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The Rookie of the Year award winners have been announced, with Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle winning in the American League and Cincinnati Reds first baseman Sal Stewart winning in the National League, taking home the honors. While both rookies winning wasn’t a complete surprise, there was tight competition in both leagues that had many guessing whether there would be unanimous winners or some split calls.

On this episode of the Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman talk about the award winners, including Jordan discussing his semi-controversial ballot that awarded Cleveland Guardians pitcher Parker Messick one of his two first-place votes and why McGonigle was also deserving of winning the award. They then take a look at the rest of the voting and see if there were any notable vote-getters in what was an extremely strong rookie class.

Later in the show, Jake and Jordan each draft five players they think are most likely to be traded this offseason due to the not-as-strong free-agent class we've become accustomed to. They then set the scene live in Las Vegas for the GM meetings, which are set to take place on Tuesday. Could there be more action at the meetings than usual due to the impending strike?

1:34 - The Opener: Kevin McGonigle wins AL Rookie of the Year

15:09 - Sal Stewart wins NL Rookie of the Year

25:05 - Who could get traded this offseason?

48:41 - GM meetings set for Las Vegas