Alex Avila, Austin Jackson nominated for Gold Gloves
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 31, 2011 4:16 PM EDT
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PrintThe Gold Glove Awards will be given out a bit differently this year. Instead of an announcement of so-and-so winning the awards, ESPN is televising the first-ever Rawlings Gold Glove Awards Show at 10 p.m. on Nov. 1. So they announced a list of the finalists today.
Obviously if you've read the headline you already know Alex Avila and Austin Jackson are among the finalists. Other catching finalist are Matt Wieters of the O's and A.J. Pierzynski of the White Sox. Other center field finalists are Jacoby Ellsbury of the discolored Sox and Peter Bourjos of the Angels.
I'm not sure the Tigers' players should be considered favorites at either position.
The surprise to me was Jhonny Peralta being left out. I'm not saying he shouldn't have been left out. When I think of defensive wizards at short stop Peralta is not on my top three list. But generally speaking, we think of the Gold Gloves as going to guys who have high fielding percentages who hit the ball well. Peralta fulfills both of those requirements. Heck, he actually ranks pretty high by UZR/150. So... you know what ... maybe Peralta should be in the final three after all!
Instead, the nominees are Erick Aybar of the Angels, JJ Hardy of the Orioles and and Asdrubal Cabrera of the Indians. They may have whiffed a bit on two of those. But, at least they didn't nominate Derek Jeter, right?
The complete list of nominees can be found here.
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Outfielders...
Isn’t this the year where there will be one from each field (left, center, and right)?
Not really a fan…
And Peralta being left off is unfortunate for him.
Also, televised? Wow. Should be a blast…
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by DetroitTigersGeek on Oct 31, 2011 4:20 PM EDT reply actions
wait, no I'm not.
He came in eighth in the 2010 Fielding Bible awards, I think. Got confused about which post I was on
Was that at LF, 2nd or 3rd?
Some epic moments at each position . . .
by rea on Nov 1, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Not an expert
But I thought Jhonny was better at his position than Avila was at his last year.
If Avila keeps this up, he’s going to get REALLY expensive.
Justin can now let the fungus grow back on his shower shoes.
Knowing baseball writers, they’ll write in Napoli for the GG at C, since his 30 home runs contributed greatly to his defense.
that won't be a problem
1) the top 3 have been announced and Napoli isn’t one of them
2) the coaches and managers vote for the award
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 31, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Jhonny
was very good, very DEPENDABLE. But let’s face it, there were many fielders better than him in terms of range.
Mel
+1
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