For all the hand-wringing that came before Kris Bryant even took a major-league at-bat for the Chicago Cubs, his rookie season ended exactly how a lot of people expected it would. He hit 26 homers, drove in 99 runs and showed every bit of the potential that has him pegged as one of the game's top sluggers for the next decade. He and the Cubs eventually surprised some people and even made the posteason. [ Related: Astros shortstop Carlos Correa wins AL Rookie of the Year award ] On Monday, Bryant added the next logical piece of hardware — the NL Rookie of the Year award. He was the unanimous winner of the award, getting all 30 first-place votes. Matt Duffy of the San Francisco Giants finished second with 22 second-place votes and Jung-Ho Kang of the Pittsburgh Pirates finished third.