The Yankees are well-represented in the hitting department in MLB's offseason awards, as Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. were announced as American League Silver Slugger Award winners on Friday.
Judge was a relative lock to win his fifth Silver Slugger Award. The 2024 — and perhaps 2025 — AL MVP had a league-best .331 batting average to go along with an OBP of .457, slugging percentage of .688 and an OPS of 1.144. He also hit 53 home runs and drove in 114 RBI.
The last two times Judge won the Silver Slugger, he also won the MVP (2022,24), which bodes well for his chances this season. The closest competitor to Judge's back-to-back MVP campaign is the Mariners' Cal Raleigh, who was named a Silver Slugger at catcher this season.
Judge joined Byron Buxton of the Twins and Riley Green of the Tigers as outfield Silver Slugger winners this season.
The Yankees outfielder beat a field that included Riley Greene of the Tigers, Julio Rodríguez of the Mariners, George Springer of the Blue Jays and teammate Cody Bellinger.
Bellinger made a great first impression in pinstripes. In his first — and so far only — season in the Bronx, Bellinger slashed .272/.334/.480 with an OPS of .813 to go along with 29 homers and 98 runs batted in. He was the perfect second outfielder behind Judge in 2025, giving the Yankees a versatile and dangerous left-handed bat.
Chisholm Jr. had his best season in pinstripes in 2025, securing his second-career All-Star selection in the process and now, his first Silver Slugger. The infielder slashed .242/.332/.481 with an OPS of .813, but hit a career-high 31 homers and drove in 80 runs. He also stole 31 bases this season, becoming just the third player (fourth overall) in franchise history to achieve the 30-30 mark in a season.
He beat out fellow second base finalists Brandon Lowe of the Rays and Jorge Polanco of the Mariners.
Ben Rice was also a finalist for the 2025 Silver Slugger as a utility player. The part-time first baseman/catcher enjoyed his best offensive season as a pro, slashing .255/.337/.499 with an OPS of .836 to go along with his 26 home runs and driving in 65 runs in 138 games. He fell to the Tigers' Zach McKinstry.
Maikel Garcia of the Royals was also a part of the field.
The Yankees, as a team, were also a finalist for the team Silver Slugger Award and beat out the Mariners and Blue Jays.
