Kyle Lewis enters the 2021 season in a strange state of being underrated and over-hyped at the same time, depending on who you ask or perhaps where you live. I guess that’s what happens when you unanimously win the AL Rookie of the Year award during a 60-game season while playing for the often forgotten Seattle Mariners. While many baseball writers had Luís Robert of the Chicago White Sox tabbed as the ROY favorite, Lewis built upon his impressive 2019 debut and left no doubt among BBWWA voters.
As Managing Editor Kate Preusser brilliantly wrote about this past November, one of Lewis’s catchphrases he used for inspiration during his grueling knee injury rehab is that we all write our own story.