Finalists for the 2023 Rawling Gold Glove Award had been introduced at this time, however the Royals had been utterly shut out.

Bobby Witt Jr. was not named a finalist regardless of main all American League shortstops in Outs Above Common and Defensive Runs Above Common. Carlos Correa of the Astros, Corey Seager of the Rangers, and Anthony Volpe of the Yankees had been named finalists at shortstop.

Maikel Garcia was additionally neglected at third, in favor of Alex Bregman of the Astros, José Ramírez of the Guardians, and Matt Chapman of the Blue Jays. Garcia led all American League third basemen in Outs Above Common and Defensive Runs Above Common.

Six-time Gold Glove winner Zack Greinke was not a finalist regardless of ending second in Defensive Runs Saved, in response to SIS Baseball. Greinke didn’t pitch the required 138 innings by the group’s 138th sport, and was not eligible. José Berríos of the Blue Jays, and Sonny Grey and Pablo López of the Twins are the American League finalists at pitcher.

Salvador Perez is not going to get an opportunity to earn his sixth Gold Glove, as he was bypassed in favor of finalists Jonah Heim of the Rangers, Adley Rutschman of the Orioles, and Alejandro Kirk of the Blue Jays. Perez has not received a Gold Glove since 2018, and his caught stealing fee plummeted to 14 %, nicely beneath the league common of 20 %, whereas his framing nonetheless stays close to the underside of the league.

The award is decided by a mix of a vote and using a metric referred to as SABR Defensive Index, which measures the variety of runs saved by a participant’s defensive efficiency over the course of a season, in comparison with the common defensive participant at that place. For the vote, every group will get seven votes, decided by the supervisor and 6 coaches, who can’t vote for their very own gamers.

No Royals received the award final yr, though Andrew Benintendi and Michael A. Taylor had been finalists. You’ll be able to see a full checklist of finalists for the Gold Glove right here.