Gold Gloves

[Frayed Knot]

AL

1B - Ty France - Twins/Blue Jays (1st career GG)

2B - Marcus Semien - Rangers (2nd)

3B - Maikel Garcia - Royals (1st)

SS - Bobby Witt Jr. - Royals (2nd)

C - Dillon Dingler - Tigers (1st)

P - Max Fried - Yankees (4th)

RF - Wilyer Abreu - Red Sox (2nd)

CF - Ceddanne Rafaela - Red Sox (1st)

LF - Steven Kwan - Guardians (4th)

Utility - Mauricio Dubon (LF, 2B, SS, 3B, CF, 1B, RF) Astros (1st)

NL

1B - Matt Olson - Braves (3rd)

2B - Nico Hoerner - Cubs (2nd)

3B - Ke'Bryan Hayes - Pirates/Reds (2nd)

SS - Masyn Winn - Cardinals (1st)

C - Patrick Bailey - Giants (2nd)

P - Logan webb - Giants

RF - Fernando Tatis Jr - Padres (2nd)

CF - Pete Crow-Armstrong - Cubs (1st)

LF - Ian Happ - Cubs (4th)

Utility - Javier Sanoja - Marlins (3B, LF, 2B, CF, SS, 1B, P) Marlins (1st)

Platinum Gloss to be voted on and announced by the end of the week.

Only David Peterson was a 'finalist' (top three) from the Mets.

[Edgy MD]

Who do you think was the Mets defensive MVP this year?

They got their best play from the catcher position, but seeing as nobody played a majority of the innings there, it is hard to go to bat for Torrens or Álvarez.

On the other hand, Torrens was really valuable when he was out there, and the catching position is where value can be valuable.

Baty added a lot of surprising value by being comfortable at second, and the obvious candidate would be Lindor. He plays a premium position, plays it everyday, and plays it well. It's just ... he didn't play it particularly well this year, and even had some spots where his head was less than perfectly in the game.

Torrens may well be the answer.

[Centerfield]

For me it was Torrens.

Without thinking too much:

Good:

Torrens

Baty

Taylor

Lindor (but not as good as we expect)

Acuna

Bad:

Alonso

Soto

Vientos

Nimmo

Mullins

OK:

McNeil

Alvarez

Mauricio

[Edgy MD]

Álvarez was pretty effective also. He was certainly shaky for a few weeks before his demotion, but was kinda matching Torrens step for step the last two months.

Torrens was certainly more consistent the whole year though, and may even have been worthy of a GG nomination, if that sort of thing matters, but Bailey definitely deserved his hardware, and won it running away.

I am on Team Torrens also.

[Fman99]

The Mets GG drought continues. Last winner was Juan Lagares, eleven years ago.