Simmons, Calhoun and Trout Gold Glove

[Second Base]

Trout has played some solid defense (the metrics don't seem to be a fan of his defense in general), and his main competition in CF Kiermeier has been hurt. It might finally be the year.

Calhoun is a stud out in RF and has developed a league-wide reputation as an elite defender.

Simmons is just the best defense shortstop I've ever seen, and he plays in a league that lacks truly elite defenders such as himself.

For such and awful team, we do have a few nice defenders. Maybe Cowart will win one someday too.

[Docwaukee]

Pillar is gonna get it in CF.  Lindor at SS and Betts in RF.  

I think Simmons has the best chance to get one.  

[Ohtaniland]

Simmons will get the GG but only because Jeter is not playing anymore. 

[Oz27]

In right field, Betts is at 29 DRS this year and Eaton is at 23. Those numbers are ridiculous. DRS prefers Betts, UZR prefers Eaton. What we can say for sure though is that both of them are ridiculously good and, if one of them doesn't win it, the world has gone mad. Pillar has to win the CF gold glove too.

Simmons has a pretty good shot at winning but Lindor is probably the favorite. They're pretty hard to split, but Simmons missed a significant chunk of the season. Neither would be a bad choice but I'd give Lindor the edge.

[Angel Oracle]

I'm just glad to see Simmons hit solidly after the somewhat lengthy DL stay earlier in the year.

He has to be hitting over .300 since then.

[Ohtaniland]

21 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

I'm just glad to see Simmons hit solidly after the somewhat lengthy DL stay earlier in the year.

He has to be hitting over .300 since then.

Aybar the clown is hitting .241 this season. Eppler +1

[Junkballer]

Every global extinction-level event has a silver lining.

[mulwin444]

Couple thing to remember about the Gold Glove...Palmeiro won at 1B once while only playing 39 games; Jeter beat out Orlando Caberera one year, despite being superior in every way defensively, supposedly due to Jeter's offensive output.

Hard to think of a more meaningless award 

[Troll Daddy]

4 minutes ago, mulwin444 said:

Couple thing to remember about the Gold Glove...Palmeiro won at 1B once while only playing 39 games; Jeter beat out Orlando Caberera one year, despite being superior in every way defensively, supposedly due to Jeter's offensive output.

Hard to think of a more meaningless award 

MVP?

[mulwin444]

Just now, Troll Daddy said:

MVP?

The justification for the Gold Glove is even less tangible than that one. 

[Angel Oracle]

Simmons hitting since coming off the DL in mid-June:   .316/.358/.421/.779 and only 29 Ks in 278 at bats  

#DisclaimerJinx

[AngelsFanSince86]

1 hour ago, Angel Oracle said:

Simmons hitting since coming off the DL in mid-June:   .316/.358/.421/.779 and only 29 Ks in 278 at bats  

#DisclaimerJinx

He is currently having his best offensive season.  Best OPS+, AVG, and OBP he has ever posted if you take out his first year where he only played 50 games.

[Homebrewer]

On ‎9‎/‎16‎/‎2016 at 7:43 AM, Angel Oracle said:

I'm just glad to see Simmons hit solidly after the somewhat lengthy DL stay earlier in the year.

He has to be hitting over .300 since then.

 

" In 70 games from June 23 to Thursday — almost half a season — Simmons hit .333 with an .819 on-base-plus-slugging percentage, 72 points higher than his career .261 average and 146 points higher than his career .673 OPS."

http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-blue-jays-20160916-snap-story.html

 

[CaliAngel]

"They are not in the playoffs, therefore, nobody on the team deserves awards, accolades, or recognition, regardless of their batting or fielding performances."

Signed,

MLB

[Stradling]

MLB has nothing to do with most of these awards, it is baseball writers.  

[CaliAngel]

"They are not in the playoffs, therefore, nobody on the team deserves awards, accolades, or recognition, regardless of their batting or fielding performances."

Signed,

Baseball Writers

[gotbeer]

14 minutes ago, CaliAngel said:

"They play for the Angels and not a East Coast Team, therefore, nobody on the team deserves awards, accolades, or recognition, regardless of their batting or fielding performances."

Signed,

Baseball Writers

Fixed.