Javy Baez named Cubs winner of Heart and Hustle Award

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The MLB Players Alumni announced their Heart and Hustle Award for each team on Tuesday as second baseman Javier Baez was selected for the Chicago Cubs.

The award is voted on by former players and is for active players that show passion, desire, and work ethic demonstrated both on and off the field. This is the only award that is voted on by former players.

Baez is batting .293 with 19 homers, 19 stolen bases, and 74 RBI this season.

Last season, Kris Bryant was the Cubs winner for this award.

The 30 individual team winners are as follows:

American League National League

Baltimore Orioles, Adam Jones		Arizona Diamondbacks, Paul Goldschmidt	

Boston Red Sox, Mookie Betts		Atlanta Braves, Nick Markakis	


Chicago White Sox, Yolmer Sánchez		Chicago Cubs, Javier Báez	


Cleveland Indians, José Ramírez		Cincinnati Reds, Scooter Gennett	


Detroit Tigers, JaCoby Jones		Colorado Rockies, Trevor Story	


Houston Astros, Alex Bregman		Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Kemp	


Kansas City Royals, Salvador Pérez		Miami Marlins, J.T. Realmuto	


Los Angeles Angels, Mike Trout		Milwaukee Brewers, Christian Yelich	


Minnesota Twins, Eduardo Escobar		New York Mets, Brandon Nimmo	


New York Yankees, Austin Romine		Philadelphia Phillies, César Hernández	


Oakland Athletics, Matt Chapman		Pittsburgh Pirates, Corey Dickerson	


Seattle Mariners, Guillermo Heredia		San Diego Padres, José Pirela	


Tampa Bay Rays, Joey Wendle		San Francisco Giants, Brandon Crawford	


Texas Rangers, Isiah Kiner-Falefa		St. Louis Cardinals, Harrison Bader	


Toronto Blue Jays, Curtis Granderson		Washington Nationals, Trea Turner	


 

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