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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
These aren’t anywhere else yet that I know of.
My friend is associated with the MLB and said he got this passed down to him this morning.
NL Gold Glove Winners
P - Adam Wainwright
C - Yadier Molina
1B - Adrian Gonzalez
2B - Orlando Hudson
3B - Ryan Zimmerman
SS - Jimmy Rollins
OF - Shane Victorino
OF - Matt Kemp
OF - Michael Bourn
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1. sunnyday2 Posted: November 11, 2009 at 05:17 PM (#3384980)Re Morgan, he not only switched teams, but outfield positions. I doubt there have been many Gold Gloves issued to players in those categories. From what I saw of Morgan in center, if he's back at prime condition and stays healthy in 2010, he may well be a Gold Glove contender.
Jimmy Rollins is not a great fielder. Other than that, this list looks to be very reasonable.
Utley is.
It's bad form for me to criticize Pujols, but his defense early in the season left something to be desired. Gonzalez is pretty good anyway.
If you had told me a Cardinals pitcher would win the Gold Glove, I would've said it had to be Pineiro. Wainwright's name is coming out of nowhere.
All that and MLB's first Hispanic manager, too. Pretty impressive guy.
P - Adam Wainwright (#17)
C - Yadier Molina (#1)
1B - Adrian Gonzalez (#2 Pujols)
2B - Orlando Hudson (#2 Utley)
3B - Ryan Zimmerman (#1)
SS - Jimmy Rollins (#4 (or 3) Wilson, Tulowitzki, Escobar)
OF - Shane Victorino (#7 CF Bourn, Gwynn, Cameron, Beltran, Young, Rasmus)
OF - Matt Kemp (#8 CF)
OF - Michael Bourn (#1 CF)
As greenback said, Wainwright's name is coming out of nowhere.
Pineiro was #2 in the NL behind Santana.
Victorino, Kemp, and Bourn at least played for the whole season. You can't take partial seasons for guys like Beltran, or Gwynn, and claim they should win a season award like the Gold Glove.
I thought Brendan Ryan rated very highly at SS---second in the majors behind Wilson, at least in one system.
Oh, that would have been so awesome if Francoeur had won.
I think that overstates the case. He may not be GREAT, nor may he be one of the top three in the NL, but I think he qualifies as "good"....
If they saved more runs than guys who played the whole season, why not?
Earl Battey of the original Senators appears to be the only one. Eddie Brinkman won one after he left the second Senators team and was playing for Detroit. Jim Kaat, of course, won a string of 'em after the original Senators became the Twins.
Sample size, perhaps. I assume you are talking about UZR/150, for instance, which is a rate stat, in the sense that it is adjusted to 150 games.
Yawn.
I'm more annoyed at them bigfooting themselves than them bringing Riggles back... though both are signs of their dysfunction.
This is interesting. The famous guy lost twice.
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