Colorado Springs, Colo. - The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA) is pleased to announce the 30 preliminary winners of the 2024 Heart and Hustle Award. This esteemed award honors active players who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embody the values, spirit and traditions of the game. The Heart and Hustle Award is also the only award in Major League Baseball that is voted on by former players. Voting is conducted prior to the All-Star break.

The MLBPAA formed 30 committees, comprised of Alumni players with established relationships to each team. One player from each Major League team is chosen by the committees based on their passion, desire and work ethic demonstrated both on and off the field. As the season draws to a close, all alumni and active players will vote to select the final winner from the 30 team winners. The previous overall winners are David Eckstein (2005), Craig Biggio (2006, 2007), Grady Sizemore (2008), Albert Pujols (2009), Roy Halladay (2010), Torii Hunter (2011), Mike Trout (2012), Dustin Pedroia (2013), Josh Harrison (2014), Anthony Rizzo (2015), Todd Frazier (2016), Brett Gardner (2017), Mookie Betts (2018), Howie Kendrick (2019), Ozzie Albies (2021), Paul Goldschmidt (2022) and Marcus Semien (2023). No award was presented in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The overall winner will be announced in mid-November on MLB Network.

The 30 individual team winners are as follows:

American League

Baltimore Orioles, Gunnar Henderson

Boston Red Sox, Jarren Duran

Chicago White Sox, Andrew Vaughn

Cleveland Guardians, José Ramírez

Detroit Tigers, Riley Greene

Houston Astros, Jeremy Peña

Kansas City Royals, Bobby Witt Jr.

Los Angeles Angels, Logan O’Hoppe

Minnesota Twins, Willi Castro

New York Yankees, Anthony Volpe

Oakland Athletics, Max Schuemann

Seattle Mariners, Cal Raleigh

Tampa Bay Rays, Richie Palacios

Texas Rangers, Marcus Semien

Toronto Blue Jays, Daulton Varsho

National League

Arizona Diamondbacks, Christian Walker

Atlanta Braves, Austin Riley

Chicago Cubs, Nico Hoerner

Cincinnati Reds, Jonathan India

Colorado Rockies, Brenton Doyle

Los Angeles Dodgers, Teoscar Hernández

Miami Marlins, Jake Burger

Milwaukee Brewers, Willy Adames

New York Mets, Francisco Lindor

Philadelphia Phillies, Edmundo Sosa

Pittsburgh Pirates, Bryan Reynolds

San Diego Padres, Jackson Merrill

San Francisco Giants, Matt Chapman

St. Louis Cardinals, Brendan Donovan

Washington Nationals, Ildemaro Vargas

For more information regarding the Heart and Hustle Award, please contact Kendall Meisner, Director of Communications, by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling (719) 477-1870, ext. 201.

To learn more about the MLBPAA, please visit www.baseballalumni.com and follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram (@MLBPAA). The official hashtag for this award is #HeartandHustle.