Nolan Jones capped off his first year with the Rockies in marvelous fashion, winning the National League Rookie of the Month award for September and October.
The 25-year-old rookie outfielder slashed .349/.461/.651 in his final 29 games with seven home runs, 23 RBIs, five doubles and three triples. In that span, he was tops among rookies in on-base percentage, OPS (1.112), hits (37) and total bases (112). On Sunday, in the final game of the season, he became the first Colorado rookie to hit 20 homers and steal 20 bases in a season after doing one of each against the Twins to reach the mark.
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On the season, Jones slashed .297/.389/.542 and was second on the team in both homers and stolen bases, and fourth in RBIs (62) despite appearing in just 106 games.
Jones was originally drafted by Cleveland in the second round of the 2016 MLB amateur draft. He was acquired by the Rockies last November in exchange for minor-league infield prospect Juan Brito.
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