Best Rookie caps Seager’s awards-season sweep

LOS ANGELES — Corey Seager completed his rookie season awards sweep on Friday by winning the 2016 Esurance MLB Award for Best Rookie.

Seager’s mantle is now full, after previously winning the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Jackie Robinson National League Rookie of the Year Award (unanimously), the Players Choice Award for NL Outstanding Rookie, Baseball America’s NL Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News NL Rookie of the Year. He also was named winner of the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award for the top-hitting NL shortstop and finished third in the NL MVP Award balloting.

The Esurance MLB Awards annually honor Major League Baseball’s greatest achievements as part of an industry-wide balloting process that includes five groups, each of which accounts for 20 percent of the overall vote: media, front-office personnel, retired MLB players, fans at MLB.com and Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) voters.

The MLB Awards are an all-inclusive program, encompassing the top players and performances from both the American League and National League from Opening Day through the end of the postseason.

Individual awards went to the Best Major Leaguer in addition to the winners in the following categories: Best Hitter, Pitcher, Rookie, Defensive Player, Manager, Executive, Social Media Personality and Postseason Performer.

Winners were also recognized for the year’s best Offensive Play, Defensive Play, Regular-Season Moment, Postseason Moment, Single-Game Performance, Social Media Post, Fan Catch, Broadcast Call, Player-Fan Interaction and Trending Topic.

Voting began on Sept. 19 …

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