Majors: Awards

2011 Major League Executive Of The Year: Doug Melvin
Dec. 6, 2011
Doug Melvin earns our Executive of the Year Award after his Brewers squad won a franchise-record 96 games. [...] Continue Reading »

2011 Organization Of The Year: St. Louis Cardinals
Dec. 5, 2011
After an unforgettable run fueled by homegrown players and savvy roster moves, the St. Louis Cardinals are our 2011 Organization of the Year. [...] Continue Reading »

Infield, Pitching Staff Highlight 2011 Rookie Team
Oct. 21, 2011
The Royals turned over first base to 21-year-old rookie Eric Hosmer, who batted .293 with 19 homers from May 6 to the end of the season. That performance at that age solidified his standing as a top young talent in a year in which rookie pitchers Jeremy Hellickson, Ivan Nova and Vance Worley all pitched their way onto playoff rosters. [...] Continue Reading »

2011 Major League Rookie of the Year: Jeremy Hellickson
Oct. 21, 2011
Rays' righthander Jeremy Hellickson is the 2011 Rookie of the Year [...] Continue Reading »

2011 Major League Player Of The Year: Matt Kemp
Oct. 14, 2011
Matt Kemp batted .324/.399/.586 and led the National League with 39 home runs, 126 RBIs, 115 runs scored and 353 total bases. He made his first all-star team. He stole 40 bases in 51 attempts.The 27-year-old Kemp performed so well, in fact, that he won the Baseball America Major League Player of the Year award. [...] Continue Reading »

2010 Major League Organization Of The Year
Dec. 8, 2010
Thanks to some excellent drafting, the Giants are our 2010 Major League Organization of the Year. [...] Continue Reading »

2010 Major League Executive Of The Year
Dec. 8, 2010
Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels is our 2010 Major League Executive of the Year. [...] Continue Reading »

Major League Player Of The Year: Roy Halladay
Oct. 27, 2010
Roy Halladay got our attention with a perfect game in May. He solidified his spot in the record books five months later with just the second no-hitter in postseason history. [...] Continue Reading »

Future Big League Stars Highlight All-Rookie Team
Oct. 19, 2010
Major league teams treated us to yet another bumper crop of first-year talent—so much that we couldn't make room for all the top rookies on our end-of-season team. [...] Continue Reading »

2010 Rookie Of The Year
Oct. 19, 2010
Five years after their teams squared off for the Georgia Class AAAA state championship, Jason Heyward and Buster Posey found themselves on a considerably larger stage. [...] Continue Reading »

Major League Executive Of The Year
Dec. 23, 2009
O'Dowd has built for long-term success in Colorado. [...] Continue Reading »

Baseball America 2009 Award Winners
Dec. 20, 2009
A rundown of our 2009 award winners [...] Continue Reading »

Organization Of The Year: Philadelphia Phillies
Dec. 7, 2009
The Philadelphia Phillies are our 2009 Organization of the Year. [...] Continue Reading »

Mauer's Amazing Season Earns Player Of The Year Nod
Oct. 29, 2009
Joe Mauer is more than the heartbeat of the Twins, the frontrunner for the American League Most Valuable Player award and Baseball America's 2009 Major League Player of the Year. In this most impressive and illustrious of seasons, he's the poster boy for the phrase, "All's well that ends well." [...] Continue Reading »

2009 All-Rookie Team
Oct. 28, 2009
The 2009 rookie team as selected by Baseball America's staff. [...] Continue Reading »

Baseball America 2009 Rookie Of The Year
Oct. 28, 2009
Put into a tough spot, Andrew McCutchen excelled to be named Baseball America's 2009 Rookie of the Year. [...] Continue Reading »

Built To Last
Dec. 22, 2008
The flashy rings, the William Harridge trophy and the American League championship banner they will raise on April 13 are all tangible residuals of the Rays' stunning 2008 success. But there was so much more to their remarkable season, which included their first winning record, maiden playoff appearance, a trip to the World Series, a haul of major postseason awards and—to cap it all—Baseball America's Organization of the Year award. [...] Continue Reading »

Setting Up Success
Dec. 22, 2008
In six years under general manager Theo Epstein, the Red Sox have enjoyed more on-field success than any team in baseball. Boston has been to the playoffs five times, winning two championships and coming just one win short of reaching two additional World Series. During that time, the primary goal of the Red Sox has been, in Epstein's words, "to build a healthy foundation that could put us in position to have sustained success." By all indications, the Sox have done precisely that. [...] Continue Reading »

What A Legacy
Dec. 22, 2008
The year 1948 had its fair share of signings.

President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan and later instituted the second peacetime military draft in United States history. Israel signed its declaration of independence. And perhaps slightly overlooked was the White Sox's signing of 17-year-old righthander Bill Fischer one day after he impressed Hall of Famer Red Ruffing during a tryout camp in Wisconsin Rapids. [...] Continue Reading »

Sabathia Earns Player Of The Year Nod
Oct. 22, 2008
Lefthander C.C. Sabathia, who led the Milwaukee Brewers to the postseason for the first time since 1982 after a midseason trade, is Baseball America's 2005 Major League Player of the Year, as selected by the magazine's staff. [...] Continue Reading »

2008 Baseball America Awards
Oct. 22, 2008
A summary of all of our awards for the 2008 season [...] Continue Reading »

Big Man, Big Results
Oct. 22, 2008
C.C. Sabathia cost the Brewers a lot in a June trade, but our 2008 Major League Player of the Year paid the Brewers back by carrying them to the playoffs. [...] Continue Reading »

Turning Over A New Lee-f
Oct. 22, 2008
Cliff Lee had his mind set. He was not going back to the minor leagues. "I absolutely have no desire to pitch in Buffalo ever again,'' the Cleveland Indians lefthander defiantly said in spring training as the 2008 season got under way, promptly drawing the line in the sand. He was a new Lee, and this was a new season. [...] Continue Reading »

BA Rookie Of The Year
Oct. 17, 2008
Cubs catcher Geovany Soto is our 2008 Baseball America Rookie of the Year. [...] Continue Reading »

2008 Top Rookies
Oct. 17, 2008
We pick the best 20 rookies for 2008. Geovany Soto's work behind the dish and above-average bat propelled him over a superb campaign by Evan Longoria. [...] Continue Reading »

Three Of A Kind
Dec. 11, 2007
Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz were a part of history with the Atlanta Braves throughout most of the 1990s. [...] Continue Reading »

Hughes Makes Good On Delayed Opportunity
Dec. 11, 2007
Gary Hughes goes from high school athletic director to special assistant for Jim Hendry. [...] Continue Reading »

Roland Hemond Award
Dec. 6, 2007
Stewart sparks success scouting for Royals. [...] Continue Reading »

Organization Of The Year
Dec. 6, 2007
The Rockies rode a wild winnings streak into their first World Series appearance in franchise history. [...] Continue Reading »

Zduriencik Named Top Executive
Dec. 3, 2007
Zduriencik helps Brewers contend again. [...] Continue Reading »