2019 Players Choice Awards Outstanding Rookie Finalists

American League players select Luis Arráez, Yordan Álvarez and Eloy Jiménez; National League players choose Mike Soroka, Bryan Reynolds and Pete Alonso.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 – Players selected Luis Arráez, Yordan Álvarez and Eloy Jiménez as finalists in the American League and Mike Soroka, Bryan Reynolds and Pete Alonso in the National League in voting for Outstanding Rookie honors in the 2019 Players Choice Awards.

Winners of the AL and NL Outstanding Rookie awards receive grants of $20,000 each from the Major League Baseball Players Trust to direct to charities of their choice.

All told, the 2019 Players Choice Award winners will designate charities to receive grants totaling $260,000 from the Major League Baseball Players Trust. Since 1992, the Players Trust has recognized the outstanding on-and off-field performances of Players Choice Awards winners by contributing more than $5 million to charities around the world.

Additionally, the 2019 Player of the Year and Marvin Miller Man of the Year will receive a $50,000 grant and the eight league-wide Players Choice Award winners will receive grants of $20,000 each.

Through their collective charity, Players pool resources to support efforts that provide hope, sustainability and lasting change around the world. Players direct grants to the wide range of causes they support – from disaster relief to health and human services to growing baseball in the United States and abroad.

Players Choice Awards voting among all players was conducted in mid-September by the accounting firm KPMG. Winners will be announced beginning the week of October 21.

About the Major League Baseball Players Trust

Through the Players Trust, Major Leaguers contribute their time, money and celebrity to call attention to important causes. Each year the Players Trust distributes more than $1.5 million in annual grants and programs. For additional information, please visit www.PlayersTrust.org, @MLBPlayersTrust.