The Kansas City Royals announced their 2016 team award winners today, which were voted on by the Kansas City Chapter of the BBWAA at the end of last season. First baseman Eric Hosmer was named the Les Milgram Player of the Year, his second such award (also, 2013). Danny Duffy earned the Bruce Rice Pitcher of the Year award, his first such honor. Outfielder Jarrod Dyson received the Joe Burke Special Achievement Award for 2016.
Hosmer, 27, had an outstanding season, setting career highs in home runs (25) and RBI (104). He became the second Royals player to be named MVP of the All-Star Game (Bo Jackson, 1989), slugging a game-tying home run in the second inning and collecting another RBI with a single in the third.