OC Register: Justin Upton wins AL Silver Slugger, while Mike Trout misses out for the first time

[AngelsWin.com]

Justin Upton, who last week agreed to a five-year deal to stay with the Angels, won his third Silver Slugger award on Thursday, while Mike Trout came up empty for the first time in his career.

The Silver Slugger is awarded to the best offensive player at each position, in each league, as voted by managers and coaches. Three outfielders are honored, without regard to their position.

Aaron Judge and George Springer won the other two American League outfield awards, shutting out Trout, who had won five in a row.

Trout missed about six weeks with a thumb injury, but still finished the season hitting .306 with 33 homers and a league-leading 1.071 OPS.

Upton hit .273 with 35 homers, 109 RBIs and a .901 OPS with the Detroit Tigers and Angels. He was traded to the Angels for the last month of the season, and then he agreed to a restructured deal instead of exercising his opt-out clause.

Judge hit 52 homers with a 1.049 OPS, and Springer hit .283 with 34 homers and an .889 OPS.

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[krAbs]

...springer over trout feels like a stretch.

[tdawg87]

Judge winning? Absolutely. 

Springer winning? What the ever loving fuck?

[Dick B Back]

Don't slide head first.

[Chuck]

Good things come in threes...

Congratulations to @JUST_JUP on his third career Silver Slugger Award! pic.twitter.com/5VQWXsUpHB

— Angels (@Angels) November 9, 2017

[Angelsjunky]

Springer had a very good year, but no - that is just dumb.

[JustATroutFan]

Springer over Trout for SS? Okay, whatever! Aberration that Trout didn't win this award. 

[JustATroutFan]

Trout's going to murder the Astros and their pitchers next year.

[AngelsLakersFan]

I guess even if he played well down the stretch he still had little shot at mvp.... if he can't even win a silver slugger over George Springer....

[Angel Oracle]

Is there an unwritten rule that you have to play at least 140-150 games to win a Silver Slugger?

[UndertheHalo]

I’m sure Trout is devestated.

[Amazing Larry]

7 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Serious boner over the fact that the club signed Upton. I considered the 2017 season as a write-off and I'm really looking forward to 2018.  Add some pitching and the Halos are a real threat. 

[Blarg]

On 11/9/2017 at 4:57 PM, Angel Oracle said:

Is there an unwritten rule that you have to play at least 140-150 games to win a Silver Slugger?

It is amusing that Upton only played 27 games in the AL and yet still won the Silver Slugger in that league. Trout pretty much buried him in every hitting category over 114 games and gets snubbed.

[tdawg87]

Just now, Blarg said:

It is amusing that Upton only played 27 games in the AL and yet still won the Silver Slugger in that league. Trout pretty much buried him in every hitting category over 114 games and gets snubbed.

Upton played every game in the AL.

[AngelsLakersFan]

5 minutes ago, tdawg87 said:

Upton played every game in the AL.

Detroit is barely in America, let alone the American league.

[Jeff Fletcher]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

It is amusing that Upton only played 27 games in the AL and yet still won the Silver Slugger in that league. Trout pretty much buried him in every hitting category over 114 games and gets snubbed.

I will be first to sign the petition to eliminate Detroit from the AL.

[Angel Oracle]

It’s like Giants’ manager Bill Terry asked about Brooklyn in 1934.

”Is Brooklyn still in the National League?”

That’s how bad the Tiggers have quickly become.

[UndertheHalo]

4 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

I will be first to sign the petition to eliminate Detroit from the AL.

What do ever do you mean Jeff ? Don’t you enjoy taking in the sites when in beautiful Detroit ?

[red321]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Upton played every game in the AL.

shhh...he's on a roll

[tdawg87]

Tigers fans deserve The Lions.

And also a night with Kevin Spacey and George Takei.