Louisville Slugger and FanSided announced the finalists for the Silver Slugger Awards recently. The Philadelphia Phillies have two players who were named as finalists for the award in Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner.
While both players have a shot, Schwarber faces stiffer competition as Shohei Ohtani of the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers is the frontrunner to take the designated hitter Silver Slugger.
Turner faces Francisco Lindor of the division rival New York Mets and Geraldo Perdomo of the Arizona Diamondbacks. After being snubbed from the All-Star Game in favor of the Mets' shortstop, Turner could exact some revenge when the winners are announced at 6 p.m. ET on Nov. 6 exclusively on The Baseball Insiders live stream on YouTube.
Keep in mind that the voting for the Silver Slugger Awards is done by MLB managers and coaches and not determined by Louisville Slugger.
Phillies fans will want to see Trea Turner win Silver Slugger over Francisco Lindor after All-Star snub
Turner had the best season of his Phillies tenure in 2025. He won the National League batting title and became the table setter at the top of the lineup that the club needed.
The lone disappointment of the shortstop's season was that he was snubbed from the All-Star team. Instead, Lindor got the nod to start at shortstop for the National League squad.
Both players had decent first halves. Turner slashed .289/.343/.433 with a .776 OPS, while Lindor posted a .260/.330/.457 slash line with a .787 OPS. The Mets' shortstop was better in the power categories, but Turner had more hits — 112 in 93 games — and got on base at a higher clip.
What's in the past is in the past. Now Turner can receive the acknowledgement he deserves by taking the Silver Slugger from Lindor.
It should be a close race. For the season, the Phillies' $300 million man topped the Mets star in hits, triples, stolen bases, batting average and on-base percentage. If not for an injury that kept Turner sidelined for the last month of the season, he could have beaten Lindor in WAR and maybe even runs scored.
The advantages for Lindor are the home runs and RBIs. He topped Turner in each category significantly (31 home runs to Turner's 15 and 86 RBIs to Turner's 69).
The other possibility is that neither Turner nor Lindor takes home the hardware. Perdomo put together a solid season posting a 7.0 bWAR, which was higher than both of his competitors, and beat out both NL East shortstops in RBIs, on-base percentage, OPS and OPS+.
It will be interesting to see how the MLB managers and coaches decide to cast their ballots prior to the announcement of the winners. It could be argued that any of the three finalists are deserving of claiming the Silver Slugger Award for NL shortstops, but it would be sweet for Phillies fans if Turner could take an accolade from a division foe.