The National League Gold Glove awards were dished out just a few minutes ago. The Phillies’ own Shane Victorino won his third consecutive Gold Glove, perhaps undeservedly.
Once again, Chase Utley was not rewarded for his efforts. The anti-Gold Glove arguments have been made ad nauseam by now, so I’m not going to go on a tirade, but I will link to this article on Utley’s defense I wrote earlier this year.
Simply put, Utley has been the best defender since 2005 in aggregate, and in each individual season except 2007 (even then, arguably). Were the awards issued by myself, Utley would have been issued his fifth Gold Glove. But alas, it was not meant to be.
Your winners:
- Yadier Molina (C)
- Albert Pujols (1B)
- Brandon Phillips (2B)
- Troy Tulowitzki (SS)
- Scott Rolen (3B)
- Carlos Gonzalez (OF)
- Shane Victorino (OF)
- Michael Bourn (OF)
- Bronson Arroyo (P)
Over in the American League, Derek Jeter laughably won yet another Gold Glove at shortstop. Jeter gets one and Chase does not. Life is unfair, and the Gold Glove is meaningless. It’s not even worth arguing about anymore.