Chris Coghlan: NL Rookie of the Year?
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Reflecting on his path to the big leagues, Coghlan feels his experience playing for Chatham in the Cape Cod League in 2005 helped launch him in the eyes of big league scouts.
“I think definitely if I didn’t perform there I wouldn’t have been a first-rounder. Simple as that,” Coghlan said. “I think that’s because that’s the way it is, you get labeled. I think that’s the way the scouting is. If I didn’t hit (.346) would I have been less of a player? No, I wouldn’t have been. I’d like to think it’s a league that only helps you.”
Coghlan’s bat has been hot after a drought in July… he’s batting .379 in August and September (thus far). He is a leading candidate for NL Rookie of the Year, along with pitchers J.A. Happ (Harwich ’03, Philadelphia) and Tommy Hanson (Atlanta). In August, Coghlan set a Marlins record with 8 consecutive multi-hit games.
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CHRIS COGHLAN!!!!!!! he like totally needs to win how a=can you not vote for him he is like leading like evry stat in the rookie ov the rookie ov the year thinging VOTE CHRIS !
lol nollie. whoevr doesnt want him to win is an *
Chris Coghlan for sure… happ and hanson had great seasons as well… but historically the names being thrown around with Chris’ include Jeter, Suzuki, and Rose