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2012 Silver Sluggers

By By: Kyle Thompson; @KyleOKC

Today, the ballots for this year’s Silver Slugger Award were released. This award is given to the best offensive player at each position in each league. The managers and coaches throughout MLB are the ones that vote.

If I were a manager or a coach, this is whom I would pick:

American League

C: A.J. Pierzynski

1B: Prince Fielder

2B: Robinson Cano

3B: Miguel Cabrera

SS: Derek Jeter

OF: Mike Trout

OF: Josh Hamilton

OF: Alex Rios

DH: Edwin Encarnacion

National League

C: Buster Posey

1B: Adam LaRoche

2B: Aaron Hill

3B: Chase Headley

SS: Jose Reyes

OF: Andrew McCutchen

OF: Matt Holliday

OF: Ryan Braun

P: Mike Leake

Tweet your picks to @MLBFanCave and @KyleOKC using the hash tag #SilverSluggers.