While I don’t normally do award summaries, for some mysterious reason I’ve been feeling good about the Dodgers lately, so why the hell not? Unsurprisingly, there were a lot of rewards waiting for them, but probably not as many as you might have expected before the season.
We’ve already posted about it Shohei Ohtani‘S Won NL MVP Awardbut here are the other things.
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Mookie Betts at short stop and Miguel Rojas were useful Gold Glove Award FinalistsBut lost Unpleasant Win of the cardinals and Javier Sanoja of the Marlins. Winn was a great choice at shortstop, but I’m not sure why Sanoja would get the nod over Rojas since Rojas was statistically better and played more innings overall, as well as at the most difficult shortstop position. That said, you could argue based on the same criteria Tommy Edman deserved it over any of them.
As for the non-finalists: Andy Pages was robbed of at least a nomination. Despite his mental flaws, robbing a lot of home runs is undeniably valuable, even if getting a lot of opportunities is ultimately luck. Like…it literally just leads to winning games, which is why he was rated as one of the best players in baseball. Moreover, and this is an eye test, but Yoshinobu Yamamoto should have gotten a nomination as a pitcher. Always in position, fundamentally almost perfect and extremely athletic.
Well, those guys will have to settle for flashy plays that won them the World Series, I guess.
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Giving Silver Slugger Awards to various positions was the next step, and the Dodgers had done just that nominations in Freddie Vrijman initially, Max Muncy in third place, Will Smith at catcher, Shohei Ohtani at DH, and the Dodgers as a team. In the end, just Shohei and the team took home prizesthat Freddie lost to Pete AlonsoMuncy lost to Manny Machadoand Dills lost to Hunter Goodman.
More hardware for the best Sho in baseball.
Congratulations Shohei on winning your fourth Silver Slugger Award at DH! pic.twitter.com/OOSUoDLorj
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 6, 2025
The Champs were the best in baseball.
Congratulations to the entire team for taking home the National League Sliver Slugger Team of the Year Award! pic.twitter.com/p7LkUyLh83
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 6, 2025
Shohei’s was actually the most obvious decision ever. But the races between Alonso and Freddie in first place and Machado and Muncy in third were closer than you probably think, but how it turned out is how I would have voted too. Likewise, I think you could make a case for the Mets over the Dodgers for the team part, since the Dodgers hit better, but the Mets were a better baserunning team (offensive value is the criteria).
Will Smith, on the other hand, was essentially robbed. He had a .901 OPS and 154 wRC+, which was 28 percent better than any other catcher with 400 PA. He had 140 fewer PA than Goodman, but still produced nearly 15 more offensive runs (batting and baserunning) on offense when adjusting for park. In fact, he doubled more than any other catcher in that category. It actually wasn’t even close.
This doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things – I’m sure he’ll cry himself to sleep as a three-time champion and a World Series Game 7 hero – but he undoubtedly earned this.
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In the NL Rookie Of The Year electionthe Dodgers had Jack Dreyer gets a third place and a fifth place, putting him in ninth place behind the winner Drake Baldwin. That’s about where he and Justin Wrobleski deserve to be.
For the NL Manager of the Year election, Dave Roberts didn’t get a single nod, which is fine considering he beat the three finalists, including the winner, in the postseason Pat Murphy.
In NL Cy Jong Award race, Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished third, which is fine because you can argue he deserved to be somewhere between second and fifth, all of whom are behind Paul Skenes. That said, there’s only one guy I’d want on the mound in the playoffs right now, so whatever.
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The All-MLB team included two Dodgers on the first team and one on the second.
As expected, Ohtani was the first-team DH, hilariously making it his eighth selection in the past five years (he can make it as both a hitter and pitcher). A no brainer.
For the starting pitchers, Yamamoto made the first team, his All-MLB debut (mainly because he was injured for most of the last year). There isn’t much controversy here, mainly because anyone who would potentially put you above them would put you above them Max Fried First.
Despite somehow not winning the Silver Slugger, Will was named second-team All-MLB. It was his second selection for the second team. A bit surprising given the season Alejandro Kirk had, although I suspect frame differences will always remain a bit esoteric.
As mentioned, for a team that was supposed to be a world beater, the Dodgers didn’t have much of a fight elsewhere. Freddie Freeman probably deserved a closer look at the second team for first base, but that’s about it.
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The last two prizes were hilariously obvious as Shohei went home its third straight Hank Aaron Award and his fifth in a row Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award.
Ohtani’s three consecutive Hank Aaron Awards ties Alex Rodriguez for the high in consecutive wins, and only he, Rodriguez (four times), Aaron JudgeAnd Barry Bonds have won it three or more times.
He won his fifth Designated Hitter Award in a row David Ortiz for most consecutive wins. Only Ortiz and Martinez himself (five) have won the title five or more times, while Ortiz sits on the all-time list with eight.
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The Dodgers trophy case is getting too full (literally), and I can’t imagine what some Dodgers’ cupboards look like right now.
Okay, we joke about making room for more prizes in the stadium, but we run out of room in the Silver Sluggers aisle and we don’t even have last season’s prizes there yet.
— Tavi (@baseballszn.bsky.social) November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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