As the Major League Baseball offseason gets off to a roaring start, that means that it's also awards season. After a successful 96-win regular season, the Philadelphia Phillies had two players up for the prestigious Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards this year: designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and shortstop Trea Turner.
Unfortunately, the Phillies' finalists were both up against some stiff competition. If you haven't already guessed, both came up empty when the winners were announced on Thursday evening on The Baseball Insiders live stream on YouTube.
Schwarber lost out by what must have been a razor-thin margin to the Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, because of course he did. Turner lost to Geraldo Perdomo of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Even though the awards bear the famous Louisville Slugger name, it's important to remember that votes from MLB managers and coaches in each league decide which top offensive performances are Silver Slugger worthy at each position.
Kyle Schwarber's Silver Slugger loss to Shohei Ohtani an ominous sign for NL MVP voting
Schwarber's career year wasn't enough to upset the two-way star Ohtani, despite the Dodger's pitching prowess having nothing to do with the Silver Slugger. The harsh truth is that Schwarber is also likely to finish behind the favored Ohtani for the NL MVP when that voting is revealed next week.
Schwarber played in all 162 games this season as he marched toward a rich payday in free agency this winter. He captivated Philadelphia this summer with his NL-leading 56 home runs and MLB-best 132 RBI, both career highs. He hit .240 with a career-high .928 OPS, adding 23 doubles, 111 runs and 10 stolen bases.
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While Ohtani fell short of Schwarber with 55 home runs and 102 RBI, he hit a beefier .282 with an NL-leading 1.014 OPS. Hitting out of the Dodgers' leadoff spot, he scored a major league-best 146 runs.
Now that Schwarber's future hangs in the balance on the free agent market, Phillies fans will be waiting anxiously this winter to see if the beloved slugger will get another shot at winning his second Silver Slugger in red pinstripes next year. He won first as an outfielder for the Phillies in 2022, his debut year in Philadelphia.
Trea Turner comes up empty after surprising Silver Slugger season from Geraldo Perdomo
A Silver Slugger winner in 2022 with the Dodgers, Turner was unable to win his first Silver Slugger in a Phillies uniform despite having his best season since signing in 2023. Perdomo's stellar season in the desert was just too good to overcome.
Turner won the NL batting title with a .304 average and posted an .812 OPS with 69 RBI, 94 runs and 36 stolen bases in 141 games. He knocked just 15 home runs but had 179 hits. There's every reason to believe that Turner would have led the majors in hits and possibly reached the 200-hit plateau had he not spent the final three weeks of the season on the IL with a hamstring strain.
Perdomo had a career year in Arizona, hitting .290 with an .851 OPS, 20 home runs, 100 RBIs and 98 runs scored in 161 games. Those were all career highs for the 26-year-old, who also led all NL position players with 7.0 bWAR.