Gold Gloves Awarded

Its that time of the year for Baseball. Award season is here and it starts with handing out a lot of gold. The Gold Glove awards were handed out on Tuesday. By definition, the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both leagues, as voted by the managers and coaches in each league. Some names that will pop up sound familiar to fans, while others are on this list for the first time. Here's who walked away with the hardware.

American League:
Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals (5th)
1st Base: Matt Olson, Athletics (1st)
2nd Base: Ian Kinsler, Angels/Red Sox (2nd)
Shortstop: Andrelton Simmons, Angels (4th)
3rd Base: Matt Chapman, Athletics (1st)
Left Field: Alex Gordon, Royals (6th)
Center Field: Jackie Bradley Jr. (1st)
Right Field: Mookie Betts, Red Sox (3rd)
Pitcher: Dallas Keuchel, Astros (4th)

Like we said, a few new faces showing up on this list. Matt Olsen and Matt Chapman coming out from Oakland at the Hot Corners snag the first of their careers. Olsen had 14 defensive runs saved and had himself a very solid year in his first full season in the Majors. He was so good he beat out Mitch Morleand and Justin Smoak for the award. And when you beat out Alex Bregman and Jose Ramirez for the gold glove at third base, you'd better have had a good year. Matt Chapman did that, with not only 29 defensive runs saved but he made highlight reel plays on almost every single night. Other then that, none of the winners in the gold glove department come as a surprise in the AL.

National League:
Catcher: Yadier Molina, Cardinals (9th)
1st Base: Anthony Rizzo, Cubs (2nd) and Freddie Freeman, Braves (1st)
2nd Base: DJ LeMahieu, Rockies (3rd)
Shortstop: Nick Ahmed, Diamondbacks (1st)
3rd Base: Nolan Arenado, Rockies (6th)
Left Field: Corey Dickerson, Pirates (1st)
Center Field: Ender Inciarte, Braves (3rd)
Right Field: Nick Markakis, Braves (3rd)
Pitcher: Zack Greinke, Diamondbacks (5th)

A little surprised to see a tie in the National League for the gold glove. First base saw a tie between Rizzo and Freeman, the fourth time ever we've had a tie for a gold glove. Both guys were stellar at first base with bats in their hands and played a solid all around game on defense, which is why they snatched the hardware. Nick Ahmed and Corey Dickerson were the only first time winners in the NL. Ahmed tied Simmonds with 21 defensive runs saved at shortstop, the most in the majors for that position. With Dickerson in left field for the Pirates, he was able to get to baseballs that a lot of other players weren't really able to get to. he was playing the position at a level that was slightly above the rest, which is why he grabbed the award in Left.

So what do you think, did they get it right?