2026 Athletics organizational award winners announced

8.06.26

In a ceremony at the Navy Yard, the Philadelphia Athletics announced the winners of their three major organizational awards during the middle of the final home matchup of the 2026 regular season home and season finale against Montreal.

Taking the Lefty Grove Award as the organizational Pitcher of the Year is lefty starter Chris Sale. The 37-year-old southpaw returned to the club in a trade with Detroit early in October 2025. Entering his final start this week, Sale leads the staff with 12 Wins, 160 strikeouts, and a 2.16 ERA. He is second in Quality Starts and tied for second in WHIP. 

This was a second career Grove Award for Sale, who previously won it nine years ago back in 2017. He was a member of the starting rotation from 2017-19 before being dealt away. Sale enters his final start of the season sitting at 3rd on the franchise Strikeouts list, 7th in Wins, and 8th for Innings Pitched.

Now becoming a five-time winner of the organizational Jimmy Foxx Award as the Offensive Player of the Year is Bryce Harper. The 33-year-old previously won it four times - 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021 - as a right fielder. The five wins ties Mike Trout for the most in franchise history.

Bryce was the club's starting right fielder for 11 straight seasons from his WFBL debut in 2012 through the 2021 season. He was then dealt away during the major rebuilding program. Then at the very start of the 2025 campaign the A's swung a deal with Detroit to bring him back home. He is second to Trout in the club's all-time Hits, Home Runs, RBIs and Runs lists and is now 5th in Steals.

Winning the organizational Lawrence 'Crash' Davis Award as the franchise top prospect is pitcher Christian Zazueta. A 21-year-old right-hander was signed by the scouting department on September 30 of last yea out of Navajoa, Mexico.

This year while pitching with the Triple-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Zazueta has gone 3-3 with a 3.48 ERA and 0.944 WHIP across 19 games (18 starts) while compiling an astounding 119/17 K:BB ratio over 82.2 innings pitched. He becomes the first pitcher to take the Davis Award in four years.