2021 Gold Glove Finalists (The Twins)

[Seth Stohs]

Rawlings is now announcing the three finalists at each position for the Gold Glove award. 

The first announced was AL Starting Pitcher, and a former Twins pitching is on the list. Congrats, La Makina! 

 

[Seth Stohs]

Andrelton Simmons is a finalist at shortstop. 

 

[jmlease1]

It's depressing, but I'd vote Correa.

Simmons, for all his many flaws as a hitter, was still very good defensively and is a reasonable finalist. Isiah Kiner-Falefa deserved some love; he was also very good again.

[MMMordabito]

Long overdue for Berrios.  I hope he gets it.

[Doctor Gast]

Congratulations to both Berrios and Simmons, they deserve it! Hope they both win! Simmons got Twins most valuable Defensive Player and Golden Glove selected him as a finalist. Now who am to believe, them or fans who look at Simmons through negative filter magnify glass?

[h2oface]

8 hours ago, Doctor Gast said:

....Now who am to believe, them or fans who look at Simmons through negative filter magnify glass?

I would believe those that watched the games. Gold glovers are far to often a reputation/popularity/mystery pick, and very often not the best defender. I didn't use negative filters to watch Simmons, but I saw him make at least twice as many errors as they scored him with. Official scorers are charity workers. But Simmons has a reputation, regardless of whether he can live up to it. Hell, Dozier even won a Gold Glove!

Berrios deserves it. Too bad he isn't a Twin, now.

[AceWrigley]

I think Correa should probably win the GG. Nicky Lopez of KC was great on the DP. Kiner-Faelfa plays shortstop for a reason. Simmons defense (errors) seemed to hurt the Twins as much as help sometimes; just didn't look like the best defensive shortstop in the league.

[bean5302]

I agree with the position on Simmons. Lots of booted balls, poor range. DRS/Range Factor isn't a valuable stat for infielders at all when it comes to teams who use the shift a lot (Twins). 

[Brock Beauchamp]

On 10/29/2021 at 1:06 AM, h2oface said:

I would believe those that watched the games. Gold glovers are far to often a reputation/popularity/mystery pick, and very often not the best defender. I didn't use negative filters to watch Simmons, but I saw him make at least twice as many errors as they scored him with. Official scorers are charity workers. But Simmons has a reputation, regardless of whether he can live up to it. Hell, Dozier even won a Gold Glove!

Berrios deserves it. Too bad he isn't a Twin, now.

The award is no longer merely a straight vote, though. 25% of the vote is awarded by SABR defensive stats while managers and coaches account for the other 75%. 

[RpR]

On 10/28/2021 at 4:46 PM, Doctor Gast said:

Congratulations to both Berrios and Simmons, they deserve it! Hope they both win! Simmons got Twins most valuable Defensive Player and Golden Glove selected him as a finalist. Now who am to believe, them or fans who look at Simmons through negative filter magnify glass?

There is a lot of Simmon's hate on this site; he was the best defense player on the team and his range made Arraez look like a turtle with a bad leg.

He had two fewer errors than during two of his previous GG years.