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USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award
Professional baseball sports award
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
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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