Bobby Witt Jr.

MLB and Louisville Slugger announced the 2024 Silver Slugger award winners. MLB had announced the list of finalists last week. The results are as follows: American League Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals (5th Silver Slugger) First Base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (2nd) Second base: Jose Altuve, Astros (7th) Third base: Jos Ram rez, Guardians (5th) Shortstop: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (1st)…

MLB and Louisville Slugger announced the 2024 Silver Slugger award winners. MLB had announced the list of finalists last week. The results are as follows: American League Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals (5th Silver Slugger) First Base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (2nd) Second base: Jose Altuve, Astros (7th) Third base: Jos Ram rez, Guardians (5th) Shortstop: Bobby Witt Jr., Royals (1st)…

It's the fourth Silver Slugger Award for Judge following a 58-homer, 144-RBI campaign where he finished with a surreal 1.159 OPS over 158 games. The other big takeways here are Juan Soto tying Mike Trout for the most Silver Sluggers (five) before turning 26 and Brent Rooker becoming the first Athletics player to take home the hardware since 2002. Here are the rest of the American League winners: Salvador Perez (C), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Jose Altuve (2B), Jose Ramirez (3B), Bobby Witt Jr. (SS), Anthony Santander (OF), Juan Soto (OF), Aaron Judge (OF), Brent Rooker (DH) and Josh Smith (UTIL).

The Baseball Writers Association of America announced the finalists for the 2024 awards this evening. Bobby Witt Jr. was among the finalists for American League MVP, indicating he finished in the top three in the balloting. As Matt Eddy of Baseball America points out (on X), that’ll earn the Royals an extra pick after the first…