Diamondbacks outfielder has won the National League Rookie of the Year award, the Baseball Writers A sociation of America announced. Mets right Chas Mccormick Jersey -hander came in second while Dodgers outfielder placed third. Carroll was selected to Arizonas roster in late August of last year, allowing him to get a taste of the majors but without exhausting his rookie status. He fared extremely well in that audition, hitting .260/.330/.500 in his first 115 plate appearances for a wRC+ of 131, indicating he was 31% better than the league average hitter in that time. The DBacks felt confident enough in Carroll based on that showing, and his work as a minor leaguer, to give him an eight-year with a guarantee of $111MM. They were hoping he would be an integral part of the club and help them make the postseason for the first time since 2017. He went on to have an incredible showing in his first full season in the majors, hitting 25 home runs and stealing 54 bases. His .285/.362/.506 line led to a 131 wRC+ and he also got strong grades for his outfield defense. He produced 6.0 wins above replacement in the eyes of FanGraphs while Baseball Reference had him at 5.4. The club did indeed break their postseason drought, snagging a Wild Card spot and eventually going all the way to the World Series. While the award is surely thrilling for Carroll and the Snakes on its own, there are other implications of Carroll taking the trophy. The new collective bargaining agreement contains measures designed to combat service time manipulation through the prospect promotion incentive, or PPI. Top-two Rookie of the Year finishers who were Top 100 prospects on at least two preseason lists at Baseball America, ESPN and MLB Pipeline are automatically credited with a full service year. That wont apply to Carroll, who was up all year and earned a full service year regardle s, though he was the #2 prospect on all three of those lists. , who got the AL trophy today, was #1. But players with PPI status can also earn extra draft picks for their clubs if they have le s than 60 days of service time to start the season and earn a full service year the traditional way, as Carroll did, while also appearing on those preseason prospect lists. Players in that camp who finish in the top two in Rookie of the Year voting or top three in Cy Young or Most Valuable Player voting during their pre-arbitration seasons earn a bonus pick after the first round for their club. That means the Diamondbacks, who are already loaded with young talent, will get a valuable extra pick in next years draft. Senga also had a strong season, his first after coming over from Japan. He made 29 starts for the Mets with a 2.98 earned run average, 29.1% strikeout rate, 11.1% walk rate and 44.7% ground ball rate. Players considered by MLB to be foreign profe sionals, as Senga is, arent eligible to earn PPI picks for their clubs. Outman also had a solid campaign, hitting 23 home runs and stealing 16 bases. He struck out in 31.9% of his plate appearances but offset that somewhat by walking at a 12% clip. His .248/.353/.437 batting line led to a wRC+ of 118 and he also graded out well in the field. He wasnt considered a top 100 prospect coming into the year and wouldnt have qualified for a PPI pick even if he surpa sed Senga for second place. The voting was unanimous, per the vote tally at , with Carroll getting all 30 first-place votes. Senga got 22 second-place votes and Outman got five. Other players getting votes were of the Rockies, of the Marlins, of the Giants and three Reds: , and . Image courtesy of USA Today Sports. Randy Johnson Jersey