22-year-old Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies is the rookie of the month (August) the announcement was made on Tuesday. Troy Tulowitzki 40 hits are the highest in the Northern League for all rookies. In August he had 25 RBIs and eight hits and reached a career high 12 hitting streak from 16th – 27th august, in the same month he had several hits in eleven games including 4 hits in 3 separate games. Tulowitzki is batting .288 for the season with seventy five RBIs and eighteen home runs. Tulowitzki will be presented with a trophy to celebrate his performance.
Troy’s performance in August has not gone unnoticed; he is a strong contender for the rookie of the year award as well. He will be up against Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun, Philadelphia’s J.D. Durbin, Arizona’s Mark Reynolds, Atlanta’s Yunel Escobar and Micah Owings, Houston’s Mark McLemore and Cincinnati’s Norris Hopper and Jared Burton.