Rafael Devers is a Silver Slugger Award finalist

The #3 story of the San Francisco Giants’ season was Rafael Devers making it clear that he’s still a dominant force at the plate. He can still hit and hit in any stadium, win or lose. This morning, the finalists for the Silver Slugger Award, which awards the best hitter at each position in each league — were announced and there he was, alongside Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers, St. Louis’s Alec Burleson, and Atlanta’s Matt Olson.

His injury shortened season still ended with 37 home runs, 36 doubles, 88 RBI, 69 walks (10.9 BB%) against 161 strikeouts (25.4 K%) for a triple slash of .258/.340/.525 (136 wrC+) in 148 games played and 633 plate appearances. It was fantastic to watch. One of the few great…