Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz learned he'd been named the American League's Rookie of the Year in an ideal location Tuesday—far from Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, where he built his star in 2025.
"I was in Hawaii celebrating a teammate getting married, so me and (shortstop) Jacob Wilson, actually, were in the same hotel room as it was kind of going on," Kurtz told SI Thursday afternoon in an interview promoting the Friday release of the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. "The parents were watching the broadcast. The girlfriend, all those family members, got texts from them. Called them right away."
