The Twins announced their annual Diamond Award Winners today. The following were voted on by the Twin Cities chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America:
Most Valuable Twin (Calvin R. Griffith Award): Joe Mauer
Twins Pitcher of the Year (Joseph W. Haynes Award): Carl Pavano
Most Improved Twin (Charles O. Johnson Award): Delmon Young
Twins Most Outstanding Rookie (Bill Boni Award): Danny Valencia
Upper Midwest Player of the Year (Dick Siebert Award): Mauer
Bob Allison Award (determination, hustle, tenacity, leadership): Michael Cuddyer
Media Good Guy (Mike Augustin Award): Cuddyer
Those players will be honored at the sixth annual Diamond Awards dinner, on Jan. 27, 2011 at Target Field. It's a great event with proceeds benefiting the University of Minnesota's research on ataxia, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease).
The Twins will also honor their Minor League Player of the Year (Joe Benson), and Minor League Pitcher of the Year (Kyle Gibson), along with the Carl Pohlad Community Service Award winner (Jesse Crain) and the Kirby Puckett Award winner (Bert Blyleven).
For more information on the Diamond Awards dinner call the Twins at 612-33-TWINS or 800-33-TWINS or visit the Diamond Awards web site.
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