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Larry Doby Award

The Larry Doby Award is presented annually to the most valuable player in the annual futures game. From 1999 through 2002 the award was originally called the Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award.

"Green got all of it, hitting it to straightaway center field, where he thought he had a home run. But thanks to the big wall at Chase Field, it landed just below the home run line and he had to stop at second. 'I thought it was gone,' Green said. 'I didn't know it was a 15-foot-high wall. I thought it was a normal wall. I even heard from people in the stands when I got to second base, telling me to hit the weight room. The shortstop [Jurickson Profar] was cracking up behind me. It's all fun and games. That wall's huge. They need to lower that thing, make me feel good about myself.'" - Sportswriter Jonathan Mayo on MLB.com (07/10/2011, 'A's Green wins XM Futures Game MVP Award', Source)

Futures Game Most Valuable Player Award In Chronological Order
Year	Player Name^(Quantity)	Position	Organization
1999	Alfonso Soriano⁽¹⁾	SS	New York Yankees
2000	Sean Burroughs⁽¹⁾	3B	San Diego Padres
2001	Toby Hall⁽¹⁾	C	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Larry Doby Award In Chronological Order
Year	Player Name^(Quantity)	Position	Organization
2002	Jose Reyes⁽¹⁾	SS	New York Mets
2003	Grady Sizemore⁽¹⁾	OF	Cleveland Indians
2004	Aaron Hill⁽¹⁾	SS	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2005	Justin Huber⁽¹⁾	1B	Kansas City Royals
2006	Billy Butler⁽¹⁾	OF	Kansas City Royals
2007	Chin-lung Hu⁽¹⁾	SS	Los Angeles Dodgers
2008	Che-Hsuan Lin⁽¹⁾	OF	Boston Red Sox
2009	Rene Tosoni⁽¹⁾	OF	Minnesota Twins
2010	Hank Conger⁽¹⁾	C	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
2011	Grant Green⁽¹⁾	C	Oakland Athletics
2012	Not Yet Announced^(07-2012)	--	--
Year	Player Name^(Quantity)	Position	Organization
Larry Doby Award

A Larry Doby Award winning player whose name appears on the chart in gray has not yet made it to the Major League level.

The first Futures Game MVP Award winner was Alfonso Soriano - he hit two home runs and drove in five runs during the Futures Game - who was widely considered the best shortstop in the minor leagues. Standing in his way to the majors was an All-Star shortstop, but Soriano had confidence as illustrated by these USA Today comments, "I know Derek Jeter is there, and I might have to play second base. I think I can be a superstar."

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