USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award

The USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award has been awarded since 1988. It is given to a single minor league player who is judged by USA Today's baseball experts as having had the most outstanding season.

While the award is less heralded than those given by Baseball America and The Sporting News (before being discontinued), it has a very good track record in honoring players who will develop into top rank major leaguers.

Award Winners

Year	Player	Organization	Position
1988	Mike Harkey	Chicago Cubs	P
1989	Todd Zeile	St. Louis Cardinals	C/1B/3B
1990	Tino Martínez	Seattle Mariners	1B
1991	Mark Wohlers	Atlanta Braves	P
1992	Carlos Delgado	Toronto Blue Jays	1B
1993	Cliff Floyd	Montreal Expos	OF
1994	Billy Ashley	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF
1995	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	OF
1996	Andruw Jones	Atlanta Braves	OF
1997	Ben Grieve	Oakland Athletics	OF
1998	Gabe Kapler	Detroit Tigers	OF
1999	Rick Ankiel	St. Louis Cardinals	P
2000	Josh Hamilton	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	OF
2001	Josh Beckett	Florida Marlins	P
2002	José Reyes	New York Mets	SS
2003	Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	1B
2004	Jeff Francis	Colorado Rockies	P
2005	Francisco Liriano	Minnesota Twins	P
2006	Matt Garza	Minnesota Twins	P
2007	Justin Upton	Arizona Diamondbacks	OF
2008	David Price	Tampa Bay Rays	P
2009	Jason Heyward	Atlanta Braves	OF
2010	Jeremy Hellickson	Tampa Bay Rays	P
2011	Paul Goldschmidt	Arizona Diamondbacks	1B
2012	Wil Myers	Kansas City Royals	OF
2013	Xander Bogaerts	Boston Red Sox	SS
2014	Kris Bryant	Chicago Cubs	3B
2015	Blake Snell	Tampa Bay Rays	P
2016	Alex Bregman	Houston Astros	SS
2017	Ronald Acuna	Atlanta Braves	OF
2018	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays	3B
2019	Luis Robert	Chicago White Sox	OF
2020	No minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Bobby Witt Jr.	Kansas City Royals	SS

Source

• USA Today