It’s official: Fernando Tatis Jr. has won the 2021 National League Silver Slugger award for the shortstop position. This is his second consecutive Silver Slugger, as Tatis won the award in 2020 as well in the short season.
This season didn’t start out so well for the Padres star shortstop but he turned it around and consistently produced all year, as long as he was on the field. Tatis finished 2021 first in home runs (42), first in RBI (97), first in slugging percentage (.611), third in average (.282), and third in on-base percentage (.