{"id":1286,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1286","headline":"Francisco Lindor wins MLB's Roberto Clemente Award","dek":"The Mets shortstop was named the 2026 recipient of baseball's top honor for character, philanthropy and community impact.","body":"Francisco Lindor has added a different kind of hardware to his collection. On October 26, the Mets shortstop was named the 2026 recipient of the Roberto Clemente Award, Major League Baseball's highest individual honor for a player's character, philanthropy and community impact.\n\nLindor, a five-time All-Star and four-time Silver Slugger, has built a reputation on the field as one of the game's most recognizable shortstops. This award recognizes something separate from the stat sheet.\n\nThe honor carries extra weight for Lindor given his roots. He is a proud Puerto Rican native who grew up learning about Roberto Clemente, the Hall of Famer whose influence on the sport reached well beyond his playing career. Lindor now joins the list of players recognized for carrying forward that legacy of service, in what is described as the first time he has received the award despite a long history of philanthropic work.","published_at":"2026-10-26T21:35:31.457639+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Francisco Lindor Wins 2026 Roberto Clemente Award, Continuing a Proud Puerto Rican Legacy","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/francisco-lindor-wins-2026-roberto-173153392.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Mets' Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award for humanitarian work","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50288401/mets-francisco-lindor-wins-roberto-clemente-award"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Mets' Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award as MLB's top humanitarian","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7724004/2026/10/26/mets-francisco-lindor-roberto-clemente-award-2026/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award for first time in long philanthropic career","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/26/sports/francisco-lindor-wins-roberto-clemente-award-for-first-time/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Francisco Lindor named 2026 Roberto Clemente Award recipient","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/francisco-lindor-named-2026-roberto-130000574.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award. What he said about honor","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/francisco-lindor-wins-roberto-clemente-130905028.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor named recipient of Roberto Clemente Award","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mets-shortstop-francisco-lindor-named-130500369.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award for first time in long philanthropic career","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/francisco-lindor-wins-roberto-clemente-130000407.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mets SS Francisco Lindor wins 2026 Roberto Clemente Award","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/mets-ss-francisco-lindor-wins-2026-roberto-clemente-award-171323927.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mets Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mets-francisco-lindor-wins-roberto-202600263.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}