Minors Baseball revealed the choice of Los Angeles Dodgers Special Assistant to Gamer Development Bobby Cuellar as the recipient of the 15th annual Mike Coolbaugh Award and Philadelphia Phillies Director of Minors Workflow Lee McDaniel as the 15th champion of the Sheldon "Principal" Bender Award. The Mike Coolbaugh Honor is offered annually to an individual that has actually revealed impressive baseball job values, expertise of the video game and ability in mentoring young players on the area. The award was created by Minor League Baseball in 2008 to honor the late Coolbaugh, a 17-year Minors gamer who remained in his first year as a trainer at the time of his passing. Coolbaugh appeared in 44 Big league video games with the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals. The Sheldon "Principal" Bender Award exists to an individual with prominent service who has contributed in player advancement. The honor honors Bender as a longtime front-office executive and consultant who invested 39 years with the Cincinnati Reds. Bobby Cuellar Mike Coolbaugh AwardBobby Cuellar started his profession in expert baseball in 1974 as a 29th-round selection of the Texas Rangers out of the College of Texas. The right-handed pitcher invested nine seasons in professional baseball, highlighted by a promo to the big leagues with Texas in 1977. Following the end of his playing job in 1982, Cuellar instantly delved into the mentoring career, starting a lengthy and storied occupation mentoring young bottles and players over the past 40 seasons. His training and managing occupation in Minors Baseball has actually taken him via each classification from Rookie ball through Triple-A and through seven different organizations. His stints in the Minors consisted of stretches in the Seattle Mariners company, the Minnesota Twins company and his existing organization, the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cuellar additionally invested nine years in Major League Baseball, acting as the Mariners' throwing coach, Montreal Expos' throwing instructor, Rangers' bullpen/pitching coach, Pittsburgh Pirates bullpen instructor and Twins' bullpen coach. Known for his capability to advisor young gamers and aid Latin players in obtaining adjusted to life in the United States, Cuellar is thought about a teacher at heart, with an amazing ability to combine individuals from various cultures with an understanding of the effect coaches can make on gamers' occupations and lives. "I am really recognized to receive this remarkable honor and to be identified for something I definitely love to do," said Cuellar. "I would certainly such as to thank my wife, Nora, and my family, and I have a deep gratitude for all of the gamers, trains, coaches and all others that have played such an integral part in my trip in this video game. "Cuellar, 71, and his other half of 45 years, Nora, stay in Alice, Texas. They have 3 grown-up kids, Tiffany, Bobby Ray, and Emma. The Cuellars have 5 grandchildren. Mike Coolbaugh Honor winners:2008: Bobby Jones, Texas Rangers2009: Charlie Montoyo, Tampa Bay Rays2010: Woody Huyke, Gulf Coast Organization Pirates2011: Mike Jirschele, Omaha Storm Chasers2012: Johnny Goryl, Cleveland Indians2013: Mike Guerrero, Nashville Sounds2014: Tom Wiedenbauer, Cleveland Indians2015: John Shoemaker, Los Angeles Dodgers2016: Donald "Rotate" Williams, Washington Nationals2017: Dennis Holmberg, Toronto Blue Jays2018: Steve Turco, St. Louis Cardinals2019: Glenn "Goose" Gregson, Boston Red Sox2021: Roly de Armas, Philly Phillies2022: Rick Sugary Food, Milwaukee Brewers2023: Bobby Cuellar, Los Angeles DodgersLee McDaniel Sheldon "Principal" Bender AwardLee McDaniel began his job in professional baseball as an intern with the Rookie-level Martinsville Phillies in 1990, releasing what has ended up being a 34-year occupation in Minors Baseball. After two periods as the Assistant General Supervisor of the Asheville Tourists, McDaniel went back to the Phillies organization in 1993 as the General Manager of Martinsville. Complying with 3 periods in Martinsville, McDaniel was called Aide General Supervisor of the High-A Clearwater Phillies before the 1996 period, before being called General Supervisor in 1997. After three years at the helm in Clearwater, McDaniel relocated to the Gamer Advancement personnel in 2000 and was named Aide Director of Minors Procedures for the Phillies, a role he held via the 2011 period when he was advertised to Director of Minor League Operations. As the Supervisor of Minors Workflow, McDaniel manages the Baseball Operations budget, all company procedures with the Phillies' Minor League associates as well as the Phillies' gamer growth complicated in Clearwater. He leads the coordination of the Phillies' offseason camps, Minors Springtime Training, extended spring training and Florida Complex Organization season. Additionally, McDaniel arranges all travel for Phillies Minor Organization gamers and coaches throughout the period, and in 2018, he was the recipient of the Richie Ashburn David Montgomery Special Success Honor, which is given each year to a member of the Phillies organization who represents the very best features of the honor's namesakes Phillies Store. McDaniel, 58, obtained a Finance degree from Virginia Technology in 1988 and a master's degree in Sports Management from Ohio University in 1993. He lives in Odessa, Florida. "I am deeply honored and humbled to be this year's recipient of the Sheldon "Principal" Bender Award and to be stated with him and the previous winners, numerous of whom are dear buddies, is a significant honor," claimed McDaniel. "I was fortunate to fulfill "Principal" at numerous baseball features early in my career and had miraculous respect and adoration for him, so I'm for life happy for this selection. I have absolutely been blessed to help the Philadelphia Phillies for many years and I share this honor with the several fantastic leaders at the Phillies both past and existing, in addition to my extraordinary colleagues, and above all, my better half, Lisa, my daughter, Riley, and my son, Jason, as this would certainly not be possible without their love and support. "Sheldon "Chief" Bender Award champions:2008: Jim Rantz, Minnesota Twins2009: Keith Lieppman, Oakland Athletics2010: Mark Newman, New York City Yankees2011: Bob Gebhard, Arizona Diamondbacks2012: Mitch Lukevics, Tampa Bay Rays2013: Brian Graham, Baltimore Orioles2014: Lois Hudson, Cincinnati Reds2015: Buddy Bell, Chicago White Sox2016: Dan Lunetta, Detroit Tigers2017: Grady Fuson, Oakland Athletics2018: Steve Cobb, Arizona Loss League2019: Junior Noboa, Arizona Diamondbacks2021: Mike Bell, Minnesota Twins2022: Gary LaRocque, St. Louis Cardinals2023: Lee McDaniel, Philadelphia Phillies"Both Bobby Cuellar and Lee McDaniel represent the finest high qualities of these two awards and are extremely pertained to throughout the game. In support of Major Organization Baseball and Minors Baseball, it is my pleasure to provide them with these awards," said Peter Woodfork, Big league Baseball's Elderly Vice Head of state of Minors Procedures and Growth.