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It's unanimous: Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria was voted the American League Rookie of the Year, receiving all 28 first-place votes.

Below, check out the top candidates by clicking on either "Previous candidate" or "Next candidate." Then see the choices of ESPN baseball analysts and contributors, both individually and collectively. Who was your choice?

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THE TOP CANDIDATES

• EVAN LONGORIA, 3B, TAMPA BAY
  

  G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
  122	448	67	122	27	85	.272	.343	.531	.874

  
  Led all AL rookies in home runs, RBIs, and slugging percentage while playing Gold Glove-caliber defense.

  Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images
  

• ALEXEI RAMIREZ, 2B, CHICAGO
  

  G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
  480	65	139	136	21	77	.290	.317	.475	.792

  
  Trying to become the first White Sox player to be named AL Rookie of the Year since Ozzie Guillen in 1985.

  Rob Grabowski/US Presswire
  

• ARMANDO GALARRAGA, RHP, DETROIT
  

  G	IP	ER	H	BB	SO	W-L	ERA	WHIP	BAA
  30	178.2	74	152	61	126	13-7	1.19	.226	3.73

  
  Led all major league rookies in victories and became the surprising anchor of the Tigers' rotation in '08.

  Steven King/Icon SMI
  

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ESPN'S AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR PICKS
Jorge Arangure Jr. ESPN The Magazine Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Jim Caple ESPN.com/Page 2 Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Jerry Crasnick ESPN.com Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Peter Gammons ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
Pedro Gomez ESPN Alexei Ramirez 2B, White Sox	Orel Hershiser ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Eric Karabell ESPN.com Fantasy Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Jonah Keri ESPN.com/Page 2 Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
Bob Klapisch ESPN.com contributor Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	John Kruk ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Tim Kurkjian ESPN The Magazine Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Keith Law ESPN.com/Scouts Inc. Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
Sean McAdam ESPN.com contributor Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Amy Nelson ESPN.com Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Rob Neyer ESPN.com Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Buster Olney ESPN The Magazine Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
Peter Pascarelli ESPN Alexei Ramirez 2B, White Sox	Steve Phillips ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Karl Ravech ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Phil Rogers ESPN.com contributor Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
Enrique Rojas ESPNdeportes.com Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	John Shea ESPN.com contributor Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Chris Singleton ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Larry Stone ESPN.com contributor Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
Jayson Stark ESPN.com Evan Longoria 3B, Rays	Gene Wojciechowski ESPN Evan Longoria 3B, Rays
ESPN's choice: Evan Longoria (24) Honorable Mention: Alexei Ramirez (2)