AL Gold Gloves

by jack dein on Nov 10, 2009 6:34 PM EST Comment 40 comments

The AL gold gloves were announced today and as usual there is plenty of controversy.

C. Joe Mauer

1B. Mark Teixeira

2B. Placido Polanco

3B. Evan Longoria

SS. Derek Jeter

OF. Torii Hunter, Adam Jones, and Ichiro Suzuki

P. Mark Buehrle

Teixera, Longoria, and Buehrle deserved to win. Jeter, Suzuki, and Hunter won because of history. Mauer is a good catcher but I don't think he's the best. Polanco and Jones are both good defenders but others should have won it over them.

I don't know how many people actually take these things seriously anyway but we await the NL gold gloves anyway.

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Jeter, really? He should be a 2B. Him and Ichiro are overrated on so many levels. Maybe if Ichiro could work a walk now and then…

Here are Pujols's stats: 1.000/1.000/4.000/5.000. That's right. He is batting a thousand, with a thousand OBP (naturally), and every hit has been a home run, and thus his OPS is a perfect 5.000.

by TradeAndruw on Nov 10, 2009 6:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think that puts Joba

in line for a Cy Young

R.I.P Jazz #6

by was385 on Nov 10, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Threw. up. in. mouth.

by Bmacbandwagon on Nov 11, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You and me both

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 11, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

what does walking have to do with defense?

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by Doghnut on Nov 11, 2009 9:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

his ability to take a walk has nothing to do with his glove… which is pretty good…

and you dont need to walk when ur OBP is 360 and you’ve proven that you get get on base by hitting

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Nov 12, 2009 11:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jeter deserved the Gold Glove.

Just kidding. Giving him a Gold glove is terrible.

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by alligatorimpersonator on Nov 10, 2009 7:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Jeter actually had a decent year according to UZR. I think he was +6

by eaheckman10 on Nov 10, 2009 7:24 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

HAHAHAHAHA

Biggest joke. LMAOO JETER!?!?!?!? I can name 14 starting SS that are better fielders than Jeter, and there aren’t even that many teams left in the AL.

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by nick9314 on Nov 10, 2009 7:27 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I don't get the grief with Ichiro winning again

I do think Jeter benefits greatly from playing in the biggest market in sports. My pick probably would of went to Scutaro.

by SmithnCompany on Nov 10, 2009 7:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

This Jeter character is pretty underrated.

by Smoltz's Beard on Nov 10, 2009 8:05 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

OMG!!! Look who it is!

"My team of nine guys who hit like Albert Pujols and never ever bunt just beat your team with one Shane Victorino 472 to 3."

by justincredubil02 on Nov 10, 2009 8:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

YOOOO

Where u been?

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by nick9314 on Nov 10, 2009 8:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Its his calm eyes…

People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by mvandonsel on Nov 11, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

One day, we’ll look back and all agree that he was the Greatest Yankee of All Time.

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by 10-4 on Nov 11, 2009 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Polanco deserved it

Highest UZR in the AL except for Zobrist, but Zobrist only logged about 720 innings (because he started the year as a super-u and had to wait for the starting job to open up) to Polanco’s 1258. Pedroia and Kinsler were right behind them, but Polanco wins out.

Jack Wilson had the highest UZR at SS, but of course only played half the year in the AL. Izturis and Andrus were neck and neck in UZR but Izturis committed 14 fewer errors, so the hardware should’ve been his. Jeter had an above average year for once in his life, but he certainly wasn’t tops. Aybar and Everett clocked in ahead of him as well, he wasn’t even in the top three.

Torii Hunter has logged a ton of great defensive seasons in his career, but didn’t get it done this year, mostly due to his injuries. Franklin Guttierez got the snub there, as he was WAY ahead of the pack. Jones had a negative UZR, his hardware should have gone to Carl Crawford. After those two its pretty closely knotted up, and Ichiro’s long track record probably got him over the hump. His choice is open to debate, but certainly not a coup like the other two.

by J-Freak on Nov 10, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

thank you...

so many saying who shouldn’t have won it, without offering who should’ve instead.

by Mr. Sanchez on Nov 10, 2009 9:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You’re welcome. Every once in a while I turn out to be good for something…

by J-Freak on Nov 10, 2009 11:07 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How

in the hell did Franklin Guttierez not get it?

by Hizilla on Nov 10, 2009 10:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In the outfield, the voters had to choose both Torii Hunter and Ichiro Suzuki, because both had won eight straight Gold Gloves and everybody knows that if you’ve won eight you automatically deserve to win nine. Fortunately, the voters were wise enough to make room for an exciting young outfielder who burst upon the scene in 2009 with some of the most brilliant defense we’ve seen in center field since the heyday of Andruw Jones.

I am referring, of course, to the stupendously amazing Franklin Gutierrez, who … Wait, what? They didn’t vote for Franklin Gutierrez, who spent the entire season catching everything in sight and racking up phenomenal numbers?

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by GoBravesNY on Nov 10, 2009 10:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Derek Jeter won another Gold Bat.

by FineHamAbounds on Nov 11, 2009 12:28 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

C Yadier Molina
1B Adrian Gonzalez
2B Orlando Hudson
3B Ryan Zimmerman
SS Jimmy Rollins
OF Shane Victorino
OF Michael Bourn
OF Matt Kemp
P Adam Wainwright

hohohhohohoh its the offseason, time to rosterbate in public places

by esadb on Nov 11, 2009 7:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Of course these were the NL winners

hohohhohohoh its the offseason, time to rosterbate in public places

by esadb on Nov 11, 2009 7:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

much better job

on the NL than the AL winners by the BWAA… Not perfect, but none of these were completely egregious like Derek Jeter.

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 11, 2009 10:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Good for Zim. First of 10 in a row I think.

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by cbwilk on Nov 11, 2009 10:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Happy for him as well, but

Friend and I talked about this – despite Zim being the rightful and likely winner for 10 in a row, if he doesn’t perform offensively or make headlines again with another hit-streak, or do anything to maintain the public eye, the default winner of the 3B NL GG is going to be David Wright, as long as the BBWAA is looking at crap like FP% and putouts:chances.

No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.

by royhobbs on Nov 12, 2009 10:04 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I think you’re right, which is sad because Wright can’t hold Zim’s jock strap when it comes to D. It’s so far from close it’s not even funny.

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by cbwilk on Nov 12, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

so true

so sadly true. By the way, it was pretty insulting to the fans when Wright won it as a consolation prize for not getting the MVP. The GG is its own separate award and should have been given based on its own merits.

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 12, 2009 12:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

chase utley>o-dog and victorino should not have won a gold glove

by McCann's the Man on Nov 11, 2009 11:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i dont understand the O dog one or the Rollins pick (there were 3-4 better defenders at SS in th NL this year… Hardy, Furcal, Theriot and Drew)

and Victorino has no business winning a gold glove…should have gone to Cameron

and i was surprised at how well Bourn did int he OF (for some reason i thought he was a butcher)

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Nov 12, 2009 11:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

No

Bourn wasn’t a bad pick, he was pretty good. Hardy didn’t play enough games to win it, and a lot of those other guys are good and maybe better than Rollins, but it was Tulowitki that really got the shaft on that one. And O-Dog was outplayed by Utley and Brandon Phillips with the glove.

Yet, stil not as egregious (IMO) as Derek Jeter getting one and Gutierrez not getting one. That was an absolute travesty.

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 12, 2009 12:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

gutierrez not gettin one is as bad as McLouth winning his two years ago or w/e it was

it might be the biggest slight int he history of GG

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Nov 12, 2009 12:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

actually Jeter winning this year wasnt as bad as it has been in the past when he was actually a negative in UZR he was +6 this year which is prtty solid and could warrant it..but i agree it should have gone to Andrus probably

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Nov 12, 2009 12:35 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This is true

no doubt. But with Evis Andrus and Cesar Izturus out there, clearly there were more qualified candidates. I guess you are correct, it wasn’t as much of a travesty as I have been saying (would have been for the 3 years previous though).

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 12, 2009 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Adam Everett is still out there playing stellar SS also. Jeter had a good season for Jeter, but not by overall SS standards, where being “average” doesn’t make you the best.

by FineHamAbounds on Nov 13, 2009 1:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Clearly

but it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Jeter did finally have an average year. In past years, he has been well below average…

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 13, 2009 10:16 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

for me Jeter is deserving

Cesar and Everett didnt play enough games ( i remember around 110 -115 for both)

Andrus has the best case, but there are things that work against him/for Jeter

Andrus is a rookie, he plays in TX and he cant hit
Jeter is a veteran and “the greatest Yankee ever”, he had a good offensive season, and of course he is a Yankee

I know those things shouldn’t matter when its Gold Glove but they do

for once i have no problem giving the award to Jeter

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Nov 13, 2009 6:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

esp when you consider Andrus made 22 errors (i know those arent the best fielding metric…. but still they do matter a little)

Heyward,Hanson,and Shaffer r ready now!! Why do you think they havent signed the "right handed bat"?

by fatazfoot on Jan 7, 2009 8:59 PM EST

by Swo12bv on Nov 13, 2009 6:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

but it sucks that Jeter’s being “the greatest Yankee”, and the fact that he can hit, played into his winning a GG. No matter how you slice it, it wasn’t really the right choice.

by Andy Braves Fan on Nov 16, 2009 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs