Nov 5, 2026 5:47 PM
Updated Nov 5, 2026 5:55 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno aim to pair their Gold Glove honors with more hardware.
A pair of Arizona Diamondbacks players have been named National League Silver Slugger finalists.
Outfielder Corbin Carroll will compete against six different players while catcher Gabriel Moreno is going head-to-head with Hunter Goodman at the catcher position.
Those were the only two D-backs listed, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a great year for this team offensively.
Quite a few players had breakout years, and while Arizona missed out on making the postseason for another year, Carroll and Moreno have a chance to end the year on a high note.
Remember, this is a team that had quite a few Gold Glove Award winners, so why not add a Silver Slugger award or two to that list?
Diamondbacks' Moreno is closer than ever
The 2026 NL batting champion knows that Goodman isn't going to be an easy opponent, but it'd be hard not to give the batting champion his first career Silver Slugger Award.
Moreno is now a two-time Gold Glove Award winner. The 26-year-old hit an astonishing .311 this season, and there were undoubtedly players who hit more than his 16 home runs and 83 RBIs, but no one can argue with that batting average.
Moreno also put forward a .874 OPS which was tied for 10th in all of baseball. The Venezuelan native was a 6.7 WAR player this season, a number that truly has to be seen to be believed.
Goodman, 27, crushed 41 homers this year so that in itself is going to be a massive hill for Moreno to climb.
The Tennessee native had 88 RBIs to go along with a .839 OPS, so it's crazy to look at his on-base plus slugging percentage compared to Moreno, knowing Goodman hit 25 more homers.
Carroll faces stiff competition
Carroll is looking to go back-to-back as he won his first career Silver Slugger Award in 2025.
This is a guy who's a three-time All-Star, former All-MLB First Team and NL Rookie of the Year, and that's not even including the Gold Glove he won alongside Moreno this season.
The 26-year-old is going against Pete Crow-Armstrong, Jackson Chourio, Seiya Suzuki, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jordan Walker, and James Wood.
That field is as good as it gets, and it includes a World Series champion alongside the expected MVP frontrunner.
Carroll hit 22 homers this year with 78 RBIs. His .239 batting average is respectable, but the lefty is going to have a hard time taking home hardware against this field.
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