The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Chase Utley was named the winner of the 13th annual Roy Campanella Award, which is given to the franchise’s player who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership of the late Hall-of-Fame catcher.
The award is voted upon all Dodgers players and uniformed personnel. “He’s as good as it gets,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said about Utley.
“The effect he has had throughout. If you think back to 2015, to that point we were one of the worst base-running teams in baseball. We get Utley, and from that point through the end of the season on we were second.