Earlier tonight, it was announced that Francisco Lindor won the 2022 Marvin Miller Man of the Year award. The award, given by the Major League Baseball Players’ Association, is voted on by MLBPA members, and is given to a player “whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement.”
The award, established in 1997, is named for Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the MLBPA, and one of the key figures around players’ rights in the game. He was an integral part of the elimination of the reserve clause and the establishment of free agency.