamble to the highest recognition for the debuting player in MLB. Indeed, Baseball Digest magazine awarded the 26-year-old arm the Rookie of the Year award in the young conference.
The Yankees starter went 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA in 151.2 innings, divided into 29 starts. Likewise, the right-hander had a dream May, going 6-0 with a 0.70 ERA in 38.2 innings, before becoming Pitcher of the Month in the American League.
Considering that Cole (3.41 ERA) pitched just 85.1 innings due to his elbow injury and Clarke Schmidt (2.85 ERA) went through 85.1 innings due to shoulder problems, Luis Gil ended up becoming the most consistent member of the manager’s staff. Aaron Boone in the regular round, despite the fact that he was ineffective in the final postseason by leaving 6.75 in lines allowed between the Championship Series and the Series World.
