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Joe, Joe, and Jamie
The biggest news of the week is probably one of the best
players in baseball signing an 8 year deal for 184 million buckaroos. No big
deal right? Of course it is . He’s off the market this year and the Yankees can
focus on some other players but still. Joe Mauer. The best catcher in baseball,
currently. No question. And for all those people that thought Joe Mauer will be
a Yank after this off-season, me for example, might be sad because we don’t get
him, or be happy because we can spend more money on other players. Not saying
the Yanks would have gotten him anyway but I can hope and nobody has the power
to stop that. The Yankees will either have to go with prospect Jesus Montero or
rookie Fransisco Cervelli. Speaking of Jesus Montero, he has been sent down to
minor league camp along with Austin Romine. Montero might be a September
call-up later on and definently has potential to be a great catcher.
Same team. Same name. Different person. All-Star closer Joe Nathan will be
having Tommy John surgery on his right elbow after tearing it on March 9th.
(Phew. Thank god I didn’t chose him for my fantasy team). Nathan will be out
the whole year and the Twins potentially lose a bunch of games because of his
loss. He had 40 saves with an under 2.50 ERA which is a great year. He did blow
a few games last year, 2 to our Yanks, and the Twins won’t have the same force
at the end of the game like they did. Good luck Joe.
The Yankees returned Jamie Hoffman to the Dodgers and there are whispers in the
air that the Yankees might try and get him back, perhaps with Chad Gaudin or
Sergio Mitre. Hoffman is a big man (6 ft 3 inches, 235 lbs) and can play. He
has a decent power bat and has over-average defense. The Yankees need a young
outfielder that can be a threat in the Majors.
Gaudin and Mitre on the other hand… They Yankees probably need to get
rid of one of them to have more variety in pitching.
Thanks, please feel free to post comments, etc.
The Yankeeholics
Uniform Numbers have to have Best Players too
There hasn’t been much going on in baseball except everybody
wondering which team Johnny Damon will go to and the transactions that have
been made which we will have in our transaction review (sorry about the timing
of that). So I decided I wanted to see who the best current baseball player was
at each uniform number. Like who is the best baseball player who wears number 1
or 2. And yes I am going to bore you until 99 but I will take it one by one. I
will have 10 different ones every week, so you won’t be as bored. Here is 1-10.
1: The best
player that wears number 1 is Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts. Not to say
Brian Roberts isn’t good but he didn’t have that much competition like Corey
Hart and Luis Castillo Brian Roberts has the most homeruns and RBI’s (16 and
79) he has the second best average after Nyjer Morgan (.283 to .307). What
makes Roberts better than Morgan is the power numbers. Roberts had 16 homeruns
which is good for a leadoff hitter and 79 RBI’s which is very good for a
leadoff hitter.
2: The best player that wears number 2 is probably going to be our closest
one ever. And Hanley Ramirez is our winner. Who is that unlucky man who just
lost to the great Han-Ram? You guessed it, Derek Jeter. If I was a Yankee fan
who didn’t appreciate anybody else I would say Derek Jeter. But I know Hanley
Ramirez is better than Derek Jeter. He has a better average, but not by that
much (.342 -.334), Hanley has better power (24 HR to 18 HR), and more RBI’s
(106 to 66). Jeter had more speed than Hanley and had a better defensive year
but Hanley was a lock in the Marlins 3 spot while Jeter was very valuable to
his World Series team. This debate will go on for a while.
3: Evan Longoria
is the unanimous choice. The only person that might stand a chance is Jorge
Cantu. But here come the stats. Cantu did have a good year (16 homers, 100
RBIS, .289 BA) but Longoria had way better power numbers (33 homers, 133 RBI’s,
.528 SLG). Cantu had a better average and was more versatile then Longoria but
as a starting player that didn’t matter.
4: Brandon
Phillips is the choice here. He has competition in Jose Lopez who has a mix of
power and average as well. They both have very good 25 homerun capable power
both hitting at least 20 last year. They both bat in the .270′s but the big
difference is the speed and defense. Brandon Phillips has both of these. He is
a gold glove second baseman and stole 25 bases last year. Therefore Brandon
Phillips is better than Jose Lopez by speed and defensive value.
5: There isn’t
much to say here. Just two names, Albert and Pujols. Pujols is the best
player in baseball and definitely the best number 5 in baseball. I don’t
even need to compare him to anybody. 8 time All-Star, 5x Silver
Slugger, 06 Gold Glove, and 3 time NL MVP. Enough said.
6: Ryan Howard is
lucky that he doesn’t wear number 5 or nobody would consider him. Melvin Mora
might be the only person I can compare him to and that would just be unfair.
Ryan Howard has 141 RBI’s compared to Melvin Mora’s 48 and 104 in 09 and 08. He
had 45 homers this year and Mora had 31 in the past 2 years. You Orioles fan
might want to skip to #7.
7: Joe Mauer is
pretty obvious and I will compare to poor James Loney. Mauer had 15 more homers
(13 – 28), almost 90 points better in average (.365 to .281). Joe Mauer was
also more valuable to his team last year. Without him they wouldn’t have gotten
anywhere. The Dodgers still had Manny. I will stop picking on James Loney and
let you Dodger fans not get put through the torture…
8: Ryan Braun had a very good year but will
it be enough to beat out Shane Victorino? The stats will show us. Ryan Braun
had 22 more hits (203 to 181), a better average (.320 to .292), Braun had more
homers (32-10) and RBI’s (115-62). Victorino had more speed though (25-20 SB’s)
and was a better fielder (.994 fielding percentage to .997), and made less errors
(2-1). But overall it is clear that Braun has a big edge.
9: Who will be
the best at number 9? Chone Figgins or Hunter Pence? Well Hunter Pence
obviously has less stolen bases (42-14). He has 5 times as many homers (5-25)
and more RBI’s (54-72). Figgins had a better average (.298-.282), a better OBP
(.395 to .346) and more hits (183-165). It was pretty even but Figgins scored
more runs for his team (114-76) therefore being worth more to his team.
10: Michael Young
and Chipper Jones are pretty even and Jones had a bad 09 so I will compare the
Michael Young 09 to the Chipper Jones of 08. Jones had a better average (.364
-.322), the same amount of homers (22), Chipper has 71 RBI’s to 68 RBI’s, less
games (155 to 128). Michael Young had more triples (2-1), more runs scored
(102- 82), and more hits (174 to 160). Pretty even but the reason I am going to
choice Michael Young is because of Chipper’s horrible 2009 season. He batted
exactly 100 points less than last year. Michael Young is therefore the best
player who currently wears the number 10.
Thank You, Thank You. Any questions, comments or disagreements? Feel free to comment.
Looking Ahead to 2011
Yes you may ask ‘Why so early?’ Well you can all blame this
on Matt Holliday. I was just thinking why the Yankees didn’t want to offer him
a contract to be the Yankees left fielder next year and then a light bulb went
off in my head!
The Yankees don’t want to spend on Holliday because they
want to “unleash” next year. Well, why not! Holliday would be great this year
and I still want him but right now it doesn’t seem like a choice. Plus there
are plenty of great left fielders next year (Carl Crawford, Jayson Werth) and
the Yankees can fill their hole with one of them. Though if they do somehow
surprise everybody and sign Holliday, then they will risk getting perhaps Carl
Crawford/ Jayson Werth and Joe Mauer…
·
If we sign Matt Holliday then we won’t have the
need to sign Carl Crawford or Jayson Werth which is ok, but we also may not
have the chance of signing Joe Mauer, former AL MVP. If we sign Holliday then
we won’t have the money to sign Crawford and Mauer which we all know is better
than just Matt Holliday.
·
If we don’t sign Matt Holliday then we will have
the money to sign power hitting Jayson Werth or stolen base threat Carl
Crawford along with perhaps, Joe Mauer. Posada would move to full time DH and
Mauer would catch. Crawford/ Werth could play left field and your lineup would
be set.
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So this year I would go with Brett Gardner. If
Gardner has a good year (.290 BA, 100 hits, 30-50 SB) then there is probably no
need for Crawford because Gardner can be just as fast and is cheaper, so why wouldn’t
we go with Gardy? Even if Gardner doesn’t have a good year, we can always go out and sign Magglio Ordonez, Jayson Werth, or of course Carl Crawford. I would take the chance with Gardner, and if he doesn’t work out in the middle of the season you could try Jamie Hoffman or trade for a 1 year left fielder .
So as you see there is no need for Matt Holliday. He is a
very good player but sometimes you have to think ahead. A Matt Holliday signing
would probably mean no attempt to
get Joe Mauer. So all I can hope is that we do not sign Matt Holliday and Gardner
has an above average year so we have the money to sign the expensive Joe Mauer.
If we can do this then our lineup would be amazing.
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SS Derek Jeter (.330 BA)
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C Joe Mauer (.350 BA)
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1B Mark Teixeira (35-40 homers)
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3B Alex Rodriguez (30-40 homers)
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DH Jorge Posada (20-30 homers)
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CF Curtis Granderson (20-30 homers)
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2B Robinson Cano (.315 BA)
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RF Nick Swisher (20-30 homers)
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LF Brett Gardner (20+SB)
Granderson and Mauer can be switched as well. Granderson can
bat second and Mauer can bat 5th.
The Yankees also were trying hard to be the team to get Cliff Lee this year
instead of the Mariners, but they had to give up one of Joba Chamberlain and
Phil Hughes. But after the 2010 season Cliff Lee is a free agent, and with the
free agency of both Andy Pettitte and Javier Vazquez next year the Yankees
might be one of the top contenders to get Lee.
·
If Andy Pettitte retires and Javier Vazquez has
a good year, we resign Vazquez and Pettitte is gone. We also sign Lee and have
a very formidable rotation of CC, Cliff Lee, AJ Burnett, Vazquez, and Hughes/
Chamberlain.
·
If Pettitte does not retire and has a bad year
(in 2010) and Vazquez has a good year, we could go with either one along with
hopefully Lee.
·
If Pettitte does not retire and has a good year
this year and Vazquez has a good year, I see us going with Pettitte. Along with
Lee of course
·
If Pettitte does not retire and has a good year this
year and Vazquez has a bad year, then we obviously go with Andy.
The Yankees would have a very good rotation and a very scary
team to face in a four game series .
·
CC Sabathia
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Cliff Lee
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AJ Burnett
·
Javier Vazquez/Andy Pettitte
·
Joba Chamberlain/ Phil Hughes
I am not saying any of this will happen and probably will
not but nothing is impossible. One of the main reasons it will be hard to do
this is because we have to use money to resign Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
So the very expensive Joe Mauer and Cliff Lee along with resigning DJ and Mo
would be a lot of money.
And the winner is…
Well the award season is over and we have many deserving winners and many non-deserving winners as well. We will quickly go through all of the winners and tell you why they won it. 
So, let’s get started!
Most Valuable Player: AL: Joe Mauer, NL: Albert Pujols
Joe Mauer had an amazing season. He led the league in batting average, slugging, on-base percentage, and on-base+slugging. Do I need to say more?
King Albert is amazing. He hit 30 homers in the first half of the year and ended with 47. He was an early favorite to get a triple crown. See why he deserved it?
CY Young Award: AL: Zack Grienke, NL: Tim Lincecum
Zack Grienke’s ERA was under 2.30 and he had 216 strikeouts. Enough said. It is an obvious winner
Did Tim Lincecum deserve the CY Young? Well we don’t know and we don’t think so but this is something we can allllllll agree on. He had a very good season. 262 K’s and an ERA under 3. Pretty dang good for someone who does something illegal.
Rookie of the Year: AL: Andrew Bailey, NL: Chris Coghlan
In the NL Coghlan would be the unanimous c
hoice if not for JA Happ or Tommy Hanson. Chris Coghlan had the most hits after the all star break with 100+ hit. He hit .321 as well which led all NL outfielders. Not impressed? Well you should be.
In the AL Andrew Bailey shined from the ninth inning role with 26 saves in 30 chances. He had an ERA of 1.84 and got 6 wins from that closer spot. Pretty good for someone in his first season ever.
Manager of the Year: AL: Mike Scioscia, NL: Jim Tracy
In the AL Mike Scioscia won Manager of the Year because of how he managed his team after the tragic death of rookie Nick Adhenhart. After coming off of this sad, sad event Mike Scioscia managed his team to the ALCS.
When Jim Tracy became the Rockies manager, everybody thought they were gone. At the end of the year, the Rockies were in the playoffs.
Comeback player of the Year: AL: Aaron Hill, NL: Chris Carpenter
In the AL Aaron Hill went to the All Star game and won a silver slugger. What more can you ask for right? But he was coming back from a season ending concussion!
In the NL Chris Carpenter had an injury plagued 2008 and in 2009 he finished 2nd in the CY Young award ballot but really should have won it.
Delivery man of the year: Our very own Mariano Rivera is the DHL Delivery man of the year because he had the best ERA out of closers and had 42 saves and blew only 2. He is automatic.
Silver Sluggers:
AL and NL
C: Joe Mauer and Brian McCann
1B: Mark Teixeira and Albert Pujols
2B: Aaron Hill and Chase Utley
3B: Evan Longoria and Ryan Zimmerman
SS: Derek Jeter and Hanley Ramirez
OF: Torii Hunter and Ryan Braun
OF: Ichiro and Andre Ethier
OF: Jason Bay and Matt Kemp
DH/P: Adam Lind and Carlos Zambrano
All these guys had fantastic, amazing seasons when it came to hitting. The guys who didn’t hit .300 had 30 homers. And the guys that didn’t have 30 homers had an average over .300. (Except Zambrano) See what I mean?
Gold Glove:
AL and NL
C: Joe Mauer and Yadier Molina
1B: Mark Teixeira and Adrian Gonzalez
2B: Placido Polanco and Orlando Hudson
3B: Evan Longoria and Ryan
Zimmerman
SS: Derek Jeter and Jimmy Rollins
OF: Ichiro and Matt Kemp
OF: Adam Jones and Michael Bourn
OF: Torii Hunter and Shane Victorino
P: Mark Buehrle and Adam Wainwright
These guys kept making web gem after web gem. If it is Torii Hunter robbing a homer to Adrain Gonzalez covering home on a play that seemed impossible. But web gems weren’t everything of course. They all didn’t make errors when it seemed to matter the most. They made the big play when they mattered most.
Thank you, thank you, and thank you. All these guys deserved what they got. Most of them anyways…
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Joe Mauer. He is unbelievable.
UNBELIEVABLE. UNREALISTIC. UNSOMETHING. But it doesn’t matter how you want to
describe him, we all think the same. We all know that Joe Mauer deserved it
this year and we got to give it to him, even though we are angry because the
second and third guys were our very own Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter 
But
Tex and Jeet didn’t manage to put up as good numbers as Joe the Amazing, which
is pretty impossible. Mauer had a .365 batting average. WHAT! Is that even
possible? I am still confuzzled on how he did that. Even the monkey is
confused!
If the
monkey is puzzled then everybody is 
Well, how can you not be shocked when he
put up a .365 BA, 28 HR, 96 RBI’s, .444
OPS, .587 SLG and 1.031 OPS? Everything in bold led the league just so you
know. A BEAST. Like the tiger.
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Well enough about Joe Mauer, even though this article is
about him winning the MVP. We will get into our other former candidates.
Mark Teixeira: 39 HR, 122 RBI, 344 Total Bases.
Tex had a fantastic 09 if you like
forget his dreadful April. Considering this was his first year in his huge
contract. Some bit of pressure. He led the AL in power numbers with 39 homers
and 122 RBI and 344 total bases. Pretty darn good season especially considering
his April. But when A-Rod came back, everything was in place. Tex got his
pitches and hit his homers and collected his first World Series ring. Plus he
had an amazing season over at first base with the glove.
Derek Jeter: .334 BA, 212 H, 30 SB
DJ had another fantastic season. A
.334 batting average, led all infielders in hits and he was second in hits
after Ichiro while also collecting 30 stolen bases. Nice season considering he
moved from the second spot to the first which is a bigger move than it seems.
Miguel Cabrera: .324, 34 HR, 103 RBI’s
Miguel Cabrera had a very good season
with a very good .324 batting average and an over average 34 homeruns and 103
RBI’s. He might have had a better chance at winning the MVP if 1) he was better
at being a better person outside of the baseball diamond, and 2) if his team
had actually made it into the playoffs.
All these guys had fantastic years, but none better than Joe the Amazing.
Congratulations to the 2009 AL Sliver Slugger Winners!
Gold is
good, but for some reason I want some Silver…
The 2009 silver sluggers have been announced and 2 more
Yanks are in the mix for the AL. Here they are. Familiar faces from our Gold
Gloves.
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Mark Teixeira
2B: Aaron Hill
3B: Evan Longoria
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Jason Bay
OF: Torii Hunter
OF: Ichiro
Now here come our analysis
Catcher: Joe Mauer
Our Prediction: Joe Mauer
Joe Mauer ran away with the Silver Slugger this year hitting
.365 with 28 homers and 96 RBI’s. He struck out just 63 times in 523 AB’s. He
had a .444 OBP and a .587 SLG. No question this is Joe Mauer’s award.
First baseman: Mark Teixeira
Our prediction: Mark Teixiera
Tex won it not only because of his 39 homers and 122 RBI’s
but because these were his numbers after that dreadful April where he hit under
.150 with just 2 or 3 homers. Then the rest of the season he was amazing. He
finished the year with a .290 average, .383 OBP, and a .569 SLG. Bravo Tex,
bravo. The only competition he had was Miguel Cabrera who had better than him
in .OBP and average. But Tex won because of his league leading HR and RBI’s
Second Baseman: Aaron Hill
Our prediction: Robinson Cano
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–THIS IS NOT BECAUSE WE ARE YANKEE FANS! We did not choose
Cano because he is a Yankee. We chose him because he had a better average and
hit constantly from the 7th order in the lineup. Cano had the best
average out of any second baseman. He had a 40 point higher batting average
than Hill. Hill did have more power (36 HR’s to 25) than Cano and more RBI’s (108 to 85) but he was batting
in the third spot in the lineup. Cano was batting in the 7th hole.
Hill was coming off a concussion so all we can say in congratulations for your
first Silver Slugger Aaron Hill!
Third Baseman: Evan Longoria
Our prediction: Alex Rodriguez
Alex Rodriguez did deserve the Silver Slugger because he had
just 3 less homers, 13 less RBI’s, a better batting average (.286 to .281)
better OBP (.402 to .364) better SLG (.533 to .525) better OPS (.933 to .889)
and finally less strikeouts (97 to 140). A-Rod also missed a month of the year
and still put up his 12th straight 30 homer, 100 RBI season.
Amazing. The only reason Longoria won is because A-Rod missed a month of the
year.
Outfield: Jason Bay, Torii Hunter, Ichiro
Our Prediction: Jason Bay, Adam Lind, Ichiro
Jason Bay obviously would win it because of his 36 homers
and 119 RBI’s so that story is over. Adam Lind won in the DH but he did play
enough games to qualify in the outfield. Torii Hunter’s numbers were good just
not as mind blowing as Adam Lind’s 35 HR’s and 114 RBI’s. Finally Ichiro’s .352
average gave him the Silver Slugger. 11 HR’s, 225 hits, and .851 OPS is good for a
Silver Slugger
Designated Hitter: Adam Lind
Our Prediction: Hideki Matsui
We knew Adam Lind would win something, just we didn’t think
he would win the DH Sliver Slugger. Hideki’s number’s were really good (28
HR’s, 90 RBI’s, .509 SLG) and would have won it if not for Adam Lind (35 HR’s,
114 RBI’s, .305 average). Something that would have backed Matsui is his
horrible, injury plagued 2008 season (9 HR’s, 45 RBI’s). Matsui probably would
have won it if it wasn’t for Adam Lind
These were the 2009 AL Silver Slugger winners. Tune in on
Saturday for the NL Gold Gloves and on Sunday for the 2009 NL Sliver Slugger
winners with analysis of course.
Congratulations to the 2009 AL Gold Glove winners
If you play
good defense, then you get an award. That award is a Golden Glove.
The AL Gold Glove winners have been released! Here is a list
of the winners
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Mark Teixeira
2B: Placido Polanco
SS: Derek Jeter
3B: Evan Longoria
OF: Torii Hunter
OF: Ichiro Suzuki
OF: Adam Jones
P: Mark Buehrle
Now we will analyze it like Vignesh and Mrinal do…
Catcher: Joe Mauer
Our prediction: Gerald Laird
Joe Mauer did have a very good defensive season making just
3 errors in 758 chances, but he threw out only 26% of baserunners. He allowed
54 SB and threw out 19 a big drop from last year when he threw out 30. Gerald
Laird on the other hand made 3 errors in over 200 more chances. He had 78
assist compared to Joe Mauer’s 31 and allowed 59 SB but did throw out 42 men
which is about 41% of all men thrown out. Therefore Gerald Laird is deserves
the Gold Glove
First Baseman: Mark Teixeira
Our prediction: Mark Teixeira
Tex is back in the picture with his first Gold Glove since
06. He made just 4 errors in 1275 chances, had 1222 putouts and his fielding
percentage was .997%. Tex constantly dived for ground balls and saved the
Yankee infielders many errors. He saved many runs for the Yankees and who knows
how many games they would have lost without him. It seemed like in extra innings
he was always making an amazing play to keep the game tied. This is clearly
worthy of a Gold Glove.
Second Baseman: Placido Polanco
Our prediction: Placido Polanco
Placido Polanco is back after Dustin Pedroia “borrowed” the
award last year. Polanco made just 2 errors this year in 731 chances this year.
His fielding percentage was .997% and he took part in 112 DP’s. He had over 400
assist as well topping off his amazing defensive year.
Third Baseman: Evan Longoria
Our prediction: Michael Young
Evan Longoria deserved the Gold Glove this year. He made 13
errors in over 420 chances. Michael Young, our pick, made nine errors but had a
little less than 300 chances. Young’s fielding percentage was .969%. Though
this was Young’s first full season playing third base, Longoria deserved it.
Shortstop: Derek Jeter
Our prediction: Derek Jeter
DJ definitely had one of the best years of his career in
2009 and part of that was his defense. When the Yankees got Mick Kelleher
(first base coach) he not only came with good hands, he also impacted the
Yankees defense (It wasn’t all Tex!). He helped DJ during Spring Training and
boy did it help. Jeter made the least amount of errors he had ever made in his
career. DJ won gold gloves in 04-06 but made 10+ errors in those seasons. He
made just 8 errors this year in 554 chances. That is worthy of a Gold Glove.
Outfielders: Torii Hunter, Ichiro, Adam Jones
Our Prediction: Jason Bay, David Dejesus, Torii Hunter
Torii Hunter won his ninth straight Gold Glove with 1 error
in over 300 chances. Pretty good. Then
Ichiro won it with 4 errors in over 300 chances and Adam Jones won it with 5
errors in over 300 chances. Not so good. That is why we said Jason Bay and
David Dejesus. They had 0 errors each in over 350 and 300 chances respectively.
They also played over 144 games both had over 12 assists each. Bay with 15 and
Dejesus with 13.
Pitcher: Mark Buehrle
Our Prediction: Mark Buehrle
Buehrle wasn’t perfect when it game to fielding but he was
pretty good. He made 1 error (6 starting pitchers didn’t make 1) but he had
nearly twice as many chances as anybody that had zero. He started the most
double plays out of any pitcher (5) and had the most assists (41) he had the
best range factor as well. So Mark Buehrle does deserve the AL Gold Glove at
pitcher.
Those were the winners and our predicted
winners. Check out our NL Gold Glove winners in 3 days.
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