2026 Hero of the Year

OF Jackson Chourio has been named Hero of the year and at age 22 might win a few more before he is done! Despite missing 35 games this year (missed the first month of the season still posted 152 hits 291 25HR 75RBI 96 R 23SB .837OPS.

Past Winners

2007 3B David Wright .325avg 30HR 107RBI 34SB .963OPS

2008 2B Dustin Pedroia .325avg 17HR 20SB 83RBI 117Runs .869OPS

2009 1B Price Fielder .299Avg 46HR 141RBI 1.014OPS

2010 3B Ryan Zimmerman .307avg 25HR 85RBI 85Runs .894OPS

2011 2B Dustin Pedroia .307avg 21HR 91RBI 102Runs 86BB 26SB .861OPS

2012 1B Prince Fielder .313avg 30HR 108RBI 83Runa 85BB .940ops

2013 1B Joey Votto .305avg 24HR 73RBI, 103Runs, 135BB, .926OPS

2014 OF Lorenzo Cain .301avg 5HR 53Rbi 55runs 28SB .751OPS

2015 OF Michael Conforto .270avg 9HR 26RBI .841ops

2016 2B Dustin Pedroia .318avg 15HR 74RBI 105Runs 61BB .825ops

2017 OF George Springer .283avg 34HR 85RBI 112Runs 64BB .889ops

2018 OF Christian Yelich .326avg 36HR 110RBI 118Runs 22SB 1.000OPS

2019 3B Rafael Devers .311avg 32HR, 115RBI, 129Runs, .916OPS

2020 OF Wil Myers 288avg 15 HR, 40RBI, 34 Runs, .959 OPS.

2021 3B Rafael Devers .281avg 38HR, 115RBI, 101Runs, .895 OPS

2022 2B Jose Altuve .298 avg 28HR, 57RBI, 103Runs, 18SB .917 OPS  

2023 2B Edouard Julien .260avg, 16HR, 37RBI, 60Runs, .370obp, .834OPS

2024 SS Oneil Cruz .253 21HR 76RBI, 70Runs, 22SB, .773OPS

2025 SS Bo Bichette .311 18HR 94 RBI 44Doubles .840 OPS

2026 OF Jackson Chourio .291 25HR 75RBI 96 R 23SB .837OPS

2026 Kelly's Ace of the Year

Louis Varland has become the 3rd RP to win this award and the first since 2012. 

Complete list all Heroes to win this honor:

2007 Roy Halladay 16-5 3.71era 225Inn 139K's

2008 Franciso Rodriguez 2-3 2.24era 68inn 77K's 62SV

2009 Roy Halladay 17-10 2.79era 246Inn 206K's

2010 Trevor Cahill 18-8 2.97 era 196.2Inn 118K's

2011 Ervin Santana 11-12 3.38 228.2inn 178k's

2012 Jim Johnson 4-2 2.49era 68.2Inn 41K's 51SV

2013 James Shields 13-9 3.15era 228Inn 197K's

2014 Yordano Ventura 14-10 3.20era 183Inn 159k's

2015 Noah Syndergaard 9-7 3.24era 150Inn 166K's

2016 Noah Syndergaard 14-9 2.60era 183.2inn 218k's

2017 Corey Kluber 18-4 2.25era 203.2inn 265K's

2018 Max Scherzer 18-7 2.53era 220.2Inn 300k's

2019 Jake Odorizzi 15-7 3.51era 158Inn 178K's

2020 Trevor Bauer 5-4,  1.73era 73Inn 100K's

2021 Carlos Rodon 13-5, 2.37era, 0.96whip, 132inn 185K's 

2022 Justin Verlander 18-4, 1.75era, 0.83whip, 175Inn, 185K's 

2023 Bryan Woo 4-5. 4.21era, 1.21whip, 87Inn, 93K's

2024 Bryan Woo 9-3 2.80era, 0.90whip 121inn, 101k's

2025 Garrett Crochet 18-5 2.59era 1.03whip 205.1Inn 255K's

2026 Louis Varland 5-6 1.27era 1.00Whip 78Inn 97K's 35SV's 5 Holds

2026 Little Hero of the Year

OF Angeibel Gomez has been named Little Hero of the year. In just 144 AB's he hit .361 9HR 15 SB, while posting 1.120 OPS. No prospect rose through the ranks faster then Gomez, went from unranked to #20 on Rotowire and #42 on Baseball America last update of the year.

Complete list of winners

2007 1B Billy Butler KC

2008 1B Logan Morrison Fla

2009 SP Arodys Vizcaino NYY

2010 OF Mike Trout LAA

2011 1B Anthony Rizzo SD

2012 OF Adam Eaton Arz

2013 SP Yordano Ventura KC

2014 SP Lucas Giolito Was

2015 1B AJ Reed Hou

2016 2B Yoan Moncada Bos

2017 SP Yonny Chirinos TB

2018 SS Luis Garcia Phi

2019 SS Wander Franco TB

2020 No minor league Season

2021 SP Eury Perez Mia

2022 2B Edouard Julien Min

2023 OF Roman Anthony Bos

2024 OF Roman Anthony Bos

2025 C Carter Jenson KC

2026 OF Angeibel Gomez KC