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In case you missed it final week, Rawlings Sporting Items Firm, Inc., introduced the finalists for the 2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award®, honoring the most effective particular person fielding performances at every place within the American League® and Nationwide League®.
The winners can be unveiled throughout a one-hour, special-edition “Baseball Tonight” broadcast on ESPN Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Background:
Whereas the award originated in 1957, Rawlings first started highlighting the top-three defenders at every place as finalists in 2011. This season, the Cleveland Guardians and Kansas Metropolis Royals lead the AL with 4 finalists every, and the Arizona Diamondbacks prime the NL with 5 finalists.
“The announcement of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists every year creates a lot pleasure for our model and the game of baseball, to not point out for the gifted athletes which might be chosen as the highest defenders at their respective positions,” stated Mike Thompson, chief advertising and marketing officer of Rawlings. “We look ahead to recognizing the winners of the extremely coveted Rawlings Gold Glove Awards in just a few weeks, however till then, we’ll benefit from the banter amongst followers as to who’s most deserving at every place.”
How Finalists Are Chosen:
To find out the winners of the 18 defensive place Awards, every staff’s supervisor and as much as six coaches on his workers vote from a pool of certified gamers of their League and can’t vote for gamers from their very own staff. In 2013, Rawlings added the SABR Defensive Index™ (SDI) to the Rawlings Gold Glove Award choice course of, which contains roughly 25 % of the general choice complete, with the managers’ and coaches’ votes persevering with to hold the bulk.
To determine the utility Award winners, Rawlings collaborated with SABR to create a specialised defensive method separate from the normal choice course of for the Rawlings Gold Glove Award place winners. Using the SABR method and extra defensive statistics, Rawlings will choose one utility winner from every League.
2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Finalists – American League
Pitcher
- Cole Ragans, Kansas Metropolis Royals
- Seth Lugo, Kansas Metropolis Royals
- Griffin Canning, Los Angeles Angels
Catcher
- Freddy Fermin, Kansas Metropolis Royals
- Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners
- Jake Rogers, Detroit Tigers
First Base
- Ryan Mountcastle, Baltimore Orioles
- Nathaniel Lowe, Texas Rangers
- Carlos Santana, Minnesota Twins
Second Base
- Nicky Lopez, Chicago White Sox
- Marcus Semien, Texas Rangers
- Andrés Giménez, Cleveland Guardians
Third Base
- Ernie Clement, Toronto Blue Jays
- José Ramírez, Cleveland Guardians
- Alex Bregman, Houston Astros
Shortstop
- Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas Metropolis Royals
- Anthony Volpe, New York Yankees
- Brayan Rocchio, Cleveland Guardians
Left Discipline
- Alex Verdugo, New York Yankees
- Colton Cowser, Baltimore Orioles
- Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians
Heart Discipline
- Jarren Duran, Boston Purple Sox
- Jake Meyers, Houston Astros
- Daulton Varsho, Toronto Blue Jays
Proper Discipline
- Wilyer Abreu, Boston Purple Sox
- Juan Soto, New York Yankees
- Jo Adell, Los Angeles Angels
Utility
- Mauricio Dubón, Houston Astros
- Willi Castro, Minnesota Twins
- Dylan Moore, Seattle Mariners
2024 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Finalists – Nationwide League
Pitcher
- Luis Severino, New York Mets
- Zack Wheeler, Philadelphia Phillies
- Chris Sale, Atlanta Braves
Catcher
- Patrick Bailey, San Francisco Giants
- Gabriel Moreno, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Will Smith, Los Angeles Dodgers
First Base
- Bryce Harper, Philadelphia Phillies
- Matt Olson, Atlanta Braves
- Christian Walker, Arizona Diamondbacks
Second Base
- Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Brice Turang, Milwaukee Brewers
- Bryson Stott, Philadelphia Phillies
Third Base
- Nolan Arenado, St. Louis Cardinals
- Ryan McMahon, Colorado Rockies
- Matt Chapman, San Francisco Giants
Shortstop
- Masyn Winn, St. Louis Cardinals
- Dansby Swanson, Chicago Cubs
- Ezequiel Tovar, Colorado Rockies
Left Discipline
- Ian Happ, Chicago Cubs
- Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Arizona Diamondbacks
- Brandon Marsh, Philadelphia Phillies
Heart Discipline
- Jacob Younger, Washington Nationals
- Brenton Doyle, Colorado Rockies
- Blake Perkins, Milwaukee Brewers
Proper Discipline
- Jake McCarthy, Arizona Diamondbacks
- Sal Frelick, Milwaukee Brewers
- Mike Yastrzemski, San Francisco Giants
Utility
- Kiké Hernández, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Brendan Donovan, St. Louis Cardinals
- Jared Triolo, Pittsburgh Pirates
The 2024 finalists embody seven former Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners within the American League and ten former winners within the Nationwide League.
Following the Rawlings Gold Glove Award televised announcement particular on ESPN, Sunday, Nov. 3, followers can vote for his or her favourite defensive participant in every league to find out who can be named the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™ winners. A mixture of the nationwide fan vote and the SDI will decide who takes house the honour.
Voting for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award offered by SABR will start on-line at www.Rawlings.com on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 9:30 p.m. ET and can stay open till Thursday, Nov. 7, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners can be unveiled on the Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony in New York Metropolis, on Friday, Nov. 8.
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