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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Guardians third baseman José Ramírez came out on top in a competitive field to win the fifth Silver Slugger award in his career on Friday night. José Ramírez won the award, symbolic of the top hitting third baseman in the American League, over Boston’s Alex Bregman and Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero.

It seems like the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets will end up in a bidding war for slugging first baseman Pete Alonso.

As an organization, the Royals have produced 19 Silver Slugger Award winners. Witt is the lone Royals shortstop to receive the honor and just the fourth KC player to win it multiple times. He joined Perez (five), George Brett (three) and Willie Wilson (two) with that distinction.

The Chicago Cubs had four nominations for the 2025 Silver Slugger award: second baseman Nico Hoerner, outfielders Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong, as well a

Entering the 2022 season, only 13 players had won a Silver Slugger Award as a rookie since it was established in 1980. But after the Athletics' Nick Kurtz won the honor for the '25 campaign, it marked four straight years in which a rookie had achieved the feat.

As Twins fans know, it was a dark season for their favorite team. Minnesota missed the playoffs for the second straight season after finishing the 2025 campaign

Now that the 2025 MLB campaign is officially over, the highly-anticipated awards have started to be handed out to players who had outstanding performances durin