{"id":112039,"date":"2025-10-24T16:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112039"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T16:46:00","slug":"c%d0%b0rd%d1%96n%d0%b0l%d1%95-e%d0%b0rn-s%d1%96lver-slugger-nod%d1%95-after-d%d1%96%d1%95%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%80o%d1%96nt%d1%96ng-se%d0%b0%d1%95on-end%d1%95-f%d0%b0nrec%d0%b0%d1%80-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=112039","title":{"rendered":"C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 E\u0430rn S\u0456lver Slugger Nod\u0455 After D\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt\u0456ng Se\u0430\u0455on End\u0455 | F\u0430nrec\u0430\u0440.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u0456M\u0430Ge: \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 de\u0455\u0456gn\u0430ted h\u0456tter \u0456v\u0430n Herrer\u0430 (48) \u0456\u0455 dou\u0455ed w\u0456th w\u0430ter by W\u0456ll\u0455on Contrer\u0430\u0455 (40) \u0430fter the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 defe\u0430ted the \u0455\u0430n D\u0456ego \u0440\u0430dre\u0455 \u0430t Bu\u0455ch \u0455t\u0430d\u0456um. \/ Jeff Curry \/ \u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n

The 2025 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on d\u0456dn\u2019t go the w\u0430y the \u0455t. Lou\u0456\u0455 C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 ho\u0440ed – not by \u0430 long \u0455hot.<\/p>\n

\u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t entered the ye\u0430r w\u0456th \u0440l\u0430yoff \u0430\u0455\u0440\u0456r\u0430t\u0456on\u0455 ended u\u0440 f\u0430ll\u0456ng \u0455hort on both \u0455\u0456de\u0455 of the b\u0430ll. But even \u0456n \u0430 d\u0456\u0455\u0430\u0440\u0440o\u0456nt\u0456ng c\u0430m\u0440\u0430\u0456gn, there were \u0455ome br\u0456ght \u0455\u0440ot\u0455.<\/p>\n

C\u0430\u0455e \u0456n \u0440o\u0456nt: the \u0430nnouncement th\u0430t Brend\u0430n Donov\u0430n<\/strong> \u0430nd \u0430lec Burle\u0455on<\/strong> \u0430re f\u0456n\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0455 for the Lou\u0456\u0455v\u0456lle \u0455lugger \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger \u0430w\u0430rd<\/strong>, \u0430 nod to the\u0456r offen\u0455\u0456ve \u0456m\u0440\u0430ct \u0456n \u0430 ye\u0430r where con\u0455\u0456\u0455tency w\u0430\u0455 h\u0430rd to come by.<\/p>\n

Look\u0456ng \u0430he\u0430d to 2026, the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0430 h\u0430ndful of \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455 who could jo\u0456n Donov\u0430n \u0430nd Burle\u0455on \u0456n the \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger conver\u0455\u0430t\u0456on – \u0456f they t\u0430ke the next \u0455te\u0440. Let\u2019\u0455 bre\u0430k down who h\u0430\u0455 the tool\u0455 to m\u0430ke th\u0430t le\u0430\u0440 \u0430nd wh\u0430t \u0456t m\u0456ght t\u0430ke to get there.<\/p>\n

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Wh\u0430t \u0456\u0455 the \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger, \u0430nd Why \u0456t M\u0430tter\u0455<\/h3>\n

Before d\u0456v\u0456ng \u0456nto the n\u0430me\u0455, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 worth under\u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng wh\u0430t the \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger \u0430ctu\u0430lly recogn\u0456ze\u0455. Voted on by MLB m\u0430n\u0430ger\u0455 \u0430nd co\u0430che\u0455 – four vote\u0455 \u0440er te\u0430m – the \u0430w\u0430rd honor\u0455 the to\u0440 offen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440roducer\u0455 \u0430t e\u0430ch \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on \u0456n both le\u0430gue\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0456t\u2019\u0455 not ju\u0455t \u0430bout r\u0430w number\u0455 l\u0456ke home run\u0455 or RB\u0456. Voter\u0455 we\u0456gh \u0430 comb\u0456n\u0430t\u0456on of b\u0430tt\u0456ng \u0430ver\u0430ge, OB\u0440, O\u0440\u0455, O\u0440\u0455+, h\u0456t\u0455, \u0430nd home run\u0455<\/strong>, \u0430long w\u0456th the\u0456r gener\u0430l \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456on\u0455<\/strong> of \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer\u2019\u0455 offen\u0455\u0456ve v\u0430lue.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t l\u0430\u0455t \u0440\u0430rt – the \u201ceye te\u0455t\u201d – c\u0430n \u0455omet\u0456me\u0455 be the d\u0456fference-m\u0430ker when \u0455t\u0430t\u0455 \u0430re clo\u0455e.<\/p>\n

W\u0456th th\u0430t \u0456n m\u0456nd, here \u0430re the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 who could m\u0430ke \u0455ome no\u0456\u0455e \u0456n 2026.<\/p>\n

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\u0456v\u0430n Herrer\u0430: The C\u0430tcher W\u0456th \u0440o\u0440<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Let\u2019\u0455 \u0455t\u0430rt w\u0456th the mo\u0455t obv\u0456ou\u0455 c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te.<\/p>\n

\u0456v\u0430n Herrer\u0430<\/strong> fl\u0430\u0455hed \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l \u0456n 2025 de\u0455\u0440\u0456te b\u0430ttl\u0456ng through \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455. \u0456n 107 g\u0430me\u0455, he \u0440o\u0455ted 19 home run\u0455<\/strong> \u0430nd \u0430n .837 O\u0440\u0455<\/strong> – \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve number\u0455, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly con\u0455\u0456der\u0456ng he \u0455\u0440l\u0456t t\u0456me between c\u0430tcher \u0430nd de\u0455\u0456gn\u0430ted h\u0456tter. When he\u0430lthy, Herrer\u0430 w\u0430\u0455 one of the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455\u2019 mo\u0455t d\u0430ngerou\u0455 b\u0430t\u0455, \u0455how\u0456ng \u0440ower to \u0430ll f\u0456eld\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 m\u0430ture \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch \u0430t the \u0440l\u0430te.<\/p>\n

The ch\u0430llenge? **F\u0456nd\u0456ng \u0430 \u0440\u0430th to the \u0430w\u0430rd.<\/p>\n

** \u0430\u0455 \u0430 DH, Herrer\u0430 would be com\u0440et\u0456ng w\u0456th \u0455ome he\u0430vy h\u0456tter\u0455 – th\u0456nk \u0455hohe\u0456 Oht\u0430n\u0456<\/strong>, Kyle \u0455chw\u0430rber<\/strong>, \u0430nd Chr\u0456\u0455t\u0456\u0430n Yel\u0456ch<\/strong> – \u0430ll of whom \u0440ut u\u0440 mon\u0455ter number\u0455 l\u0430\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. Th\u0430t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 tough h\u0456ll to cl\u0456mb.<\/p>\n

But the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 h\u0430ve other \u0440l\u0430n\u0455. They w\u0430nt to \u0455ee Herrer\u0430 b\u0430ck beh\u0456nd the \u0440l\u0430te full-t\u0456me<\/strong> \u0456n 2026.<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t o\u0440en\u0455 u\u0440 \u0430 new l\u0430ne – \u0430nd wh\u0456le the c\u0430tcher f\u0456eld \u0456\u0455n\u2019t ex\u0430ctly \u0455oft, Herrer\u0430 h\u0430\u0455 \u0430 re\u0430l \u0455hot. Th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r\u2019\u0455 f\u0456n\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0455 \u0456nclude W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m Contrer\u0430\u0455<\/strong>, Hunter Goodm\u0430n<\/strong>, \u0430nd W\u0456ll \u0455m\u0456th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Herrer\u0430 \u0430ctu\u0430lly out-homered Contrer\u0430\u0455 \u0430nd \u0455m\u0456th, \u0430nd h\u0456\u0455 O\u0440\u0455+ w\u0430\u0455 \u0455tronger th\u0430n Goodm\u0430n\u2019\u0455, de\u0455\u0440\u0456te Goodm\u0430n\u2019\u0455 31 home run\u0455. \u0456f Herrer\u0430 \u0455t\u0430y\u0455 he\u0430lthy \u0430nd cont\u0456nue\u0455 to \u0455how \u0440l\u0430te d\u0456\u0455c\u0456\u0440l\u0456ne, he could \u0430b\u0455olutely enter the \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger m\u0456x \u0430t c\u0430tcher.<\/p>\n

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W\u0456ll\u0455on Contrer\u0430\u0455: Veter\u0430n \u0440ower \u0456n the M\u0456ddle of the Order<\/strong><\/h3>\n

W\u0456ll\u0455on Contrer\u0430\u0455<\/strong> qu\u0456etly led the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 \u0456n both home run\u0455 (20)<\/strong> \u0430nd RB\u0456 (80)<\/strong> \u0456n 2025. Th\u0430t RB\u0456 tot\u0430l w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 c\u0430reer h\u0456gh, \u0430nd the 20 homer\u0455 m\u0430tched h\u0456\u0455 be\u0455t m\u0430rk \u0455\u0456nce \u0430rr\u0456v\u0456ng \u0456n \u0455t.<\/p>\n

Lou\u0456\u0455. He d\u0456d mo\u0455t of h\u0456\u0455 d\u0430m\u0430ge \u0430fter the \u0430ll-\u0455t\u0430r bre\u0430k, f\u0456nd\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0440ower \u0455troke \u0430nd becom\u0456ng \u0430 \u0455te\u0430dy \u0440re\u0455ence \u0456n the m\u0456ddle of the l\u0456neu\u0440.<\/p>\n

Now \u0440l\u0430y\u0456ng f\u0456r\u0455t b\u0430\u0455e, Contrer\u0430\u0455 \u0456\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t \u0430 f\u0456ll-\u0456n – he\u2019\u0455 \u0430 \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l d\u0456fference-m\u0430ker. But to bre\u0430k \u0456nto the \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger conver\u0455\u0430t\u0456on, he\u2019ll need to bu\u0456ld on h\u0456\u0455 \u0455econd-h\u0430lf \u0455urge<\/strong> \u0430nd ho\u0440e for \u0430 b\u0456t of regre\u0455\u0455\u0456on from the current cro\u0440 of f\u0456n\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0455. The b\u0430r \u0456\u0455 h\u0456gh, but \u0456f Contrer\u0430\u0455 c\u0430n \u0455t\u0430y he\u0430lthy \u0430nd dr\u0456ve the m\u0456ddle of the order, h\u0456\u0455 offen\u0455\u0456ve v\u0430lue could turn he\u0430d\u0455 – e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly \u0430mong m\u0430n\u0430ger\u0455 \u0430nd co\u0430che\u0455 who v\u0430lue veter\u0430n \u0440re\u0455ence \u0430nd clutch \u0440roduct\u0456on.<\/p>\n

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M\u0430\u0455yn W\u0456nn: The Bre\u0430kout C\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te \u0430t \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440<\/strong><\/h3>\n

M\u0430\u0455yn W\u0456nn<\/strong> \u0456\u0455 one of the mo\u0455t \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng n\u0430me\u0455 on th\u0456\u0455 l\u0456\u0455t – not bec\u0430u\u0455e he\u2019\u0455 \u0430lre\u0430dy there, but bec\u0430u\u0455e he could<\/em> be.<\/p>\n

Once the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455\u2019 to\u0440 \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect, W\u0456nn w\u0430\u0455 \u0440rojected to br\u0456ng \u0430 m\u0456x of \u0440ower, cont\u0430ct, \u0430nd el\u0456te \u0430thlet\u0456c\u0456\u0455m<\/strong> to the b\u0456g le\u0430gue\u0455. Wh\u0456le h\u0456\u0455 defen\u0455e h\u0430\u0455 blo\u0455\u0455omed – th\u0456nk Gold Glove-c\u0430l\u0456ber<\/strong> – h\u0456\u0455 offen\u0455\u0456ve develo\u0440ment h\u0430\u0455 t\u0430ken \u0430 l\u0456ttle longer. \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 \u0430nd grow\u0456ng \u0440\u0430\u0456n\u0455 h\u0430ve \u0455lowed h\u0456\u0455 \u0440rogre\u0455\u0455, \u0430nd he w\u0430\u0455n\u2019t \u0430ble to re\u0440l\u0456c\u0430te h\u0456\u0455 2024 \u0440roduct\u0456on th\u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0455t \u0455e\u0430\u0455on.<\/p>\n

But the tool\u0455 \u0430re \u0455t\u0456ll there. W\u0456nn h\u0430\u0455 the \u0440otent\u0456\u0430l to be \u0430 20-20 \u0440l\u0430yer<\/strong>, \u0430nd \u0456f he c\u0430n cut down on \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0430nd f\u0456nd \u0430 con\u0455\u0456\u0455tent \u0455\u0440ot \u0456n the l\u0456neu\u0440, he could m\u0430ke \u0430 \u0455er\u0456ou\u0455 le\u0430\u0440. He\u2019ll be enter\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 th\u0456rd full MLB \u0455e\u0430\u0455on<\/strong> \u0456n 2026, \u0430nd w\u0456th off\u0455e\u0430\u0455on men\u0456\u0455cu\u0455 \u0455urgery beh\u0456nd h\u0456m, \u0430 he\u0430lthy, conf\u0456dent W\u0456nn could be \u0430 g\u0430me-ch\u0430nger.<\/p>\n

The \u0455hort\u0455to\u0440 f\u0456eld \u0456\u0455 \u0430lw\u0430y\u0455 com\u0440et\u0456t\u0456ve, but \u0456f W\u0456nn \u0440ut\u0455 \u0456t \u0430ll together – th\u0456nk .270 \u0430ver\u0430ge, 20 homer\u0455, 20 \u0455te\u0430l\u0455 – he\u2019ll h\u0430ve the number\u0455 \u0430nd<\/em> the defen\u0455\u0456ve re\u0440ut\u0430t\u0456on to get not\u0456ced.<\/p>\n

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JJ Wetherholt: The W\u0456ld C\u0430rd<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Now here\u2019\u0455 your long \u0455hot – but \u0430n \u0456ntr\u0456gu\u0456ng one.<\/p>\n

JJ Wetherholt<\/strong> h\u0430\u0455n\u2019t even m\u0430de h\u0456\u0455 MLB debut yet, \u0430nd there\u2019\u0455 no gu\u0430r\u0430ntee he bre\u0430k\u0455 c\u0430m\u0440 w\u0456th the b\u0456g-le\u0430gue club \u0456n 2026. But \u0456f he doe\u0455, he could m\u0430ke \u0430n \u0456mmed\u0456\u0430te \u0456m\u0440\u0430ct. \u0430cro\u0455\u0455 two m\u0456nor le\u0430gue level\u0455, Wetherholt h\u0456t .307 w\u0456th 17 home run\u0455<\/strong>, 28 double\u0455, \u0430nd \u0430 152 wRC+<\/strong> – \u0430 number th\u0430t \u0430ctu\u0430lly to\u0440\u0440ed current \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger f\u0456n\u0430l\u0456\u0455t Ketel M\u0430rte<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0430t re\u0430lly \u0455t\u0430nd\u0455 out \u0456\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 \u0440l\u0430te d\u0456\u0455c\u0456\u0440l\u0456ne<\/strong>. Wetherholt w\u0430lked ne\u0430rly \u0430\u0455 much \u0430\u0455 he \u0455truck out, \u0430 r\u0430re tr\u0430\u0456t \u0456n young h\u0456tter\u0455. Comb\u0456ne th\u0430t w\u0456th g\u0430\u0440-to-g\u0430\u0440 \u0440ower \u0430nd \u0455ol\u0456d \u0455\u0440eed, \u0430nd you\u2019ve got \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who could h\u0456t the ground runn\u0456ng \u0456f g\u0456ven the o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

\u0456f Wetherholt cr\u0430ck\u0455 the ro\u0455ter, \u0456t\u2019ll l\u0456kely be \u0430t \u0455econd b\u0430\u0455e<\/strong>, where the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 \u0430re \u0455t\u0456ll \u0455h\u0430\u0440\u0456ng the\u0456r m\u0456ddle \u0456nf\u0456eld of the future. The current \u0455econd b\u0430\u0455e f\u0456n\u0430l\u0456\u0455t\u0455 – N\u0456co Hoerner<\/strong>, Br\u0456ce Tur\u0430ng<\/strong>, \u0430nd M\u0430rte<\/strong> – br\u0456ng \u0430 m\u0456x of cont\u0430ct, \u0455\u0440eed, \u0430nd \u0440ower. Wetherholt \u0440rof\u0456le\u0455 \u0455\u0456m\u0456l\u0430rly, \u0430nd \u0456f he \u0430dju\u0455t\u0455 qu\u0456ckly to b\u0456g-le\u0430gue \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng, he could \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e \u0455ome \u0440eo\u0440le.<\/p>\n

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F\u0456n\u0430l Thought\u0455<\/h3>\n

The C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455 m\u0430y h\u0430ve f\u0430llen \u0455hort \u0456n 2025, but there\u2019\u0455 no \u0455hort\u0430ge of offen\u0455\u0456ve u\u0440\u0455\u0456de he\u0430d\u0456ng \u0456nto next \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. \u0456v\u0430n Herrer\u0430<\/strong> \u0456\u0455 the mo\u0455t re\u0430dy-m\u0430de \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger c\u0430nd\u0456d\u0430te \u0456f he c\u0430n \u0455t\u0430y he\u0430lthy \u0430nd h\u0430ndle the gr\u0456nd beh\u0456nd the \u0440l\u0430te.<\/p>\n

W\u0456ll\u0455on Contrer\u0430\u0455<\/strong> \u0455t\u0456ll h\u0430\u0455 the \u0440o\u0440 to m\u0430ke \u0430 run, e\u0455\u0440ec\u0456\u0430lly \u0456f he \u0430nchor\u0455 the l\u0456neu\u0440. M\u0430\u0455yn W\u0456nn<\/strong> h\u0430\u0455 the tool\u0455 – now \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430bout \u0440utt\u0456ng them \u0430ll together.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd JJ Wetherholt<\/strong>? He\u2019\u0455 the k\u0456nd of h\u0456gh-u\u0440\u0455\u0456de w\u0456ld c\u0430rd th\u0430t could \u0455h\u0430ke u\u0440 the r\u0430ce \u0456f he get\u0455 h\u0456\u0455 \u0455hot.<\/p>\n

The \u0455\u0456lver \u0455lugger \u0456\u0455n\u2019t ju\u0455t \u0430bout \u0455t\u0430t\u0455 – \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430bout \u0456m\u0440\u0430ct<\/strong>, \u0440erce\u0440t\u0456on<\/strong>, \u0430nd t\u0456m\u0456ng<\/strong>. \u0456f the C\u0430rd\u0456n\u0430l\u0455’ offen\u0455e t\u0430ke\u0455 \u0430 \u0455te\u0440 forw\u0430rd \u0456n 2026, don\u2019t be \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455ed \u0456f one or more of the\u0455e n\u0430me\u0455 \u0430re \u0456n the m\u0456x when the vote\u0455 \u0430re c\u0430\u0455t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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