A trio of Seattle Mariners – catcher Cal Raleigh, center fielder Julio Rodríguez and second baseman Jorge Polanco – were named American League Silver Slugger Award finalists on Thursday.

The Silver Slugger Awards are given annually to the best hitter in the league at each position, as determined by voting from managers and players. The Silver Slugger winners will be announced on Nov. 7.

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Raleigh, who has been a Silver Slugger finalist all four years of his career, is widely expected to win the award for the first time after his record-setting 60-homer season. The other AL finalists at catcher are Shea Langeliers of the Athletics and Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals.

Rodríguez is an AL outfield finalist along with Aar

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