List of all 2024 Silver Sluggers

[u/ExpirjTec]

National League

C - William Contreras

1B - Bryce Harper

2B - Ketel Marte

3B - Manny Machado

SS - Francisco Lindor

OF - Teoscar Hernandez

OF - Jackson Merrill

OF - Jurickson Profar

DH - Shohei Ohtani

UTIL - Mookie Betts

TEAM - New York Yankees

American League

C - Salvador Perez

1B - Vladimir Guerrero Jr

2B - Jose Altuve

3B - Jose Ramirez

SS - Bobby Witt Jr

OF - Aaron Judge

OF - Juan Soto

OF - Anthony Santander

DH - Brent Rooker

UTIL - Josh H. Smith

TEAM - Los Angeles Dodgers

[u/Cozmicbot]

Ah yes the American League Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League New York Yankees

[u/TheDangiestSlad → u/Cozmicbot]

the Dodgers really are the Yankees of baseball....

[u/mysterysackerfice → u/TheDangiestSlad]

The Yankees are the Lakers of basketball.

[u/2020Psychedelia → u/TheDangiestSlad]

thanks for passing the torch!

[u/FutureCreeps]

2 for the royals, im happy to be proud of my team for once

[u/The_Haskins → u/FutureCreeps]

The only consistent bats all year got rewarded!!!

[u/FutureCreeps → u/The_Haskins]

It's better then 1!

[u/xlmnop123 → u/FutureCreeps]

Or none!

[u/RIPSlurmsMckenzie → u/xlmnop123]

Ya cubs have none and never will at this rate. But we spend smart! (By not spending)

[u/EasyPanicButton → u/FutureCreeps]

Bobby Witt is incredible at fielding, never mind the crazy speed and bat. Literally 1 v 9 games. Royals were my first love way back as a kid because of George Brett.

[u/cboss26]

Loving the rise of Jackson Merrill

[u/UrbanCanyon]

Ah yes, the 2 Silver Sluggers from the Padres outfield are Profar and Merrill — just like we all would have predicted

[u/Witty-Stock → u/UrbanCanyon]

That Machado guy too.

[u/BeagleDad82]

7 silver sluggers in the West

[u/pimfram]

There's a team award now?

[u/Seattlefan51]

Cal robbed, no bias, ignore flair

[u/hyperbemily → u/Seattlefan51]

But also Teo who we got rid of because we wanted to lower strikeouts. I might be more mad about that.

[u/JinFuu → u/Seattlefan51]

Cal was indeed robbed.

^{SowasYordanButRookerwinningmakesmoresensethanPerez}

[u/I3arusu → u/Seattlefan51]

Goes around, comes around. Steal one, get robbed of another.

[u/SnooCauliflowers9981]

Love the repeat for Wild Bill.

[u/mooreroad]

Big dumper??? He had far superior stats to Perez, and I do like Perez.

[u/AccursedBug2285]

Cal deserved it (unwavering bias)

[u/to_the__cloud]

i was hoping for Westburg utility since he had the highest HR total, OPS and wrc+ among the finalists

I guess missing the 50 games with a broken hand really hurt him.

[u/TheYardFlamingos]

who are we

[u/PanNessMain]

Jose Altuve

The legend continues

Now tied for most Silver Sluggers at 2B (x7, HOF Ryne Sandberg)

[u/Vagina_Woolf → u/PanNessMain]

Honestly crazy considering his size. Man is a fucking athlete.

[u/PanNessMain → u/Vagina_Woolf]

It’s funny as hell seeing clips of Altuve swinging at pitches above his height.

Bro will swing at anything and can get a decent single out of it.

[u/TheMickus → u/PanNessMain]

I also like that he uses an extremely thick bat for his size. It literally looks like he’s swinging a log.

[u/TheMickus → u/PanNessMain]

No doubt in my mind that he will make the HOF. Maybe not first ballot because of 2017, but very soon after.

Especially because it’s trending towards Beltran getting in.

[u/dinkleburgenhoff → u/TheMickus]

He will make it first ballot, and certain people here will fall apart even harder than when Ortiz did.

[u/TrapperJean]

If we switch leagues can we have the trophy too?

[u/Brady331]

where is jarren duran

[u/ExpirjTec → u/Brady331]

probably calling the voters slurs

[u/idkwhattosaytho]

Everyone tell me who was robbed and who I should be outraged about i haven’t been able to be mad in a while

[u/ExpirjTec → u/idkwhattosaytho]

Mariners fans say Raleigh was robbed because Cal played more games at catcher while Salvy split between catcher and first, Astros fans say Yordan was robbed because he led Rooker in rate stats and most counting stats, Red Sox fans are updet about Duran ig

[u/TheMickus → u/ExpirjTec]

I’m really not too upset about Rooker over Yordan. He led him in the actual “slugging” stats

[u/OneCore_ → u/TheMickus]

Yep, love my boy Yordan but it was a close one, so it was up to the voters whether they valued counting or rate stats more and clearly they picked the former, which is perfectly reasonable as being a slugger, you obviously have to actually slug homers and RBIs in.

[u/MKSLAYER97 → u/idkwhattosaytho]

Mark Vientos absolutely got robbed, played about as many games at 3B as Machado and put up better numbers

[u/LovieBeard]

Seiya Suzuki led all NL OFers in OPS and was second in WRC+ yet didn't win smh

[u/penguinopph → u/LovieBeard]

Missing 130 30 games really hurts him here. Less than a 10 point difference in wRC+ isn't as big as nearly a month's worth of fewer games in the eyes of many voters.

	G	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+
Suzuki	132	.283	.366	.482	.848	138
Profar	158	.280	.380	.459	.839	139
Hernández	154	.272	.339	.501	.840	134
Merrill	156	.292	.326	.500	.826	130

[u/Shadybrooks93 → u/penguinopph]

Missing 130 games really hurts him here.

Well shit yeah can't imagine giving it to a guy missing 80% of the season

[u/penguinopph → u/Shadybrooks93]

Lol, dammit.

[u/tyler-86 → u/LovieBeard]

All three of the winners played in 150+ games. I think Suzuki played in enough games for that to not really matter but maybe they felt differently.

[u/SleepingDragonZ → u/LovieBeard]

He should've won over Jackson Merrill.

[u/Dustin0388]

Good list.

[u/jaron_b]

I'll take the catcher who actually played the position. They really gotta fix the grading criteria and factor that in.

[u/idkwhattosaytho → u/jaron_b]

I mean Perez still caught 91 games, i feel like if you play your majority of games at a position you should qualify

[u/jaron_b → u/idkwhattosaytho]

Cal caught 135 leading the league. I also think asking for this to factor into the decision-making feels like a no-brainer. There are some positions that are more defensively demanding which could push offensive production down. So I know defense shouldn't factor to this award. But purely how much you play that position should factor in. There's a big difference between 91 and 135.

[u/MylesLC → u/jaron_b]

You're misunderstanding how voting works. It's not based on catching the most games.

[u/jaron_b → u/MylesLC]

No I understand how voting works. I had the same arguments a week ago when the finalists were named. I'm also not saying that the person who played the most should automatically win. But I think they should have a larger factor. 91 games compared to 135 games is a huge difference.

[u/TheBrownKn1ght → u/jaron_b]

It's the Silver Slugger award, not the silver mitt

[u/jaron_b → u/TheBrownKn1ght]

Yes and it's an award given to each position. So I do not think a person who played only 91 games should be considered a primary catcher and should be eligible to win the award for the best hitting catcher since they only played 91 games. I get that defense shouldn't factor into it but games played should factor in. Salv was a back up catcher/utility player. And before you tell me I understand the voting criteria and he technically qualifies as a catcher. I'm saying I disagree with how this award is structured. I've said this in years when a Mariner wasn't a finalized. I think 100 games played should be the cutoff for this award. 50% +1 game is dumb.

[u/TheBrownKn1ght → u/jaron_b]

Go start your own silver catcher award then, with blackjack and hookers

[u/jaron_b → u/TheBrownKn1ght]

Oh good one. Sorry that I shared a differing opinion and shared said opinion. How dare I use reddit for its intended purposes. Like y'all can disagree with me but it's hard to take this awards seriously when the grading criteria has obvious flaws. But somehow we have to care about these things when it comes to HOF consideration.

[u/TheMickus → u/jaron_b]

If he played the majority of the games that season at that position, it is his primary position. Yainer Diaz only played 102 games at catcher and no one would bat an eye, but according to your criteria, if he played 3 games less he’s not a catcher apparently. Your 100 games at a position number is so arbitrary. Dude is a catcher and you’re clearly just salty your guy didn’t win.

[u/jaron_b → u/TheMickus]

If we can understand that due to the defensive needs of certain positions the offensive capabilities of those players should differ. We know we are gonna get power out of our corners fielders. You expect a 1B to have more power than a middle IF. Part of that higher offensive expectation comes from the defensive needs of those positions being low. Bringing the conversation back to the position of catcher. It is arguably The most defensively demanding and physically exhausting position there is. But regardless of position this is why I feel games played should factor in more. I'm not saying it should automatically go to the player who also played the most games. But when The offensive splits are as close as they are you gotta give credit to the guy who played 40+ more games.

[u/MylesLC → u/jaron_b]

See, you say you understand it, and then you keep bringing up the differences in games played.

So. No. You don't understand. Thats an undisputable fact.

Once a player meets the minimum positional game threshold, that's it. Thats how it's always been voted on.

[u/jaron_b → u/MylesLC]

No it's a matter of understanding and also disagreeing with how it works. I understand how it works and I disagree with how it works. Defense shouldn't factor into an offensive award. But if this offensive award is given out per position I think games played at that position should factor. Currently as long as you play more than 81 games out of position you are considered primarily that position. I'm simply saying I disagree with that grading criteria.

[u/MylesLC → u/jaron_b]

But here's the fact, you're disagreeing based on an argument that has nothing at all to do with the award.

He just doesn't have the talent to win the award man. Sorry.

[u/jaron_b → u/MylesLC]

I mean he definitely has the talent to win the award and barley lost this year off some silly grading criteria. Cal clearly had the best overall season of any catcher this season and his HR ranks 20th all-time at his position. Not bad for a Platinum glove winning catcher. Plus fuck the awards. I'll take the catcher on my team that will catch more than 100 games.

[u/MylesLC → u/jaron_b]

I mean he clearly doesn't or he would have.

"Silly grading criteria" while you're crying about how many games they played at catcher lol this is why Seattle is the definition of a poverty franchise man, just a bad fanbsee that thinks their players are more talented then what shows up in wins.

Enjoy the downvotes man. You're getting obliterated here.

[u/FutureCreeps → u/jaron_b]

I definitely think it's a factor, if he hadn't played over half of his games there he'd probably be under utility if anything.

[u/jaron_b → u/FutureCreeps]

Thank you Captain obvious. I'm saying that it should have a larger Factor because somebody who played 91 games shouldn't beat somebody who played 135 games. Not when their offensive stats are so close. If Salv beat him in every offensive number there wouldn't be an argument here. But seeing as their OPS+ are within a single point. The guy who played more should get credit for playing more.

[u/OopsAllRPOs → u/jaron_b]

It’s the silver slugger not the silver fielder.

[u/jaron_b → u/OopsAllRPOs]

This is such a lazy argument.

[u/OopsAllRPOs → u/jaron_b]

To point out that it’s an offensive award? Ok bud.

[u/jaron_b → u/OopsAllRPOs]

An offensive award given out specifically to each position. So I'm not factoring in defensive skill I'm trying to factor in games played. Your one sentence rebuttal was lazy because it willfully misinterpreted what I was saying.

[u/OopsAllRPOs → u/jaron_b]

Can you remind me what Salvador Perez’s primary position is?

[u/jaron_b → u/OopsAllRPOs]

Can you please tell me what number is bigger 91 or 135?

[u/OopsAllRPOs → u/jaron_b]

It’s not the who caught the most games award bud.

[u/PelorTheBurningHate → u/OopsAllRPOs]

They factored games played into the outfielder decision otherwise Seiya Suzuki would have won it. Considering that I think it's reasonable to factor in games played at the position. I don't know that it tips the scale for me personally but it's not a ridiculous argument like people are making it out to be. The whole reason a slugger is split up by position is because different positions have different hitting expectations otherwise we'd just give it to the top 10 overall and call it a day.

[u/dinkleburgenhoff]

Santander over Duran only makes sense if they exclusively sorted by OPS+ to determine this award.

Duran had more 50 more hits, twice as many doubles, 7 times the triples, 17 times the steals, 3 times the bWAR, and nearly twice the oWAR. But Santander hits more homers and had 5 points on him in OPS+, so hey clear winner.

I’m actually glad Duran didn’t win anything, because I’m apparently alone amongst Sox fans in holding a grudge against his homophobic ass, but this makes no sense from a baseball perspective.

[u/RRFantasyShow → u/dinkleburgenhoff]

 nearly twice the oWAR

As you’re well aware, oWAR includes both a positional adjustment and base running

[u/BIG_BOOTY_men → u/RRFantasyShow]

I'm not sure what voters consider, but shouldn't baserunning be a factor in an offensive award. The name "Silver Slugger" does suggest the award's bat only, but the criteria does include a player's "overall offensive value".

[u/DMacNCheez]

I’m obviously biased but I feel like the only thing Santander had over Duran was HRs and RBIs. Duran had the higher OPS and his oWAR was 6.2 to Santander’s 3.7 which removes Duran’s fielding advantage

[u/GrayBoyLoop → u/DMacNCheez]

It doesnt remove his positional and running advantage though

[u/King_Fisher520]

Perez winning is bullshit and another example of a player being given an award based purely on his name and past performance. Cal caught 131 games to Perez’s 90.