Article: NL ROOKIE OF YEAR; Defense could affect voting; Braun has the edge in offensive numbers

Ryan Braun will learn today how much weight was placed on defense by baseball writers across the country who voted for 2007 National League rookie of the year.

Few people, if any, rate another NL rookie ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers' third baseman in terms of offensive achievement, and rightfully so. For beginners, Braun had a .634 slugging percentage, highest in major-league history for a rookie, tops in the NL and second only to New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (.645) among big-leaguers.

But if defense was factored heavily into the equation by the 32 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America - two in each NL city - Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki has a ...

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