As the Major League Baseball offseason gets off to a roaring start, that means that it's also awards season. After a successful 96-win regular season, the Philadelphia Phillies had two players up for the prestigious Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards this year: designated hitter Kyle Schwarber and shortstop Trea Turner.
Unfortunately, the Phillies' finalists were both up against some stiff competition. If you haven't already guessed, both came up empty when the winners were announced on Thursday evening on The Baseball Insiders live stream on YouTube.
Schwarber lost out by what must have been a razor-thin margin to the Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, because of course he did.