Bo Naylor named Guardians' Roberto Clemente Award nominee
Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team grad Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the Cleveland Guardians’ Roberto Clemente Award nominee.
September 15, 2025
Official Major League Baseball News Release
On Monday, Major League Baseball announced 2025 plans to celebrate the humanitarian legacy of Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, centered around the annual Roberto Clemente Day and baseball’s most prestigious individual honour, the Roberto Clemente Award – both of which are presented by Capital One.
The 30 Club nominees for the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One include some of the game’s most philanthropic players, including 19 first-time honorees. The Roberto Clemente Award is the annual recognition of a Major League player who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field. The nominees, announced this morning exclusively on MLB Network, will be recognized in ballparks beginning today, September 15th, Roberto Clemente Day presented by Capital One. Major League Baseball established Roberto Clemente Day in 2002 to honor the late Hall of Famer’s legacy as a humanitarian.
The 30 Club nominees of the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award are listed below:
Arizona Diamondbacks – Corbin Carroll*
Athletics – Lawrence Butler*
Atlanta Braves – Spencer Strider*
Baltimore Orioles – Jordan Westburg*
Boston Red Sox – Liam Hendriks
Chicago Cubs – Kyle Tucker
Chicago White Sox – Mike Tauchman*
Cincinnati Reds – Brent Suter
Cleveland Guardians – Bo Naylor* (Mississauga, Ont.)
Colorado Rockies – Kyle Freeland
Detroit Tigers – Tarik Skubal
Houston Astros – Josh Hader*
Kansas City Royals – Bobby Witt Jr.*
Los Angeles Angels – Logan O’Hoppe*
Los Angeles Dodgers – Mookie Betts
Miami Marlins – Griffin Conine*
Milwaukee Brewers – Sal Frelick*
Minnesota Twins – Pablo López
New York Mets – Francisco Lindor
New York Yankees – Carlos Rodón*
Philadelphia Phillies – Aaron Nola
Pittsburgh Pirates – Paul Skenes*
San Diego Padres – Joe Musgrove
San Francisco Giants – Ryan Walker*
Seattle Mariners – J.P. Crawford
St. Louis Cardinals – Brendan Donovan*
Tampa Bay Rays – Pete Fairbanks*
Texas Rangers – Corey Seager*
Toronto Blue Jays – José Berríos*
Washington Nationals – Trevor Williams*
*=First-time nominee
As part of the annual program, each MLB Club nominates one player to be considered for the leaguewide Award in tribute to Clemente’s achievements and character. This list of nominees features players whose various community and philanthropic activities have focused on important causes such as underserved children and communities in the United States and around the world, individuals with cancer and other illnesses, educational programs, environmental advocacy, and more.
2025 Roberto Clemente Award Nominees – BY THE NUMBERS
-50 career All-Star selections, including nine 2025 All-Stars
-Eight career Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners
-Six World Series Championships
-Three Rookies of the Year (Carroll, Seager, Skenes)
-One League MVP (Betts)
-Two Postseason MVPs (Betts, Seager)
-Four MLB Develops Youth Program Alumni (Butler, Crawford, Rodón, Witt Jr.)
The leaguewide winner of the Roberto Clemente Award will be honoured at the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One following selection by a blue-ribbon panel. This panel includes representatives from the Commissioner’s Office, Capital One, MLB-affiliated networks (MLB Network, FOX Sports, ESPN and TBS), MLB.com, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as Roberto’s children, Enrique, Luis and Roberto Clemente, Jr. Beginning today, fans can vote for the Roberto Clemente Award presented by Capital One via MLBTogether.com/clementeaward (in both English and Spanish). The site features bios of each of the nominees, allows fans to vote until the end of the season on Sunday, September 28th. The winner of the fan vote will count as one vote among those cast by the blue-ribbon panel.
The concept of honouring Major League players for their philanthropic work was created in 1971 as the “Commissioner’s Award.” The recognition was renamed to the “Roberto Clemente Award” in 1973 tribute to Clemente following his passing.