MiLB Announces 2026 Triple A Awards

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (MiLB) ANNOUNCES 2026 TRIPLE-A LEAGUE AWARDS AND ALL-STAR TEAMS

Albuquerque’s Veen and Columbus’ Ingle claim Most Valuable Player Awards

Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) tonight announced the league awards and All-Star teams for the two leagues that make up the Triple-A classification in Major League Baseball’s player development system. The teams were announced on MLB Network during the broadcast of the Triple-A Championship game in Las Vegas.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Position	Name	Team	MLB Affiliate	Stats (AVG/OBP/SLG, OPS, HR, RBI)
Catcher	Cooper Ingle	Columbus	Cleveland	.297/.424/.528, .952, 20 HR, 69 RBI
First Base	Ralphy Velazquez	Columbus	Cleveland	.278/.363/.541, .904, 22 HR, 63 RBI
Second Base	Max Anderson	Toledo	Detroit	.302/.386/.477, .863, 15 HR, 57 RBI
Third Base	Yohandy Morales	Rochester	Washington	.286/.363/.519, .882, 25 HR, 76 RBI
Shortstop	Angel Genao	Columbus	Cleveland	.309/.395/.494, .889, 10 HR, 42 RBI
Outfield	Héctor Rodríguez	Louisville	Cincinnati	.274/.347/.533, .880, 27 HR, 69 RBI
Outfield	Walker Jenkins	St. Paul	Minnesota	.308/.407/.532, .939, 12 HR, 28 RBI
Outfield	Luis Lara	Nashville	Milwaukee	.321/.432/.470, .902, 9 HR, 42 RBI, 24 SB
Designated Hitter	Joshua Báez	Memphis	St. Louis	.256/.328/.573, .901, 34 HR, 90 RBI, 21 SB
Utility	Trey Lipscomb	Rochester	Washington	.287/.325/.536, .861, 32 HR, 94 RBI
Pitchers	Name	Team	MLB Affiliate	Stats (G, W/L, ERA, SO, SO/9, AVG)
Starting Pitcher	Brendan Beck	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	New York (AL)	25, 10-2, 2.93, 151, 10.04, .210
Starting Pitcher	Owen Murphy	Gwinnett	Atlanta	18, 5-8, 3.07, 94, 8.75, .198
Starting Pitcher	Elmer Rodríguez	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	New York (AL)	21, 8-4, 2.45, 105, 8.89, .221
Starting Pitcher	Quinn Mathews	Memphis	St. Louis	21, 5-4, 3.27, 120, 10.91, .179
Reliever	Franco Aleman	Columbus	Cleveland	33, 3-1, 1.32, 50, 13.24, .154, 10 SV
Reliever	Jack Ralston	Jacksonville	Miami	39, 6-2, 1.66, 75, 11.31, .157, 2 SV
Award	Name	Team	MLB Affiliate	Stats (AVG/OBP/SLG, OPS, HR, RBI) (G, W/L, ERA, SO, SO/9, AVG)
Manager of the Year	Matthew LeCroy	Rochester	Washington	90-58, Most wins in MiLB, League Champs
Most Valuable Player	Cooper Ingle	Columbus	Cleveland	.297/.424/.528, .952, 20 HR, 69 RBI
Pitcher of the Year	Brendan Beck	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	New York (AL)	25, 10-2, 2.93, 151, 10.04, .210
Top MLB Prospect	Max Clark	Toledo	Detroit	.276/.368/.434, .802, 11 HR, 42 RBI, 21 SB

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Position	Name	Team	MLB Affiliate	Stats (AVG/OBP/SLG, OPS, HR, RBI)
Catcher	Brian Serven	Las Vegas	Athletics	.308/.401/.538, .939, 9 HR, 46 RBI
First Base	Charlie Condon	Albuquerque	Colorado	.273/.390/.514, .904, 27 HR, 98 RBI
Second Base	Christian Moore	Salt Lake	Los Angeles (AL)	.302/.431/.512, .943, 11 HR, 60 RBI
Third Base	Brock Rodden	Tacoma	Seattle	.262/.342/.499, .841, 19 HR, 65 RBI
Shortstop	Denzer Guzman	Salt Lake	Los Angeles (AL)	.336/.403/.571, .974, 12 HR, 57 RBI
Outfield	James Tibbs III	Oklahoma City	Los Angeles (NL)	.287/.409/.532, .941, 30 HR, 107 RBI
Outfield	Zac Veen	Albuquerque	Colorado	.327/.402/.635, 1.037, 24 HR, 87 RBI
Outfield	Sterlin Thompson	Albuquerque	Colorado	.329/.475/.530, 1.005, 14 HR, 62 RBI, 21 SB
Designated Hitter	Niko Kavadas	Salt Lake	Los Angeles (AL)	.316/.451/.608, 1.059, 15 HR, 59 RBI
Utility	Kyren Paris	Salt Lake	Los Angeles (AL)	.307/.427/.554, .981, 13 HR, 50 RBI
Pitchers	Name	Team	MLB Affiliate	Stats (G, W/L, ERA, SO, SO/9, AVG)
Starting Pitcher	Carson Seymour	Sacramento	San Francisco	22, 5-2, 3.79, 70, 8.29, .241
Starting Pitcher	Carson Whisenhunt	Sacramento	San Francisco	17, 6-4, 4.15, 90, 9.84, .250
Starting Pitcher	George Klassen	Salt Lake	Los Angeles (AL)	19, 6-6, 3.96, 88, 8.70, .240
Starting Pitcher	Christian Romero	Oklahoma City	Los Angeles (NL)	30, 11-5, 4.06, 115, 7.65, .267
Reliever	Roddery Muñoz	Sugar Land	Houston	53, 4-5, 3.06, 76, 12.91, .192, 12 SV
Reliever	Seth Halvorsen*	Oklahoma City	Los Angeles (NL)	26, 1-1, 1.32, 37, 12.18, .202, 8 SV
Award	Name	Team	MLB Affiliate	Stats (AVG/OBP/SLG, OPS, HR, RBI) (G, W/L, ERA, SO, SO/9, AVG)
Manager of the Year	Scott Hennessey	Oklahoma City	Los Angeles (NL)	89-60, Best record in PCL
Most Valuable Player	Zac Veen	Albuquerque	Colorado	.327/.402/.635, 1.037, 24 HR, 87 RBI
Pitcher of the Year	Carson Seymour	Sacramento	San Francisco	22, 5-2, 3.79, 70, 8.29, .241
Top MLB Prospect	Charlie Condon	Albuquerque	Colorado	.273/.390/.514, .904, 27 HR, 98 RBI

*- was traded from Colorado to Los Angeles (NL) on July 20, 2026, in exchange for RHP Nick Frasso and OF Landyn Vidourek

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