The ‘Gold Glove’ award in Major League Baseball celebrates the gritty side of baseball, playing defense. Yesterday, the winners for this past year were announced and there are some fresh faces.
I love the Gold Glove. In today’s day and age in baseball, where all you hear about is exit velocity, home runs, and hitting, the Gold Glove celebrates the other side of America’s pastime. Each league has one Gold Glove winner at each position, which even includes a pitcher! The award is voted on by all MLB managers and six total coaching staff members on each club.
This year, it was especially cool. There were fourteen first-time winners! That’s pretty awesome. We saw the same number of first-time winners in 2022, which also just happened to be a great year for baseball.
Here are the first-time winners from the AL:
Bobby Witt Jr. (Shortstop - KC), Seth Lugo (Pitcher - KC), Cal Raleigh (Catcher - SEA), Carlos Santana (First Base - MINN), Alex Bregman (Third base - HOU), Daulton Varsho (Center field - TOR), Wilyer Abreu (Right field - BOS), Dylan Moore (Utility - SEA)
Here are the first-time winners from the NL:
Chris Sale (Pitcher - ATL), Patrick Bailey (Catcher - SF), Brice Turang (Second baseman - MIL), Sal Frelick (Right field - MIL), Ezequiel Tovar (Shortstop - COL), Jared Trolio (Utility - PITT)
It’s safe to say that the FUTURE of the MLB Golden Glove trophy is in good hands with some of the young guns on this list.
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