Silver Slugger award winners

The Gold Glove award winners have gotten a lot of deserved criticism over the years, but they actually did a pretty good job this year.

However the Silver Sluggers continue to be under the radar shitty picks.

DH D. Ortiz, BOS
C J. Mauer, MIN
1B C. Davis, BAL
2B R. Cano, NYY
SS J. Hardy, BAL
3B M. Cabrera, DET
OF T. Hunter, DET
OF A. Jones, BAL
OF M. Trout, LAA

P Z. Greinke, LAD
C Y. Molina, STL
1B P. Goldschmidt, ARZ
2B M. Carpenter, STL
SS I. Desmond, WSH
3B P. Alvarez, PIT
OF J. Bruce, CIN
OF M. Cuddyer, COL
OF A. McCutchen, PIT

The American League had some no-brainers that they got right. Ortiz, Crash, Cano, Miggy, and Trout. Would've given the nod to Carlos Santana over Mauer, but I'm fine with Mauer. Hardy is an awful pick. Voters probably forgot about Jed Lawrie who should've won easily. Was dead set on criticizing the voters for selecting Torii and Adam until I realized how pathetic American League outfielders were this year. If you are an outfielder in the American League you should be embarrassed about your hitting performance unless you are Mike Trout. I would've gone with Daniel Nava and Joey Bats ahead of Torii and AJ, but I'm actually okay with it.

National League did worse. I would have voted Posey and Votto ahead of Goldschmidt and Molina, but those are both really close. Carpenter was a no-brainer. Desmond is a pitiful pick. Hanley or Tulo easily. I'd vote Tulo. Alvarez equally terrible. Either David Wright, Chris Johnson, or Ryan Zimmerman. Wright was far and away the best when healthy so I'd vote him despite low PA numbers. I think Choo and McCutchen are no-brainers, and I'd rank Jayson Werth slightly above Cuddyer, Puig, and Holliday.