Jeter Wins 5th Gold Glove!

[bmfc1]

Well deserved Derek! I'm sure that it has nothing to do with your aura or reputation.

And only 3 MFYs out of 9! What were the voters thinking at the other six positions?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101109&content_id=16041500&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb
http://espn.go.com/blog/SweetSpot/post/_/id/6238/gold-glove-results-mixed-as-usual

[Frayed Knot]

Amazing!
Even his fans are admitting by this point that his defense has slipped and the only questions that remain about position change is when and where not if.
Elvis Andrus might have to wait until Jeter dies because he may still be winning these things years after his retirement.

I have no problem with any of the other AL picks
C - Mauer
1B - Teixeira
2B - Cano
3B - Longoria
OF - Crawford, Suzuki, Gutierrez
P - Buehrle

[seawolf17]

Holy hell, that's fuckin' insane. Admittedly, he only made six errors this year, but holy hell.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I think it's great that he cares so much about the game's history. I assume he won this Gold Glove by placing a winning bid at an auction of Vic Power's estate. Correct?

[metirish]

Quite simply the greatest player ever to lace them up.

[Guest themetfairy]

metirish wrote: Quite simply the greatest player ever to lace them up.

Them being ballet shoes?

[metsmarathon]

tex and cano have decidedly mediocre UZRs, per fangraphs. jeter's is not good, but still slightly ahead of jose's.

top UZRs belong to the following al'ers:

1b daric barton 12.7 | lyle overbay 0.1 | 5 of 8 mark teixiera -2.9
2b mark ellis 9.8 | orlando hudson 9.7 | 5 of 8 robinson cano -0.6
ss alexei ramirez 10.8 | cliff pennington 9.9 | 7 of 9 derek jeter -4.7
3b kevin kouzmanoff 16.1 | adrian beltre 11.8 | 3 of 8 evan longoria 11.1
rf ichiro suzuki 15.6 | j.d. drew 3.8
cf julio borbon 8.9 | franklin gutierrez 7.3
lf brett gardner 22.3 | carl crawford 18.5

well, the voters did better in the outfield at least...

[Valadius]

The Gold Gloves are almost never handed out on defensive merit. Transparency, please!

[metsmarathon]

gold gloves are very much an offensive award.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yabbut... Jeter kinda sucked this year with the bat, too.

[Guest Edgy DC]

tex and cano have decidedly mediocre UZRs, per fangraphs. jeter's is not good, but still slightly ahead of jose's. top UZRs belong to the following al'ers: 1b daric barton 12.7 | lyle overbay 0.1 | 5 of 8 mark teixiera -2.9 2b mark ellis 9.8 | orlando hudson 9.7 | 5 of 8 robinson cano -0.6 ss alexei ramirez 10.8 | cliff pennington 9.9 | 7 of 9 derek jeter -4.7 3b kevin kouzmanoff 16.1 | adrian beltre 11.8 | 3 of 8 evan longoria 11.1 rf ichiro suzuki 15.6 | j.d. drew 3.8 cf julio borbon 8.9 | franklin gutierrez 7.3 lf brett gardner 22.3 | carl crawford 18.5 well, the voters did better in the outfield at least...

Wait a minute, Derek Jeter had a worse UZR than Seven of Nine?

[Gwreck]

Baseball Reference has a fielding statistic called "Total Zone Total Fielding Runs Above Average" which is a combination statistic that measures the number of runs above or below average the player was worth based on the number of plays made.

That statistic suggests that Franklin Gutierrez was 15 runs above average for AL centerfielders, which was best among all players that played there full-time in 2010.

Same statistic has Jeter at 10 runs below average for AL shortstops. That would be LAST among all players at shortstop in the AL.

[DocTee]

Damn, Oakland has a solid defensive infield!

[stevejrogers]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/

Awesome sauce!

[stevejrogers]

metsmarathon wrote: gold gloves are very much an offensive award.

See Ratty Palmeroid, who played a total of 28 games at first one year and won a gold glove!

[ashie62]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Yabbut... Jeter kinda sucked this year with the bat, too.

Correct, and one bad season cost David Wright a string of Gold Gloves.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ashie62 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Yabbut... Jeter kinda sucked this year with the bat, too. Correct, and one bad season cost David Wright a string of Gold Gloves.

Well, that, and the fact that David Wright isn't a fantastic defensive third baseman.

[MFS62]

tex and cano have decidedly mediocre UZRs, per fangraphs. jeter's is not good, but still slightly ahead of jose's. top UZRs belong to the following al'ers: 1b daric barton 12.7 | lyle overbay 0.1 | 5 of 8 mark teixiera -2.9 2b mark ellis 9.8 | orlando hudson 9.7 | 5 of 8 robinson cano -0.6 ss alexei ramirez 10.8 | cliff pennington 9.9 | 7 of 9 derek jeter -4.7 3b kevin kouzmanoff 16.1 | adrian beltre 11.8 | 3 of 8 evan longoria 11.1 rf ichiro suzuki 15.6 | j.d. drew 3.8 cf julio borbon 8.9 | franklin gutierrez 7.3 lf brett gardner 22.3 | carl crawford 18.5 well, the voters did better in the outfield at least... Wait a minute, Derek Jeter had a worse UZR than Seven of Nine?

As Gwreck pointed out, Jeter was 59th out of 59 shortstops in Total Zone Rating.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010-specialpos_ss-fielding.shtml#players_standard_fielding::13

This year he showed the range of a manhole cover. This was tuchus licking of the highest (or is it lowest?) magnitude.

Later

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Rob Neyer had this to say on ESPN regarding Jeter winning a Gold Glove for 2010.

"It's his fifth, which means he's now won at least four more Gold Gloves than he's deserved."

[HahnSolo]

Boomer and Carton on WFAN absolutely embarassing themselves this morning with their ignorant defense of Jeter's win.
"He had the best fielding percentage and the fewest errors." That's an exact quote from Carton.
They also threw in a complaint about the "bloggers" who worry about range, etc.

[Frayed Knot]

HahnSolo wrote: Boomer and Carton on WFAN [are] absolutely embarrassing.

I fixed your quote for you.

[HahnSolo]

I know, shame on me for even listening. But I was hoping someone, anyone, would call in and confront them.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let 'em go.

Really, if folks want to inflate the notion of what Jeter is accomplishing with his glove, bat, grace, and gentle mannerisms, and even give him awards for it, perhaps we should stand back and let them. It only inflates the price of his contract and extends the length of time they're going to foolishly stick with him.

Seriously, imagine the Yankees with A-Rod at short and $19 million worth of athlete at third base. How many championships has he cost them already? Two?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Amazinly, the Snooze made the Jeter Injustice the back-page story today. FOOLS GOLD

The problem is the article is a typical wishywashy John Harper piece, focusing on the voting process and lacking the courage to come out and say what a joke it was.

[Ceetar]

hard not to love the picture though.

[Vic Sage]

Derek Jeter is the key to Yankee glory. If they don't re-sign him for 10years/$250M, they'll rue the day.

Hee Hee Hee.

[Willets Point]

Ceetar wrote: hard not to love the picture though.

What is the Mets' Little Secret?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Brett Favre sent them texts, too?

(It's the Samuels bit, about how he undermined Manuel and Randolph, and how his off-field player ties are still potentially problematic.)

[Frayed Knot]

NL Gold Gloves:

P - Bronson Arroyo
C - Yadier Molina
1B - Albert Pujols
2B - Brandon Phillips
SS - Troy Tulowitski
3B - Scott Rolen
OF - Micahel Bourne, Carlos Gonzalez, Shane Victorino

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

BOO! MIDWESTERN BIAS!

UZR
1B
Ike Davis 11.9
Adam LaRoche 4.8
Derrek Lee 2.3
Joey Votto 2.2
Albert Pujols 1.1

OF
Andres Torres 21.2
Jay Bruce 20.2
Michael Bourn 17.6
Angel Pagan 15.1
...
Shane Victorino 2.6
...
...
Carlos Gonzalez -2.7

Edited November 10, 2010 by Guest