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USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award

Professional baseball sports award

Summary

Professional baseball sports award

Field	Value
name	USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award
sport	Baseball
league	Minor League Baseball
givenfor	Player of the Year
country	United States, Canada, Mexico
presenter	USA Today
first	1988
firstwinner	Mike Harkey
mostwins	Andruw Jones (1995, 1996)
mostrecent	Kristian Campbell (2024)

Listed below in chronological order are the Minor League Baseball players chosen by USA Today as recipients of the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award. Since 1988, the award has been given annually to the minor-league player who is judged by USA Today baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season. Of the 13 votes cast each year, two votes go to the player selected by fans in online voting at USAToday.com.

Winners

Year	Player	Position	Organization	Ref.	(1)	(2)
	RHP	Chicago Cubs
	C/1B/3B	St. Louis Cardinals
	1B	Seattle Mariners
	RHP	Atlanta Braves
	1B	Toronto Blue Jays
	OF	Montreal Expos
	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers
	OF	Atlanta Braves
	OF	Atlanta Braves
	OF	Oakland Athletics
	OF	Detroit Tigers
	LHP	St. Louis Cardinals
	OF	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
	RHP	Florida Marlins
	SS	New York Mets
	1B	Milwaukee Brewers
	LHP	Colorado Rockies
	LHP	Minnesota Twins
	RHP	Minnesota Twins	url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/minors/2006-09-06-player-of-year-garza_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA	title=Garza wins 2006 award	date=2006	website=USA Today}}
	OF	Arizona Diamondbacks
	LHP	Tampa Bay Rays
	OF	Atlanta Braves	title=Past winners of the Minor League Player of the Year	url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/09/02/minor-league-player-of-the-year/14999337/	url-status=deviated	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904092432/https://usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/09/02/minor-league-player-of-the-year/14999337/	archive-date=2014-09-04	access-date=2025-01-30	website=USA TODAY	language=en-US}}
	RHP	Tampa Bay Rays
		1B	Arizona Diamondbacks
	OF	Kansas City Royals
	SS	Boston Red Sox
	3B	Chicago Cubs
2015	LHP	Tampa Bay Rays
2016	SS	Houston Astros
2017	OF	Atlanta Braves
2018	3B	Toronto Blue Jays
2019	OF	Chicago White Sox
2020	due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	SS	Kansas City Royals
2022	OF	Arizona Diamondbacks
2023		SS	Baltimore Orioles	last=Yomtov	first=Jesse	title=MLB's top prospect Jackson Holliday is Minor League Player of the Year	website=USA TODAY	date=2023-12-20	url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/minors/2023/12/20/jackson-holliday-top-prospect-minor-league-player-of-the-year/71971415007/	access-date=2025-02-09}}
2024	MI/OF	Boston Red Sox

References

(August 31 – September 6, 2011). "Fans like Trout as top minor leaguer". USA TODAY.
(2006). "Garza wins 2006 award".
"Past winners of the Minor League Player of the Year".
(August 31 – September 6, 2011). "Fans like Trout as top minor leaguer". USA TODAY.
[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/omahas-wil-myers-named-usa-today-sports-minor-league-player-of-the-year-168534276.html PrNewsWire.com – Omaha's Wil Myers Named USA TODAY Sports Minor League Player of the Year]
"Xander Bogaerts Stats, Highlights, Bio".
Miller, Bryce. (September 3, 2014). "Electrifying Cubs prospect Kris Bryant earns player of year honor". USA Today.
"Rays lefty Blake Snell is USA TODAY Sports' Minor League Player of the Year".
"Houston Astros' Alex Bregman is USA TODAY Sports' Minor League Player of the Year".
"Minor League Player of the Year: Braves prospect Ronald Acuna improves at every level".
"Minor League Player of the Year: Blue Jays prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Following in father's footsteps".
(September 4, 2019). "With 30-30 season, White Sox prospect Luis Robert wins Minor League Player of the Year award". USA Today.
Adler, David. (June 30, 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled".
"Royals prospect Bobby Witt Jr. Wins Minor League Player of the Year award".
"Diamondbacks OF Corbin Carroll wins USA TODAY Sports' Minor League Player of the Year award".
Yomtov, Jesse. (2023-12-20). "MLB's top prospect Jackson Holliday is Minor League Player of the Year".
Yomtov, Jesse. "Red Sox prospect Kristian Campbell is USA TODAY's 2024 Minor League Player of the Year".

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