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Maddux wins record 18th Gold Glove; five win for first time Anonymous
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3684696
>> Unfunny Tripfag !4LULzq1jAc
WHAT NO UGGLA?
>> Anonymous
P Greg Maddux, Dodgers
C Yadier Molina, Cardinals
1B Adrian Gonzalez, Padres
2B Brandon Phillips, Reds
3B David Wright, Mets
SS Jimmy Rollins, Phillies
OF Nate McLouth, Pirates; Carlos Beltran, Mets; Shane Victorino, Phillies
>> Anonymous
Who won the AL Golden Gloves?
>> Anonymous
>>453570
not announced yet
>> Anonymous
>>453570
Why bother? Fielding doesn't matter in the AL.
>> Anonymous
>>453582
>HERPA DERP PITCHERS ARE GOOD HITTERS LOL
>> Anonymous
>>453583
lolwut
>> Anonymous
>>453570
Nick Punto in all fields
>> Kilgamayan !2BklmILFiE
>Nate McLouth

ATOMIC RAGE HOLY FUCK THIS IS AS BAD AS PUJOLS GETTING SCREWED
>> Worst Gold Gloves ever. Anonymous
As an indication, here is how each winner performed in plus/minus this year (just at the position they played primarily), along with their MLB ranks in the position.

Adrian Gonzalez: -6 (25th)
Brandon Phillips: +17 (4th)
David Wright: +3 (13th)
Jimmy Rollins: +23 (1st)
Carlos Beltran: +24 (2nd)
Shane Victorino: +10 (7th)
<b>Nate McLouth: -40 (35th)</b>


And for reference, here were the NL leaders at each position (note: these are not necessarily who I would endorse for the GG):

1B: Albert Pujols +20 (2nd)
2B: Chase Utley +47 (1st)
3B: Blake DeWitt +11 (7th)
SS: <b>Jimmy Rollins +23 (1st)</b>
CF: <b>Carlos Beltran +24 (1st)</b>
RF: Brian Giles +20 (2nd)
LF: Willie Harris +22 (2nd)*

Chris Young (+23), Cody Ross (+15) and Jody Gerut (+12) were all centerfielders with a higher contribution than Victorino.

*Harris was a +25 playing six different positions.


(Note: this is cut-and-pasted from someone else at another message board.)
>> Anonymous
>>453636
Explain this "plus/minus" statistic
>copy-and-pasted
fix'd
>> Kilgamayan !2BklmILFiE
>>453654

This is John Dewan's description. It can be found at http://www.fieldingbible.com.

>My book, The Fielding Bible, goes into great length (ad nauseum to some) describing the new fielding system we developed at Baseball Info Solutions, the Plus/Minus System. Video Scouts at BIS review video of every play of every major league game and record detailed information on each play, such as the location of each batted ball, the speed, the type of hit, etc. Using this in-depth data, we’re able to figure out how each player compares to his peers at his position. How often does Derek Jeter field that softly batted ball located 20 feet to the right of the normal shortstop position, for example, compared to all other major league shortstops?

>A player gets credit (a "plus" number) if he makes a play that at least one other player at his position missed during the season, and he loses credit (a "minus" number) if he misses a play that at least one player made. The size of the credit is directly related to how often players make the play. Each play is looked at individually, and a score is given for each play. Sum up all the plays for each player at his position and you get his total plus/minus for the season. A total plus/minus score near zero means the player is average. A score above zero is above average and a negative score is below average. Adam Everett turned in the highest score we’ve had in four years of using the system with a +43 at shortstop in 2006. That means he made 43 more plays than the average MLB shortstop would make.
>> Anonymous
Victorino's is fairly legit, being a very good CF is a lot tougher than being a great LF/RF.

McLouth is fail to the max though. And Wright/Gonzalez are pretty bad as well.
>> Anonymous
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>>453634
Wow. I had no idea that he was literally the worst fielding regular in baseball.
>> Anonymous
>>453662
As a Mets fan, I can not say that he played Gold Glove caliber defense. However, his defense was above average.
>> Anonymous
wait, Cody Ross is a good fielder? No shit? I never actually saw him play there, but I thought that Amezaga was a great fielder.
>> Anonymous
David Wright? Really?
>> Anonymous
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Mindfuck.
When you see it...
>> Kilgamayan !2BklmILFiE
David Wright's not actually a bad choice. He's not as good a choice as Ryan Zimmerman or Blake DeWitt, but there are plenty of worse choices.
>> Anonymous
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>> HKK !h7MHU9L/Oo
Nate McLouth winning a Gold Glove is all you need to know about how useless and irrelevant those awards have become.
>> NL Gold Glove voters erred on McLouth Anonymous
Rob Neyer agrees

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3684832&name=Neyer_Rob
>> Anonymous
>>453789
Rob Neyer is a great writer.

But Scott Rolen was in the AL this year. . .
>> Anonymous
david wright is fine. those throwing errors killed his stats tho.