[Padres] Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth are Silver Slugger finalists!

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  1. Exactly just how bad were other utility players that Jake ended up being a finalist despite this having been such a mediocre season for him?

  2. Jake deserves the most likely to end an inning with runners in scoring position award

  3. For all the people shitting on Jake, he had a .367 OBP – tied for 7th in the NL with Freddie Freeman. He actually had a pretty good season notwithstanding the Wildcard series.

  4. Jake isn’t a star by any means, but he had a pretty productive year. 108 OPS+ and 2.4 bWAR. It was his best year since 2022.

  5. Jake always hit well with less than 2 outs. He often came to the plate with 2 outs and no one on base and then he’d try to hit jacks. The dynamic changed later in the season.

  6. There’s criticism, and then there’s negativity it’s two completely different things. Absolutely players need to be open to criticism, but to constantly degrade and belittle our own players does nothing but spread negativity. And in the world we live in do we really need to continue this to players we root for, and hope do well? I don’t see that as something worth while, but to each their own.

  7. Instead of many of y’all having a come to Jesus moment and realizing you were wrong about Jake having a terrible season, it seems y’all are just doubling down on that nonsense rather than realizing that the guy actually had a decent season. This was his best year since 2022. The guy is not a superstar player, but he is a solid utility player.

  8. In case anyone is curious:

    Here are the San Diego Padres players who have won a National League Silver Slugger Award, listed by the number of times they won the award with the team.

    Multiple-Time Winners

    Tony Gwynn (OF): 7 times

    1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997

    Benito Santiago (C): 4 times

    1987, 1988, 1990, 1991

    Fernando Tatis Jr. (SS): 2 times

    2020, 2021

    Manny Machado (3B): 2 times

    2020, 2024

    Juan Soto (OF): 2 times

    2022, 2023

    Single-Time Winners

    Terry Kennedy (C): 1 time

    1983

    Garry Templeton (SS): 1 time

    1984

    Fred McGriff (1B): 1 time

    1992

    Gary Sheffield (3B): 1 time

    1992

    Ken Caminiti (3B): 1 time

    1996

    Greg Vaughn (OF): 1 time

    1998

    Mark Loretta (2B): 1 time

    2004

    Chase Headley (3B): 1 time

    2012

    Josh Bell (DH): 1 time

    2022

    Brandon Drury (UT): 1 time

    2022

    Jackson Merrill (OF): 1 time

    2024

    Jurickson Profar (OF): 1 time

    2024

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