Five Padres named 2022 NL Silver Slugger award finalists

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesIt was announced this morning that Manny Machado (3B), Brandon Drury (UTIL), Josh Bell (DH), Juan Soto (OF) and Jake Cronenworth (2B) have been named National League Silver Slugger award finalists for the 2022 season. Former Padre Luke Voit was also selected as a finalist.

Machado should win the NL MVP if you ask Padres fans and Peter Seidler so it was obvious he was going to be a finalist at third base. He had a 6.8 WAR with 32 home runs, 102 RBI and an incredible 159 OPS+ (100 is league average). Nolan Arenado will be his main competition for the Silver Slugger.

Drury almost got to 30 home runs (28 in total, 8 with the Padres), had a .813 OPS with a…