Four Ex-Twins win Silver Sluggers

[stringer bell]

Torii Hunter, David Ortiz, JJ Hardy and Michael Cuddyer all won Silver sluggers for their 2013 seasons. Congratulations to them. Joe Mauer won his fifth for the Twins.

[snepp]

Torii Hunter

 

Pretty lousy year for AL rightfielders I guess.

[ashbury]

Pretty lousy year for AL rightfielders I guess.

 

Hadn't noticed that, but it wasn't stellar, was it? Checking the guys with the most innings in RF, I would suggest both Bautista and Cruz as having markedly better seasons at bat than Torii, and Victorino was at about the same level. Still, it's a vote, not just a ranking by OPS or whatever, so they can make it whatever they want; maybe it's not as much fun to vote for a lower BA player like Bautista.

[stringer bell]

Shortstops too. Hardy's .738 OPS was Dozier-esque and his OPS+ was 97. Jed Lowrie was the only AL SS with better numbers than JJ, however and he didn't hit as many long balls.

[twinsfan34]

A look at the 30 homerun .300 average players by position over the past 4 years.

 

[Gene Larkin Fan Club]

Before we get too upset, just think of the massive haul we made when those players left. We grabbed the infamous Jim Hoey and...umm...whoops. Nevermind.