The following release on Nick Kurtz is courtesy of the Athletics

A’s first baseman Nick Kurtz has been named a 2025 Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger award winner. Kurtz is the first A’s rookie to win the award and joins Jason Giambi (2001) and Mark McGwire (1992 & 1996) as the only A’s first basemen to win the award.

This marks the first time A’s players have won a Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award in consecutive seasons since Giambi and Eric Chavez (2002).

The Big Amish brought big bats! Congratulations, Nick! #silverslugger pic.twitter.com/imGRBbtn8U

— Athletics (@Athletics) November 7, 2025

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Nick Kurtz is the first rookie first baseman to win the award since José Abreu in 2014.

Nick Kurtz, 22, batted .290 with 36 home runs, 86 RBI, and a 1.002 OPS in 117 games played, including 112 games at first base. He led American League first basemen in home runs and OPS, ranked second in extra-base hits (64), and runs scored (90), and third in RBI and walks (63). His 36 home runs were the second most in a season by an A’s rookie, trailing only Mark McGwire’s 49 home runs in 1987.

On July 25 at Houston, Nick Kurtz went a perfect 6-for-6, tying the MLB record for home runs (4), extra-base hits (5), and total bases in a game (19). He won both American League Rookie of the Month as well as American League Player of the Month for July.

The Silver Slugger Award is the top offensive award in Major League Baseball, with the season’s best players at each position selected in a vote by MLB coaches and managers in their respective leagues.

Each team receives four votes: the manager and three coaches of their choice. Votes are based on a combination of offensive statistics including OBP, OPS, OPS+, home runs, hits, RBI and batting average as well as the managers’ and coaches’ general impressions of a player’s overall offensive value. Louisville Slugger has presented the Silver Slugger Awards annually since 1980.

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Ryan Christenson will rejoin the Athletics as first base coach and Bobby Crosby will take over as third base coach on manager Mark Kotsay’s coaching staff for the 2026 season, the club announced today. Darren Bush remains bench coach and director of hitting, while Mike Aldrete and Chris Cron will continue to serve as hitting coaches.

Scott Emerson returns as pitching coach, and Dan Hubbs returns as bullpen coach. Marcus Jensen remains quality control coach, and Ramón Hernández will continue as Major League coach and interpreter.

The Athletics also announced the promotion of Josh Cuffe to director of strength and conditioning and the hiring of Terence Brannic as head strength and conditioning coach. 

Christenson previously served as the Athletics bench coach from 2018–21, as part of 16 seasons with the organization, including five years as a minor league manager and seven seasons as a player.

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