No Aaron Judge in MLB’s list of Gold Glove Award finalists

On Thursday, MLB announced the list of finalists for the 2022 Gold Glove Awards, which are given to the best fielders of the season. The name of the winner will be unveiled on November 1 before Game 4 of the World Series. The first “Utility” category winner will be chosen in 2022.

There are three finalists from each league for each of the 10 categories. MLB recently added an award for “Utility,” which goes to players who can play more than one position.

The 30 managers and six coaches from each team vote to select the winner of each category. No manager or coach can choose any of their own players though they can vote for a pool of players from their League to choose winners of Gold Glove awards.

These votes constitute 75% of the total votes for selecting winners of Gold Glove awards, with the remaining 25% being accounted for by the SABR’s defensive index (Society for American Baseball Research).

The only exception is the Utility position, which has a specific defensive formula.

The smoothest of the smooth with the glove.

These are your 2022 @RawlingsSports Gold Glove Award Finalists. pic.twitter.com/C3MRCyzxE1

— MLB (@MLB) October 20, 2022

Since 1957, Rawlings has given Gold Glove awards to the best players at each position in Major League Baseball.

The Yankees put forward the names of five players for different positions: DJ LeMahieu (utility), Jameson Taillon (pitcher), Anthony Rizzo (first base), Andrew Benintendi (left field), and Jose Trevino (catcher). But they didn’t put forward their power hitter and home-run record holder Aaron Judge.

Manager Aaron Boone thinks that Judge’s time at both spots this season hurt him, even though he didn’t make a mistake in 281 chances. He played 74 games in the middle and 54 games on the right.

“Had he played the whole year right field, he’s probably a finalist in right,” Boone said, “And the same for center, so probably getting split up hurt him a little bit. He’s a great defender. He’s a great right fielder.”

Check out the full list of finalists for Gold Glove awards:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

UTILITY

DJ LeMahieu, – New York Yankees

Whit Merrifield – Kansas/Blue Jays

Luis Rengifo – Los Angeles Angels

RIGHT FIELD

Jackie Bradley Jr. – Red Sox/Blue Jays

Max Kepler – Minnesota Twins

Kyle Tucker – Houston Astros

CENTER FIELD

Cedric Mullin – Baltimore Orioles

Myles Straw – Cleveland Guardians

Michael A. Taylor – Kansas City Royals

LEFT FIELD

Andrew Benintendi – Royals/Yankees

Steven Kwan – Cleveland Guardians

Brandon Marsh – Angels/Phillies

3RD BASE

Matt Chapman – Toronto Blue Jays

José Ramírez – Cleveland Guardians

Ramón Urías – Baltimore Orioles

SHORTSTOP

Xander Bogaerts – Boston Red Sox

Carlos Correa – Minnesota Twins

Jeremy Peña – Houston Astros

2ND BASE

Andrés Giménez – Cleveland Guardians

Jonathan Schoop – Detroit Tigers

Marcus Semien – Texas Rangers

1ST BASE

Luis Arraez – Minnesota Twins

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Toronto Blue Jays

Anthony Rizzo – New York Yankees

CATCHER

Sean Murphy – Oakland Athletics

Cal Raleigh – Seattle Mariners

Jose Trevino – New York Yankees

PITCHERS

Jose Berríos – Toronto Blue Jays

Shane Bieber – Cleveland Guardians

Jameson Taillon – New York Yankees

NATIONAL LEAGUE

UTILITY

Brendan Donovan – St. Louis Cardinals

Tommy Edman – St. Louis Cardinals

Daulton Varsho – Arizona Diamondbacks

RIGHT FIELD

Mookie Betts – Los Angeles Dodgers

Juan Soto – Nationals/Padres

Daulton Varsho – Arizona Diamondbacks

CENTER FIELD

Trent Grisham – San Diego Padres

Victor Robles – Washington Nationals

Alek Thomas – Arizona Diamondbacks

LEFT FIELD

Ian Happ – Chicago Cubs

David Peralta – Diamondbacks/Rays

Christian Yelich – Milwaukee Brewers

3RD BASE

Nolan Arenado – St. Louis Cardinals

Ke’Bryan Hayes – Pittsburgh Pirates

Ryan McMahon – Colorado Rockies

SHORTSTOP

Ha-Seong Kim – San Diego Padres

Miguel Rojas – Miami Marlins

Dansby Swanson – Atlanta Braves

2ND BASE

Jake Cronenwort – San Diego Padres

Tommy Edman – St. Louis Cardinals

Brendan Rodgers – Colorado Rockies

1ST BASE

Paul Goldschmidt – St. Louis Cardinals

Matt Olson – Atlanta Braves

Christian Walker – Arizona Diamondbacks

RECEPTORS

Travis d’Arnaud – Atlanta Braves

Tomas Nido – New York Mets

J.T. Realmuto – Philadelphia Phillies

PITCHERS

Tyler Anderson – Los Angeles Dodgers

Corbin Burnes – Milwaukee Brewers

Max Fried – Atlanta Braves

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