A's announce 2025 organizational awards

8.15.25

The Philadelphia Athletics organization has named their 2025 organizational award winners. Each of these players have earned a place in the franchise annals and join a long list of those recognized perpetually here at the franchise site in the Awards section.

Winner of the Jimmy Foxx Award as the Majors club Offensive Player of the Year is right fielder James Wood. One of the club's top prospects during their rebuilding program, Wood received his promotion in June 2024 and immediately began making his presence felt in the starting lineup.

In this, the first full season for the soon-to-be 23-year-old, Wood has emerged as a legitimate superstar. Through the early days of Week 21 in the schedule, Wood was hitting .261 with a .357 OBP, leading the club with 25 homes and 78 RBIs, having scored 69 runs with 15 stolen bases.

The Lefty Grove Award as the Majors club Pitcher of the Year goes to Paul Skenes. Also promoted in 2024 as part of that historic rebuild, the 23-year-old righty makes some history of his own with this honor. Skenes becomes the first pitcher to ever win the Grove Award in consecutive seasons. He also joins Stephen Strasburg and Yu Darvish as the only two-time winners.

In 2025, Skenes has become a full-fledged ace. He leads the club by a wide margin with 148 innings pitched. The big right-hander also leads with 15 Quality Starts and a 166 strikeouts, adding seven Wins, a 2.13 ERA, and 0.96 WHIP mark.

20-year-old outfielder Walker Jenkins was named as winner of the Lawrence 'Crash' Davis Award, which goes to the organization's Minor League Prospect of the Year. Jenkins became one of the youngest pieces of the recent years rebuilding program when he arrived from New York as part of a three-way trade on August 5, 2023.

This season, Jenkins has slashed .304/.411/.480 with seven homers, 23 RBIs, 38 runs scored, and 11 stolen bases. He accumulated those numbers in just 241 plate appearances over 55 games. Early season injuries kept him from getting his season going until early June. But once underway he began showing the promise that has made him the club's top prospect.