Clemens (Most Valuable), Bradley (Pitcher of the Year) among Twins’ Diamond Awards winners

The Minnesota Twins announced the recipients of their annual Diamond Awards for the 2026 Major League Baseball season. Utility player Kody Clemens won the Most Valuable Twin Award after hitting 27 home runs and leading the American League in triples, while Taj Bradley earned the Joseph W. Haynes Award for Twins Pitcher of the Year following a 205-strikeout campaign across 31 starts.

Other notable award recipients included infielder Brooks Lee as Most Improved Twin and Connor Prielipp as Outstanding Rookie. Outfielder Byron Buxton captured both the Jim Kaat Defensive Player of the Year Award and the Bob Allison Award, while manager Derek Shelton earned the Carl R. Pohlad Outstanding Community Service Award.