MLB Teams Release Their Nominees For Prestigious Roberto Clemente Award

All 30 Major League Baseball teams have released their nominees for the most prestigious individual award in baseball, the Roberto Clemente Award.
MLB Teams Release Their Nominees For Prestigious Roberto Clemente Award
MLB Teams Release Their Nominees For Prestigious Roberto Clemente Award /

All 30 Major League Baseball teams have released their nominees for the most prestigious individual award in baseball, the Roberto Clemente Award:

Per MLB.com:

The Roberto Clemente Award is bestowed annually to the player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.

Every year, each MLB Club nominates a player to be considered for the Award in tribute to Clemente's achievements and character. This year's list of nominees features players whose various community and philanthropic activities have focused on important issues ranging from awareness and fundraising to support those with cancer and other illnesses or special needs, education for young people, natural disaster relief, outreach to underserved children and communities in the United States and abroad, and more.

Here are the nominees:

1) Arizona Diamondbacks: Nick Ahmed

2) Atlanta Braves: Matt Olson

3) Baltimore Orioles: Kyle Gibson

4) Boston Red Sox: Tanner Houck

5) Chicago Cubs: Marcus Stroman

6) Chicago White Sox: Liam Hendriks

7) Cincinnati Reds: Hunter Greene

8) Cleveland Guardians: Jose Ramirez

9) Colorado Rockies: Kyle Freeland

10) Detroit Tigers: Miguel Cabrera

11) Houston Astros: Jeremy Pena

12) Kansas City Royals: Salvador Perez

13) Los Angeles Angels: Mike Trout

14) Los Angeles Dodgers: Chris Taylor

15) Miami Marlins: Jorge Soler

16) Milwaukee Brewers: Christian Yelich

17) Carlos Correa: Minnesota Twins

18) New York Mets: Francisco Lindor

19) New York Yankees: Aaron Judge

20) Oakland Athletics: Tony Kemp

21) Philadelphia Phillies: Kyle Schwarber

22) Pittsburgh Pirates: David Bednar

23) San Diego Padres: Tim Hill

24) San Francisco Giants: Brandon Crawford

25) Seattle Mariners: Marco Gonzales

26) St. Louis Cardinals: Paul Goldschmidt

27) Tampa Bay Rays: Shane McClanahan

28) Texas Rangers: Jon Gray

29) Toronto Blue Jays: Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

30) Washington Nationals: Josiah Gray

You can vote for the nominees HERE:


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