Ex-Reds fan favorite gets hosed in Silver Slugger voting as Dodgers benefit yet again

Both the American League and National League finalists for the 2025 Silver Slugger Awards have been announced, and despite leading all third baseman with 49 home runs and 118 RBI this season, former Cincinnati Reds slugger Eugenio Suárez was not among those to make the cut.

Geno also ranked second in slugging percentage (.526) behind Tampa Bay Rays star Junior Caminero and third in OPS (.824).

In any other year, these numbers would've been more than enough to not only be mentioned among the Silver Slugger Award finalists, but perhaps even win the award. Unfortunately for Suárez, he was traded midway through the 2025 season — from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners — and that's where things get tricky.

Former Reds star Eugenio Suárez gets hosed in Silver Slugger voting as Dodgers benefit yet again

Not only did Geno switch teams at the trade deadline, he also swapped leagues. Going from the D-backs (NL) to the Mariners (AL) obviously threw a monkey wrench into the equation. The Silver Slugger Awards are voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers, and there is certainly some criteria that must be met in order to qualify.

The only real qualifier to be nominated for the Silver Slugger Award is a minimum of 100 games played during the season. Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy barely met that benchmark, and yet, was named among the NL finalists.

Manny Machado (San Diego Padres), and Matt Chapman (San Francisco Giants) rounded out the finalists on the NL side, while Caminero, Jose Ramirez (Cleveland Guardians), and Alex Bregman (Boston Red Sox) received the nod on the AL side. Suárez's Seattle teammate, Josh Naylor, who was also traded from the D-backs to the Mariners before the July 31 deadline, was not named among the finalists for his position either.

One can assume that this is a simple oversight, and those voting for the finalists didn't exactly know whether or not to slot Suárez onto the AL or NL ballot. But when you Muncy's name with a meager 19 home runs and 275 fewer at-bats, this whole thing reeks of Dodgers' bias.