Editing Arizona Fall League (section)

===Most Valuable Player award===
{{see also|Baseball awards#Winter leagues (affiliated)}}

First presented in 2002 and named for [[Joe Black]] of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]], the award honors the 1952 [[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|National League Rookie of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Desme Wins AFL MVP Award |date=November 23, 2009 |work=[[CBS Sports]] |url=http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/18505780 |access-date=January 30, 2010}} See [[Grant Desme]], the 2009 recipient.</ref>

[[File:20100522 Eric Duncan Mississippi Braves.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Eric Duncan (baseball)|Eric Duncan]] was league MVP in 2005.]]
[[File:Royce Lewis.jpg|thumb|right|upright=.8|[[Royce Lewis]] was league MVP in 2019.]]

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Joe Black MVP Award winners
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Player
!scope="col"|Organization
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|Team
!scope="col" class=unsortable|Ref
|-
|2002
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ken|Harvey|dab=baseball}}
|[[Kansas City Royals]]||[[First baseman|1B]]||[[Scottsdale Scorpions]]||<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-keston-hiura-arizona-fall-league-mvp-c300866128|title=Brewers' Keston Hiura Arizona Fall League MVP|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=March 17, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2003
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Jason|Dubois}}
|[[Chicago Cubs]]||[[Outfielder|OF]]||[[Mesa Solar Sox]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2004
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chris|Shelton|dab=baseball}}
|[[Detroit Tigers]]||[[Designated hitter|DH]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Grand Canyon Rafters]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2005
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Eric|Duncan|dab=Eric Duncan (baseball)}}
|[[New York Yankees]]||[[Third baseman|3B]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2006
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chip|Cannon|nolink=y}}
|[[Toronto Blue Jays]]||[[First baseman|1B]]||[[Phoenix Desert Dogs]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2007
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Sam|Fuld}}
|[[Chicago Cubs]]||[[Outfielder|OF]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Mesa Solar Sox]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2008
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Tommy|Hanson}}
|[[Atlanta Braves]]||[[Pitcher|P]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2009
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Grant|Desme}}
|[[Oakland Athletics]]||[[Outfielder|OF]]||[[Phoenix Desert Dogs]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2010
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Dustin|Ackley}}
|[[Seattle Mariners]]||[[Second baseman|2B]]||[[Peoria Javelinas]]||<ref>{{cite web|first=Geoff|last=Baker|title=Can Dustin Ackley buck the Arizona Fall League MVP curse? The bar has been set pretty low|date=November 23, 2010|publisher= The Seattle Times Company|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/marinersblog/2013502623_can_dustin_ackley_buck_the_ari.html|access-date=December 7, 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2011
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Nolan|Arenado}}
|[[Colorado Rockies]]||[[Third baseman|3B]]||[[Salt River Rafters]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2012
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chris|McGuiness}}
|[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]||[[First baseman|1B]]||[[Surprise Saguaros]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2013
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Kris|Bryant}}
|[[Chicago Cubs]]||[[Third baseman|3B]]||[[Mesa Solar Sox]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2014
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Greg|Bird|dab=baseball}}
|[[New York Yankees]]||[[First baseman|1B]]||[[Scottsdale Scorpions]]||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/101542126/yankees-greg-bird-named-arizona-fall-league-mvp|title=Yankees' Bird named Arizona Fall League MVP|work=MLB.com|access-date=November 15, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170932/http://m.yankees.mlb.com/news/article/101542126/yankees-greg-bird-named-arizona-fall-league-mvp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|2015
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Adam|Engel}}
|[[Chicago White Sox]]||[[Outfielder|OF]]||[[Glendale Desert Dogs]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2016
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Gleyber|Torres}}
|[[New York Yankees]]||[[Shortstop|SS]]||[[Scottsdale Scorpions]]||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/yankees-teenage-prospect-gleyber-torres-named-2016-arizona-fall-league-mvp/|title=Yankees teenage prospect Gleyber Torres named 2016 Arizona Fall League MVP|work=CBS Sports|access-date=November 19, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2017
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Ronald|Acuña Jr.}}
|[[Atlanta Braves]]||[[Outfielder|OF]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Peoria Javelinas]]||<ref name=2017awards>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/top-atlanta-braves-prospect-ronald-acuna-named-arizona-fall-league-mvp/c-262144518|title=Braves' Acuna caps breakout with MVP award|publisher=MiLB.com|access-date=November 18, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2018
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Keston|Hiura}}
|[[Milwaukee Brewers]]||[[Second baseman|2B]]||<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2019
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Royce|Lewis}}
|[[Minnesota Twins]]||[[Shortstop|SS]]||[[Salt River Rafters]]||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/royce-lewis-arizona-fall-league-mvp|title=Gleyber, Acuña, Hiura ... now Royce Lewis|website=[[MLB.com]]|author=William Boor|date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2020
!scope="row" style="text-align:center" colspan="4"|''None (season cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]])''
|<ref name=2020can/>
|-
|2021
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Nelson|Velázquez}}
|[[Chicago Cubs]] || [[Outfielder|OF]] || [[Mesa Solar Sox]] || <ref name=Boor/>
|-
|2022
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Heston|Kjerstad}}
|[[Baltimore Orioles]] || [[Outfielder|OF]] || [[Scottsdale Scorpions]] || <ref>{{Cite web |title=Here are the 2022 AFL award winners |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/arizona-fall-league-awards-2022}}</ref>
|-
|2023
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|[[Jakob Marsee]]
|[[San Diego Padres]]|| OF || [[Peoria Javelinas]]|| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Padres' Marsee named Arizona Fall League MVP |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-prospect-jakob-marsee-wins-arizona-fall-league-joe-black-mvp-award?t=arizona-fall-league-coverage}}</ref>
|-
|2024
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|Josue Briceño
| [[Detroit Tigers]] || 1B || [[Scottsdale Scorpions]]|| 
|}
Source:<ref name=Boor>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/nelson-velazquez-wins-arizona-fall-league-mvp-award |title=Cubs' Velazquez wins AFL MVP Award |first=William |last=Boor |date=November 20, 2021 |access-date=November 20, 2021}}</ref>