AL Gold Glove winners

[GiantsFan14]

POS. PLAYER NO.
C Joe Mauer, Twins 3
1B Mark Teixeira, Yankees 2
2B Robinson Cano, Yankees 1
3B Evan Longoria, Rays 2
SS Derek Jeter, Yankees 5
OF Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners 10
OF Carl Crawford, Rays 1
OF Franklin Gutierrez, Mariners 1
P Mark Buehrle, White Sox 2

is there a bigger joke of an award in all of professional sports than the gold glove?

[BitterDodgerFan]

not as bad as when raffy palmeiro got it while making only 28 appearances at 1B.

[AquaMan2342]

I'm hoping the fact that defensive saber numbers are becoming at least a bit mainstream will help, but to answer your question, yes.

[DbacksRback]

All popularity...heres the AL All-Star lineup:

RF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
SS Derek Jeter, NYY
1B Miguel Cabrera, DET$
CF Josh Hamilton, TEX
DH Vladimir Guerrero, TEX
3B Evan Longoria, TB
C Joe Mauer, MIN
2B Robinson Cano, NYY
LF Carl Crawford, TB
P David Price, TB

[Skin Blues]

I remember the backlash when he won his first gold glove, and he's now up to 5? wow.

How a guy with by far the worst range of any qualified shortstop in major league baseball can get an award as being the best defender... I just don't get it. And Cano has the 2nd lowest range out of any qualified 2B in major league baseball. What an embarrassment. The weird thing is that most of the other choices actually make a bit of sense.

[BitterDodgerFan]

it's cuz he makes them "jeter-ian" plays
they named a play after him, ffs!

[Art Vandelay]

Haters gonna hate. I've been waiting for these to come out so I'd know who the best defenders in the league are.

Dbacks: did you ever think that maybe those guys are all allstars because of their outstanding defense?

[MaudDib]

I loved this when I read it a year or so ago.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/derek- ... easy,6805/

Jeter is great at making the easy plays look hard.

[GoodOl'Days]

So who really deserved the AL Gold Glove at SS, Andrus? Alexi Ramirez? Cliff Pennington?

[GiantsFan14]

So who really deserved the AL Gold Glove at SS, Andrus? Alexi Ramirez? Cliff Pennington?

according to UZR (which obviously isn't perfect) it'd be Alexei.