Cubs Outfielder Kyle Tucker Robs Marlins' Kyle Stowers of His First Silver Slugger
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The Miami Marlins finished the season a few games under .500 and missed the bottom wild card spot which ultimately was okay for the ballclub.
Yes, the playoffs are always the goal, but when a team gets there, they want to be ready to win and the Marlins are not quite there yet. This is one of the youngest teams in baseball, and the ballclubs showed real promise this year.
This roster was led by outfielder Kyle Stowers both out in the field and swinging a bat, which led him to his first All-Star appearance, his first Gold Glove, and was named a Silver Slugger finalist. Even though he didn't win it isn't because he wasn't performing with the elite. However, it seems he could have rightfully taken it home.
The outfielder Silver Slugger is a little different than the other positions, as there are six finalists compared to three. Each position in the outfield doesn't get nominations. So there were six nominees with three winners and by the end of the night, Juan Soto, New York Mets, and Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks, rightfully took home two of them. The debate then comes with the final winner Kyle Tucker, Chicago Cubs.
Stowers vs. Tucker in 2025
There is no question about Tucker and how good a player he is, which is why he had already won the award prior to 2025. It is also why the Houston Astros traded him, because he has done so well swinging a bat that he is looking at a super max contract this free agency that the organization didn't want to pay.
This year was not the same Tucker that has been seen throughout the years and had Stowers lost to let's say Pete Crow-Armstrong it would make more sense as PCA had more homers, hits and RBI, but it doesn't make any sense that Tucker took this over Stowers.
Stowers had more home runs and the same amount of RBI as Tucker despite 100 less at-bats as he spent a significant amount of time on the injured list. So did Tucker's past influence the voting?
Stowers | Tucker | |
|---|---|---|
At-Bats | 399 | 500 |
Total Hits | 155 | 133 |
Doubles | 21 | 25 |
Triples | 3 | 4 |
Home Runs | 25 | 22 |
RBI | 73 | 73 |
Drawn Walks | 48 | 87 |
Strikeouts | 125 | 88 |
Batting Average | .288 | .266 |
On-Base Percentage | .368 | .377 |
Slugging Percentage | .544 | .461 |
OPS | .912 | .841 |
Kyle Stowers continues to demolish baseballs 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vIesbWdWIT
— MLB (@MLB) July 25, 2025
The ballclub has to be super excited for the year that Stowers has had and not winning this doesn't diminish that by any means, but it doesn't seem fair that his stats were better than Tucker's in multiple fronts, but he still won.
