Kody Clemens named Twins’ Most Valuable Player

For a season in which he played 145 games, belted a career-high 27 home runs and played defense at five different positions, Kody Clemens has been named the Twins 2026 Most Valuable Player. Clemens finished the season hitting .239/.298/.460 with a career-best .758 OPS. He also was responsible for one of the most exciting moments of the season, a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning and the Twins trailing the Kansas City Royals by three runs in late July. Clemens was at the top of the annual Diamond Awards roster, announced by the Twins on Wednesday and selected by Twin Cities Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America and the Minnesota Twins Community Fund Board of Directors. Taj Bradley was named the Twins Pitcher of the Year after posting a 3.73 ERA across 31 starts in his first full season with the Twins. Though he had a brief period on the injured list early, Bradley finished with 205 strikeouts over 178⅓ innings. Minnesota T