Thursday, November 10, 2016

MLB Gold Glove Winners

Ah the Gold Glove award. Handed out every year at the end of baseball season. This prestigious awartd is given out every winter to the players. In order to win the award, players are judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National and American League, as voted by the managers and coaches in each league. Managers are not permitted to vote for their own players. Additionally, a sabermetric component provided by Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) accounts for approximately 25 percent of the vote.

So here are the winners of the Gold Glove Awards for the 2016 Major League Baseball season.

National League
Catcher: Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants (1st Gold Glove)
1st Base: Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs (1st Gold Glove)
2nd Base: Joe Panik, San Francisco Giants (1st Gold Glove)
3rd Base: Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies (4th Gold Glove)
Shortstop: Brandon Crawford, Giants (2nd Gold Glove)
Left Field: Starling Marte, Pittsburgh Pirates (2nd Gold Glove)
Center Field: Ender Inciarte, Atlanta Braves (1st Gold Glove)
Right Field: Jason Heyward, Chicago Cubs (4th Gold Glove)
Pitcher: Zack Greinke, Arizona Diamondbacks (3rd Gold Glove)


Anerican League 
Catcher: Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals (4th Gold Glove)
1st Base: Mitch Moreland, Texas Rangers (1st Gold Glove)
2nd Base: Ian Kinsler, Detroit Tigers (1st Gold Glove)
3rd Base: Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers (5th Gold Glove)
Shortstop: Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians (1st Gold Glove)
Left Field: Brett Gardner, New York Yankees (1st Gold Glove)
Center Field: Kevin Kiermaier, Tampa Bay Rays (2nd Gold Glove)
Right Field: Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox (1st Gold Glove)
Pitcher: Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros (3rd Gold Glove)

So there you have this years Gold Glove winners! Did they get it right?

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