Editing Cliff Floyd (section)

===Montreal Expos===
Prior to being called up by the Expos, Floyd won [[The Sporting News Minor League Player of the Year Award|''The Sporting News'' Minor League Player of the Year Award]] in 1993 after successful stints with the [[Harrisburg Senators]] of the [[Eastern League (1938–2020)|Eastern League]] and [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Ottawa Lynx]].<ref name="SABR">{{cite web|last1=Mickleburgh|first1=Rod|title=June 27, 1994: Rookie Cliff Floyd 'swings for the fences' off Maddux|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-27-1994-rookie-cliff-floyd-swings-fences-maddux|url-status=live|website=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824233039/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/june-27-1994-rookie-cliff-floyd-swings-fences-maddux |archive-date=2019-08-24 }}</ref> He made his major league debut that same year at only 21 years old, playing in 10 games with the Expos. On June 27, 1994, Floyd hit a home run off [[Atlanta Braves]] pitcher [[Greg Maddux]] at [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] on a pitch that was low, by golfing the ball out in what would become a signature moment in the Expos dominant but strike-shortened [[1994 Montreal Expos season|1994 season]].<ref name="SABR" /> Although Floyd never showed the power that was to come in later years during his first tenure with the Expos, he has expressed fondness for his time in Montreal, crediting his initial experience there for helping him grow both professionally and as a person.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cullen|first1=Matt|date=July 10, 2015|title=Former Expo Floyd optimistic on MLB's return to Montreal|url=https://www.tsn.ca/former-expo-floyd-optimistic-on-mlb-s-return-to-montreal-1.329370|url-status=live|access-date=August 24, 2019|website=[[The Sports Network|TSN]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712071121/http://www.tsn.ca:80/former-expo-floyd-optimistic-on-mlb-s-return-to-montreal-1.329370 |archive-date=2015-07-12 }}</ref>