Marlins’ Stowers named NL Player of the Month
One month after being named an All-Star for the first time, Kyle Stowers was bestowed another prestigious honor Monday: National League Player of the Month for July.
Stowers learned he received the award during a team meeting before Sunday’s 7-3 win against the Yankees.
“Obviously, just getting recognized for anything that you do in this game is always really special. I don’t take it for granted,” Stowers said in the dugout before Monday’s series opener against the Astros. “Honestly, just kind of more stoked about how we’ve been playing, in all sincerity. I just hope we can keep that going.”
The Marlins outfielder posted 20 RBI, 10 homers, and 16 runs in 24 games while slashing .364/.451/.818 with a 1.269 OPS for the month. His slugging and OPS were both franchise records for July, and his OPS was the third highest for any month in Marlins’ history.
“He certainly earned that — what a month,” said Marlins manager Clayton McCullough. “It takes a team to win a lot of games and series. But Kyle has the ability and played in a way that month where he won games for us on his own. And he can carry you in a series. Well-deserved for Kyle to get those accolades that continue to come his way.”
Stowers, 27, is the first Marlins player to be named NL Player of the Month since Giancarlo Stanton in August 2017. The left-hander is also the fifth Marlin to win the award, joining Jeff Conine (June 1995), Hanley Ramírez (June 2008), Emilio Bonifacio (July 2011), and Stanton, who owns the club record with three NL Player of the Month awards (also May 2012 and June 2015).
After Sunday’s 7-3 win, McCullough was asked about Stowers garnering attention for the NL Most Valuable Player Award this season.
“I think Kyle should be in that conversation — I really do,” McCullough said. “Kyle is putting together a real season, with power and average, and the walks, and the [six] outfield assists. Kyle has got a couple of months left, but at this point, it’s something, that you, know, he put out there.”
Heading into Monday’s game, Stowers ranks fourth in the NL in both OPS (.948) and slugging (.575), fifth in batting average (.296), and tied for sixth in home runs (25). He’s 10th in OBP (.373) and tied for 11th in RBI (71) after four in Sunday’s win.
On July 6, Stowers became the first Marlins outfielder to be named an NL All-Star since Stanton and Marcell Ozuna in 2017. And he made history with his offensive fireworks bookending the Midsummer Classic.
On July 13 and 18, he became the first player in MLB history with five home runs in a two-game span. That included a walk-off home run July 18 at home against the Royals. He had a career high five hits, three homers, and 14 total bases on July 13 on the road against the Orioles.
He also joined the Tigers’ Ty Cobb (May 5-6, 1925) as the only players in MLB history with at least eight hits, five home runs, and 11 RBI in a two-game span since RBI became an official stat in 1920.
“I’m sure everything that I’ve done thus far I’ll appreciate maybe more as time goes on, but I think right now I’m just kind of more concerned with today and how we can find a way to win a game against the Astros,” Stowers said. “So that’s kind of been my focus, just trying to do whatever I can to help the team each and every day.
“And all that other stuff is, I don’t want to say noise, but it’s just kind of stuff that’s on the side, and I try to keep the main thing the main thing. I’m just very grateful for all the doors that God has opened up for me this year.
“If you would have told me this is where I’d be at this point going into the season, I’d tell you that was not in my own strength. So that’s what I’m here to tell you, that I feel like I’ve been getting a lot of help from God and the people around me.”
Stowers has continued his hot hitting into August. He smacked a grand slam on Friday and whacked a three-run home run Sunday — his first tater this season against a southpaw.
Just another hurdle cleared by a player who, earlier this season, went 31 games without a home run, endured a 2-for-30 slump and was so uncertain about even making the Marlins roster that he held off on finding housing until spring training ended.
“The part I love about Kyle is I don’t think it will ever get too far removed from Kyle that he struggled in the major leagues, and that no matter how well you do, there’s always a chance that maybe that rug could get pulled out from under you,” McCullough said.
“I think that’s a good thing. It just keeps you always hungry, never allows complacency to seep in. I don’t think that’s going to be the case ever with Kyle because he cares about the right things and he is open with his emotions, which is not an easy thing to do.
“Kyle is just a very grounded, self-aware, faith-based man that is talented and leans on people to help him.”
This story was originally published August 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM.