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.
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
Who do you think will win the AL Gold Glove awards? Name your choice below.
