The awards keep piling up for Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Pérez. After Bobby won a Gold Glove at shortstop for his defensive prowess, he has been awarded a Silver Slugger Award for offensive excellence at the shortstop position. And Salvador Pérez takes home the Silver Slugger Award for the fifth time in his career after previously winning in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021.
Witt became the first Royals hitter to win a batting title since George Brett in 1990, leading the big leagues with a .332 clip. He led the American League in hits (211), was second in runs scored (125), doubles (45), triples (11), and total bases (374), ninth in home runs (32), tied for fourth in RBI (109), and eighth in stolen bases (31), and he was second in the league in WAR according to both Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference.