Article: Corbin Burnes and Christian Yelich Named Gold Glove Finalists

[Robocaller]

7 hours ago, Pugger said:

Why should we be knocking/dissing Yelich for being in the conversation for LF fielding just because he isn't the hitter he once was?  I don't think a player's offensive prowess is considered for this honor.  He probably won't get it but kudos to him anyway.

because of the long history of gold gloves going to good hitters who field poorly. For example, Derek Jeter won 5 gold gloves in spite of being a below-average fielder. 

Basically gold gloves don't mean much, except to the player who has a bonus in his contract for a GG.

[Robocaller]

7 hours ago, Pugger said:

Why should we be knocking/dissing Yelich for being in the conversation for LF fielding just because he isn't the hitter he once was?  I don't think a player's offensive prowess is considered for this honor.  He probably won't get it but kudos to him anyway.

because of the long history of gold gloves going to good hitters who field poorly. For example, Derek Jeter won 5 gold gloves in spite of being a below-average fielder. 

Basically gold gloves don't mean much, except to the player who has a bonus in his contract for a GG.

[Robocaller]

3 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Remember everybody, LF is usually everybody's weakest outfielder.  You could do worse than Yelich out there.

we literally couldn't without acquiring someone. Even McCutchen played better in the field. 

[Robocaller]

3 minutes ago, SomewhereInTime said:

Remember everybody, LF is usually everybody's weakest outfielder.  You could do worse than Yelich out there.

we literally couldn't without acquiring someone. Even McCutchen played better in the field. 

[brewman70]

If Yelich had Renfroe's arm he could win every year.

[brewman70]

If Yelich had Renfroe's arm he could win every year.

[SomewhereInTime]

14 hours ago, Robocaller said:

we literally couldn't without acquiring someone. Even McCutchen played better in the field. 

Debatable on McCutchen.  He didn't play enough to have any meaningful defensive stats and I don't think he could hold up playing every day in the field anyway.

All the others played other outfield positions because they weren't the worst outfielder on the team.

[CheezWizHed]

On 10/20/2022 at 3:36 PM, Robocaller said:

Yelich doesn't hit enough to win a gold glove anymore. :-)

Shouldn't the best fielding pitcher be someone who gives up a bunch of ground balls that the pitcher needs to make a play on (catch, assist, or put out)?

A K is the best defense of all! ?

[CheezWizHed]

On 10/20/2022 at 3:36 PM, Robocaller said:

Yelich doesn't hit enough to win a gold glove anymore. :-)

Shouldn't the best fielding pitcher be someone who gives up a bunch of ground balls that the pitcher needs to make a play on (catch, assist, or put out)?

A K is the best defense of all! ?

[Robocaller]

4 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

A K is the best defense of all! ?

yes, but "gold glove" suggests fielding the ball is key. 

[Robocaller]

4 hours ago, CheezWizHed said:

A K is the best defense of all! ?

yes, but "gold glove" suggests fielding the ball is key.