The Twins (Kind of) did Something not Bad!
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Last night, Rawlings handed out this year’s Gold Gloves. No current Twins took home the hardware, but very recent Twin Ty France won for his work at first base. Congrats to him! Starting the spring with a non-guaranteed contract and finishing with a Gold Glove and a trip to the World Series is a hell of a turnaround!
France’s win means the Twins have made history (in a positive way for once). The Twins become the first team in MLB history to have different first basemen win Gold Gloves in back-to-back seasons. They are only the seventh team to do so for any infield position.
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Teams with different consecutive Gold Glove infielders |
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Team |
Position |
1st Gold Glover |
Season |
2nd Gold Glover |
Season |
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Pirates |
P |
Harvey Haddix |
1960 |
Bobby Shantz |
1961 |
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Phillies |
SS |
Bobby Wine |
1963 |
Ruben Amaro Sr. |
1964 |
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Reds |
2B |
Bret Boone |
1998 |
Pokey Reese |
1999 |
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Braves |
P |
Greg Maddux |
2002 |
Mike Hampton |
2003 |
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Cardinals |
2B |
Kolten Wong |
2020 |
Tommy Edman |
2021 |
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Astros |
SS |
Carlos Correa |
2021 |
Jeremy Peña |
2022 |
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Twins |
1B |
Carlos Santana |
2024 |
Ty France |
2025 |
Hopefully, free agent first basemen are begging their agents to get them to Minnesota for their free Gold Glove then, immediately depart for a playoff-bound team the next season. Hell, that may be the only thing Falvey can offer a free agent this winter!
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