Shohei Ohtani, Pete Alonso Headline 2025 NL Silver Slugger Award Finalists

The 2025 Silver Slugger finalists in the National League have been revealed, with Shohei Ohtani and Pete Alonso headlining the candidates.

Louisville Slugger announced the finalists on Wednesday based on a vote of NL managers and coaches from each team.

Here are the contenders for this year's award honoring the league's best hitters.

2025 NL Silver Slugger Finalists

Designated Hitter: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers; Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies; Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers

Catcher: William Contreras, Milwaukee Brewers; Hunter Goodman, Colorado Rockies; Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers

First Base: Pete Alonso, New York Mets; Freddie Freeman, Los Angeles Dodgers; Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves

Second Base: Nico Hoerner, Chicago Cubs; Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks; Brice Turang, Milwaukee Brewers

Shortstop: Francisco Lindor, New York Mets; Geraldo Perdomo, Arizona Diamondbacks; Trea Turner, Philadelphia Phillies

Third Base: Matt Chapman, San Francisco Giants; Manny Machado, San Diego Padres; Max Muncy, Los Angeles Dodgers; Austin Riley, Atlanta Braves

Outfield: Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks; Pete Crow-Armstrong, Chicago Cubs; Juan Soto, New York Mets; Kyle Stowers, Miami Marlins; Kyle Tucker, Chicago Cubs; James Wood, Washington Nationals

Utility: Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals; Jake Cronenworth, San Diego Padres; Brendan Donovan, St. Louis Cardinals

Team: Arizona Diamondbacks; Chicago Cubs; Los Angeles Dodgers

The most fun battle on paper is at DH between Ohtani and Kyle Schwarber, though it doesn't really feel that close when you dig into the numbers.

Ohtani was better in all three traditional triple-slash categories (.282/.392/.622), as well as weighted on-base average (.418) and OPS+ (179).

Schwarber was hardly a slouch with a .240/.365/.563 slash line, .391 weighted on-base average and 150 OPS+. He also hit one more homer than Ohtani (56 to 55) and drove in more runs (132 to 102).

By virtually every metric, Ohtani was the superior offensive player and should win the award. That doesn't take away from how incredible Schwarber was for the Philadelphia Phillies.

The most compelling race looks like first base in the National League. Alonso, Freddie Freeman and Matt Olson were all within 1.9 points of each other in FanGraphs' offensive value metric.

Alonso led the group in that category and home runs (37), but Freeman set the pace in batting average (.295) and tied Olson in on-base percentage (.366).

The team category between the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs should go to the reigning World Series champs. The Dodgers led the senior circuit in runs scored (806), slugging percentage (.441) and homers (244).

MLB will announce the Silver Slugger winners from the NL on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. ET.