Gold Glove Finalists

[LawMan]

Buerhle wasn’t going to win it, Pillar is understandable because CF is just so deep. The one I don’t like is catcher. It’s a lot easier for Perez to catch for KCR because he’s got pretty much the same pitcher up on the mound throwing at him day in and day out. They are the same type of pitcher really.

Martin had to deal with a knuckleballer, a corner painter, flame throwers, and non-accurate hard thrower (Sanchez). I’m prolly biased, but I think Martin had a harder time prepping to get thrown at, had some great behind the plate catches, and was the best catcher at throwing out potential steals.

Good points on the catcher... It's like comparing an excellent offensive D-man and a shutdown D-man, they play the same position but have much different strengths.

Also, even though Pillar did not win a Gold Glove, he did win the AL Defensive Player of the Year at CF. What's the difference you ask? well:

Unlike the Gold Glove awards, which MLB coaches and managers vote on, the Defensive Player of the Year Award has a specific criterion: Winners come from a formula that incorporates different metrics to determine the best glove magicians MLB had to offer in 2015.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...s-and-reaction

[2014olympicgold]

Donaldson won the Silver Slugger of the Year too btw.
Morales won for DH
Cruz, Trout, and JD Martinez won for OF.
McCann won for Catcher

	Morales	Edwin
PA	639	624
AB	569	528
R	81	94
H	165	146
2B	41	31
3B	2	0
HR	22	39
RBI	106	111
SB	0	3
CS	0	2
BB	58	77
SO	103	98
BA	0.290	0.277
OBP	0.362	0.372
SLG	0.485	0.557
OPS	0.847	0.929
OPS+	128	153

Can’t say I agree with Morales getting the DH Silver Slugger. The biggest influencing stats are BA, SLUG, OPS, HR and hits. Edwin should have gotten it in my eyes.

[Big Ev]

Or Ortiz.

[2014olympicgold]

Or Ortiz.

Ortiz would have made more sense than Morales.