Christian Yelich named finalist for Gold Glove in left field

The winners will be announced November 8 on ESPN. Machado previously won the Gold Glove at the position in 2013 and 2015. Hardy during a seven-week absence because of a foot injury.

All statistics are courtesy of FanGraphs.

The SABR SDI (SABR Defensive Index) is updated only through August 7 on the organization’s website.

The Boston Red Sox slugger captured the Hank Aaron Award on Wednesday as the top hitter in the American League this season.

While awards don’t do much to satiate a fan base void of playoff baseball, it’s important to remember that the Seattle Mariners have one of the greatest infield combinations in the whole MLB in Cano and Seager.

The 33-year-old lives in Summerville during the offseason and is competing against four-time victor Alex Gordon of the Royals and Colby Rasmus of the Astros. While Pedroia is a three-time recipient, Kinsler has never won the award.

While Machado was a given, Davis’ candidacy wasn’t.

Three members of the Kansas City Royals have been named finalists for Rawlings Gold Glove awards. He was credited with throwing out 37 would-be base-stealers.

The last outfield to win a Gold Glove for the Astros was Michael Bourn who won two consecutive in 2009-10. Most experts tag Posey as the favorite to win this year. Despite leading the AL with 22 errors, his defense scored well in other statistical measures, including Defensive Runs Saved where he tied with Beltre for 15 runs saved.

Several Orioles were passed over for the nominations, most notably Hardy at shortstop.

However, advanced defensive metrics indicate Crawford or Russell was the better overall defender. The other two finalists are Jose Iglesias and Francisco Lindor.

Congrats to both, and here’s to hoping they both take home the awards at their respective positions.

His bases-loaded, two-outs-in-the-ninth leaping catch at the left-field wall at Yankee Stadium that sealed a one-run win over Toronto in September comes to mind.