Ian Desmond named Rockies’ nominee for Roberto Clemente Award for 5th straight year

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Ian Desmond has been named the Rockies’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award for the 5th consecutive year, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday.

The yearly award, which started successful 1971 arsenic the “Commissioner’s Award” and renamed aft Clemente’s decease successful 1972, is fixed to the subordinate who champion represents shot “through bonzer character, assemblage involvement, philanthropy and affirmative contributions, some connected and disconnected the field.” The grant victor volition beryllium announced astatine day to beryllium determined.

Desmond, who opted retired of each of the past 2 seasons owed to the COVID-19 pandemic, spent this twelvemonth focusing connected Newtown Connection, a younker programme helium co-founded that runs done the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and Desoto Counties successful Florida.

“Ian’s devotion to his household and his assemblage genuinely embodies the principles of Roberto Clemente,” Rockies vice president of assemblage and retail operations Jim Kellogg said successful a quality release. “Ian has chosen to beryllium retired of the past 2 seasons to absorption connected the younker of Sarasota. Ian’s actions talk louder words, and his actions are bringing astir existent alteration successful his assemblage each azygous day.”

The victor volition beryllium determined done a panel. Fans tin besides ballot for the grant done Oct. 3 astatine mlb.com/clemente21. The victor of the instrumentality ballot volition person 1 ballot to beryllium included successful panel.

No Rockies subordinate has ever won the award. Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright was the 2020 recipient.

Here is the database of 2021 Robert Clemente Award nominees: