The Heart & Hustle winners and nominees came out on Thursday morning, with outfielder Daulton Varsho serving as the nominee for Toronto.
On Thursday, every Major League Baseball team announced its winner of the Heart & Hustle Award. Each of the 30 teams gets a team-wide winner with a league-wide winner being named in November after the World Series ends.
For the Toronto Blue Jays, the team winner is outfielder Dauton Varsho. It's his third year in a row being named a league-wide nominee and his second with Toronto. He had previously played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, coming over in a trade before the 2023 season. The Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association is pleased to announce the 30 preliminary winners of the 2024 Heart and Hustle Award. This esteemed award honors active players who demonstrate a passion for the game of baseball and best embody the values, spirit and traditions of the game. The Heart and Hustle Award is also the only award in Major League Baseball that is voted on by former players. Voting is conducted prior to the All-Star break.
The 28-year-old Varsho is hitting just .199 this year with 13 homers, 46 RBI and nine stolen bases. He plays excellent defense and runs well, always playing with a joy despite the Blue Jays being in last place in the American League East right now. For his career, he's in his fifth season. He's a lifetime .223 hitter who hit a career-high 27 homers in 2022 with the Diamondbacks.Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University.
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