Rooker, 30, batted .262 with 30 home runs, 89 RBI, and a .814 OPS in a career-high 162 games this season, including 135 games at designated hitter. Rooker also collected 40 doubles and was the only American League player to hit 30 home runs and 40 doubles this season.

Major League Baseball and Louisville Slugger® named three Seattle Mariners as American League finalists for the Silver Slugger Award at their respective positions: catcher Cal Raleigh, second baseman Jorge Polanco and outfielder Julio Rodríguez.

The Yankees, meanwhile, have four finalists in Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm, and Ben Rice, who received votes in the relatively new utility category. Judge, being the best hitter in the world, is a lock to garner the Yankees their 52nd trophy, which will put the Sox further in the hole.

During the first half of this past season, while things weren't going well for the Washington Nationals when it came to the overall results on the field, there