O's Anthony Santander, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg are Silver Slugger finalists

An Orioles offense that ranked second in the American League and fourth in the majors in runs per game in 2024, has produced three Silver Slugger finalists in Anthony Santander, Gunnar Henderson and Jordan Westburg.

The Orioles are also up for the American League offensive team of the year. Their batters did slump in the second half and scored just one run in two playoff games.

Henderson is a finalist at the shortstop position, Santander in the outfield and Westburg for a utility spot.

The finalists for the Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award are voted on by MLB managers and coaches. Winners will be announced on MLB Network on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Henderson and Adley Rutschman won Silver Slugger awards last year. Santander is a finalist for the third straight year and Westburg is a finalist for the first time.

Henderson played 159 games, batting .281/.364/.529/.893 with 31 doubles, seven triples, 37 homers and 92 RBIs. His 118 runs scored were the most by an Oriole since Roberto Alomar set the club record with 132 in 1996 and is tied for the fourth-highest run total in O’s history.

Henderson, who started at shortstop in the All-Star game, was named the Most Valuable Oriole in a vote by local media for the second straight year.

Henderson, who was sixth in the AL in homers, produced 8.0 fWAR to rank fifth in MLB. If Henderson wins this honor, he will be the first Oriole to win back-to-back Silver Sluggers since Miguel Tejada in 2004-2005.

He is a finalist at short in the AL along with Corey Seager of Texas and Kansas City's Bobby Witt jr. 

Santander’s 44 homers ranked second in the AL and third in the majors. He hit .235/.308/.506/.814 with 91 runs and 102 RBIs. He became the eighth Oriole to hit 40 or more homers and first since Mark Trumbo in 2016. And the first to drive in 100 or more since Jonathan Schoop in 2017. His 35 homers starting June 1 was third in MLB. Santander made his first career All-Star appearance this year, going 1-for-2 and scoring the game-winning run.

Santander was also this year the eighth switch hitter (12th occurrence) in MLB history to hit at least 40 homers in a season and one of four (five occurrences) with at least 44. He became the ninth player in O’s history with multiple 30-homer seasons. His 105 homers since the start of 2022 lead MLB switch hitters and rank sixth overall in MLB.

Santander is one of five outfield finalists in the AL along with Jarren Duran of Boston, Riley Greene of Detroit and Aaron Judge and Juan Soto of the Yankees.

Westburg played in 107 games and hit .264/.312/.481/.792 with 26 doubles, five triples, 18 homers and 63 RBIs with 57 runs scored. He went on the injured list Aug. 1 with a right hand fracture and did not return until Sept. 22. In July Westburg played in his first All-Star game.

Westburg is joined by Minnesota's Willie Castro and Josh Smith of Texas as utility finalists.  

O's winner on the farm: Minor League Baseball today announced that the Orioles' Enrique Bradfield Jr. has won a Rawlings Gold Glove in the outfield. The winners at each position were selected from players in the 11 full-season minor leagues. Each player will receive his own Rawlings Gold Glove Award, modeled after the award given to MLB's top defensive players, during the 2025 season.

Bradfield, the club's top draft pick out of Vanderbilt in 2023, recorded 273 putouts and nine outfield assists in 106 games between High-A Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie, posting a .993 fielding percentage. He made numerous highlight reel plays and gets a 70 scouting grade for his defense from MLBPipeline.com.