Corbin Carroll and Gabriel Moreno Named 2026 Silver Slugger Finalists
The Arizona Diamondbacks OF Corbin Carroll and C Gabriel Moreno were named finalists for the 2026 National League Louisville Slugger® Silver Slugger Award™, recognizing the best offensive producers as voted by managers and coaches. The winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 17 at 4:00 p.m. AZ / 6:00 p.m. ET.
The D-backs have had a Silver Slugger finalist each year since 2022, including multiple in 3 of the last 5 years:
- 2022 – 2 finalists: 1B Christian Walker, 2B Ketel Marte
- 2023 – 1 finalist: OF Corbin Carroll
- 2024 – 1 finalist: 2B Ketel Marte
- 2025 – 3 finalists: 2B Ketel Marte, SS Geraldo Perdomo, OF Corbin Carroll
- 2026 – 2 finalists: C Gabriel Moreno, OF Corbin Carroll
The D-backs have had multiple Silver Slugger winners 3 times in 2011, 2018 and 2025 (full list at bottom):
- 2011 – 2 finalists: OF Justin Upton, P Daniel Hudson
- 2018 – 2 finalists: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, OF David Peralta
- 2025 – 3 finalists: 2B Ketel Marte, SS Geraldo Perdomo, OF Corbin Carroll
C | Gabriel Moreno | First Career Nomination (2026)
- First D-back to win the NL batting title.
- His .311 AVG finished second in MLB, behind Yordan Alvarez/HOU (.316), ahead of Luis Arraez/SF-PHI (.310).
- Led MLB catchers with his .311 AVG, .388 OBP and .874 OPS (min. 90 games caught).
- First qualified catcher to hit .300+ since Buster Posey/SF (.320) in 2017 [min. 90 games caught].
- 1 of 5 catchers in MLB history (eighth occurrence) to win a batting title [min. 50 GS at catcher] with Bubbles Hargrave in 1926, Ernie Lombardi in 1938 and '42, Joe Mauer in 2006, '08 and '09 and Buster Posey in ’12 [source: Elias Sports Bureau].
- 1 of 6 MLB catchers in the last 20 seasons (since 2007) with a .300+ AVG, .870+ OPS and 80+ RBI (.311 AVG, .874 OPS, 83 RBI) [min. 100 G at catcher] with Victor Martinez and Jorge Posada in 2007, Brian McCann in '08, Joe Mauer in '09 and Buster Posey in '12.
- His .331 road AVG (81-for-245) ranked atop MLB, ahead of Freddie Freeman/LAD (.323).
- His 6.7 bWAR led MLB catchers and tied for seventh in MLB (also: Bobby Witt Jr./KC), behind Pete Crow-Armstrong/CHC (9.8), Cristopher Sánchez/PHI (8.1), Brice Turang/MIL (7.3), Kevin McGonigle/DET (7.1), Cam Schlittler/NYY (7.0) and Yordan Alvarez/HOU (6.8).
OF | Corbin Carroll | 2025 Silver Slugger Award Winner | Third Career Nomination (2023, ’25, ‘26)
- Won his first career Silver Slugger in 2025 as part of a franchise-record trio of winners with 2B Ketel Marte and SS Geraldo Perdomo.
- His 72 extra-base hits ranked second among MLB outfielders and fifth in the Majors, behind Pete Crow-Armstrong/CHC (84), Yordan Alvarez/HOU (77), Matt Olson/ATL (75) and Rafael Devers/SF (74).
- His 17 triples led MLB, ahead of Jake McCarthy/COL (13), Geraldo Perdomo/AZ (9) and Otto Lopez/MIA (9).
- Became the first player in MLB history to lead/tie the Majors in triples in 3 straight seasons (T-1st/14 with Jarren Duran/BOS in 2024 and 1st/17 in 2025, 1st/17 in 2026) [source: Elias Sports Bureau].
- 1 of 7 NL outfielders with 140+ starts (152)...his .795 OPS and .467 SLG ranked third among the group.
- Became the first player in MLB history with multiple seasons of 20+ homers (22), 20+ stolen bases (21) and 15+ triples (17) [2025, ‘26]...recorded the 10th such season in MLB history [source: Sarah Langs].
- Had his fourth straight season with 20+ doubles (33), 10+ triples (17) and 20+ homers (22) [2023-26]...his 4 straight such seasons tied for the second-longest streak in MLB history [also: Johnny Callison (1962-65) and Dick Allen (1964-67)], behind Lou Gehrig (5 straight, 1927-31) [source: Elias Sports Bureau].
- Vs. lefties, boasted a .308 AVG and .945 OPS…since 2024, became 1 of 4 qualified left-handed hitters with a .300+ AVG and .900+ OPS vs. lefty pitchers in a season [min. 150 AB] with Cody Bellinger/NYY in 2025 (.353 AVG/1.016 OPS), Bryce Harper/PHI in 2024 (.301 AVG/.907 OPS) and Yordan Alvarez/HOU in 2024 (.362 AVG/1.029 OPS).
D-BACKS ALL-TIME SILVER SLUGGER AWARD FINALISTS (9) & WINNERS (15)*
*Winners only from 1998-2020. Finalists were publicly announced beginning in 2021.
- 2001 – 1 winner: OF Luis Gonzalez
- 2007 – 1 winner: P Micah Owings
- 2011 – 2 winners: OF Justin Upton, P Daniel Hudson
- 2012 – 1 winner: 2B Aaron Hill
- 2013 – 1 winner: 1B Paul Goldschmidt
- 2015 – 1 winner: 1B Paul Goldschmidt
- 2017 – 1 winner: 1B Paul Goldschmidt
- 2018 – 2 winners: 1B Paul Goldschmidt, OF David Peralta
- 2019 – 1 winner: P Zack Greinke
- 2022 – 2 finalists: 1B Christian Walker, 2B Ketel Marte
- 2023 – 1 finalist: OF Corbin Carroll
- 2024 – 1 finalist, 1 winner: 2B Ketel Marte
- 2025 – 3 finalists, 3 winners: 2B Ketel Marte, SS Geraldo Perdomo, OF Corbin Carroll
- 2026 – 2 finalists: OF Corbin Carroll, C Gabriel Moreno