And Here Are Your 2012 NL & AL Gold Glove
Winners!!!

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And Here Are Your 2012 NL & AL Gold Glove Winners!!! From MLB.com Right-hander Jake Peavy started the day Tuesday by signing a two-year contract extension with the White Sox then capped it off by receiving his first Rawlings Gold … Continue reading →

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Trade With Reader Ken Brings A Very Cool
Manufactured Patch Card To 30-YOC

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Trade With Reader Ken Brings A Very Cool Manufactured Patch Card To ’30-YOC’ A few weeks ago I posted my results from busting two 2012 Topps Update blasters. In that post, I showed off a Prince Fielder Blockbuster Patch Card … Continue reading →

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Ok Yankee fans at least Alex Rodriguez didnt do
this

post from Lady Loves Pinstripes on 31 October 2012 04:08:36 AM. © Lady Loves Pinstripes

As one of a few left in Yankees Universe who actually admits to being a fan of Alex Rodriguez, at least openly, I must share something with you. A-rod might not always make the best decisions, as most recently seen during ALCS Game 1 in the Bronx. Just[...]

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Rumor: Soriano expected to opt out of contract
today

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Miami Marlins' Mark Buehrle Wins 2012 Gold Glove

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This may come as a surprise to, well, no one, but the Miami Marlins' Mark Buehrle has won the 2012 Rawlings Gold Glove award for the National League's best defensive pitcher in 2012.

"I think the first one and this one probably mean a little bit more than the middle two," Buehrle said. "This is one award that I've always wanted to win. Ever since I made it to the big leagues, I've always taken pride to field my position."

This is Buehrle's fourth consecutive Gold Glove award win, but the first that he has won under a National League banner. He won three with the Chicago White Sox from 2009 to 2011, but he was well-recognized as an elite defensive pitcher a long time before then.

Indeed, long before Buehrle was a Gold Glover at his position, he was picking off and holding baserunners at an elite level. Since 1992, Buehrle trails only Andy Pettitte and his legendary pickoff move in pickoffs. Buehrle's 87 pickoffs trail Pettitte by 10, but lead the next active pitcher (reliever Jamey Wright) by 30. The next 14 pitchers after Buehrle on that list started their careers before 2000, Buehrle's first season in the majors. The next pitcher who even started his career after 2000 is Clayton Kershaw, who trails Buehrle by 50 pickoffs.

Buehrle has always rated very highly in the Defensive Runs Saved system created by John Dewan of Baseball Info Solutions. Under DRS measurements, which includes credit for holding baserunners beyond pickoffs (a dubious measurement, in my viewpoint), Buehrle put up 12 runs above average in 2012. His performance according to that measure led the major leagues. In fact, since 2009, Buehrle leads all major league pitchers in DRS, and while the supposed impact of his defense as measured by the stat is questionable, the fact that he is at the top of the leaderboard is more than plausible.

The eyes and statistics support yet another Gold Glove season for Buehrle, so congratulations to Buehrle and the Marlins on the award! To top it off, here are some highlights of Buehrle at his defensive finest in 2012.

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2012 BtBWAA Awards: American League Gold Gloves

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During the last week of the 2012 MLB season, 10 writers from Beyond the Box Score joined forces to create the greatest collaboration of baseball minds the world has ever known [citation needed]. This elite organization, known only as the BtBWAA, was formed for one and only one purpose: To conduct a player awards vote in which the truly meritorious take home the coveted hardware.

Two weeks ago, we kicked off our awards announcements by revealing our pick for MLB Executive of the Year, and last week we followed up with our Silver Slugger picks (AL, NL). This week, we turn our attention to the best fielders in baseball with our Gold Glove awards, starting with the American League (NL to come on Thursday).

Before we get to the results, a few words on the process. Voting began on October 1 (after 159 games had been played) and continued until October 5, with the balloting closing before the first playoff games started. Each writer voted for one candidate at each position, with the award simply going to whomever received a majority or plurality of votes. Writers were allowed to pair players with positions at their own discretion.

Here are the results: (asterisks denote official real-life winners)

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Let's start with the outfield (note that we used the pre-2011 Gold Gloves system, in which all three positions are grouped together). Mike Trout is our only unanimous Gold Glover winner in either league, just as (spoiler alert) he was for at least one other forthcoming award (okay, that probably wasn't much of a spoiler). Josh Reddick and Alex Gordon comprise the second tier and earn the other two honors, meaning we actually ended up with a player from each discrete position.

Going around the horn, Matt Wieters captures the Gold Glove behind the plate, with Salvador Perez as the only other candidate to earn multiple votes. Mark Teixeira barely edges out Adrian Gonzalez and Adrian Gonzalez at first base in the closest race. Up the middle, Dustin Pedroia and Brendan Ryan coast to victory at second base and shortstop, respectively. Adrian Beltre beats out Mike Moustaka and Brett Lawrie at the hot corner, and David Price finishes ahead of Ricky Romero for the title of the AL's best-fielding pitching.

How did our vote compare with the official Rawlings-sponsored hardware? Well, we agreed with the real voters on Wieters, Teixeira, Beltre, Reddick, and Gordon, though we disagreed with their picks of Cano, J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, and Jeremy Hellickson. Five-for-nine ain't bad for a group that gave Rafael Palmeiro the hardware in 1999 after he played only 28 games in the field.

What's fascinating to me is that our divergences were at the positions where we had the strongest consensuses. Pitcher wasn't exactly a blowout, but second base and shortstop were. But the worst was that Mike Trout—our only unanimous pick in either league—lost to Adam Jones, who didn't get a single vote from the BtBWAA. That's just whack.

Full disclosure, my ballot went: Perez, Gonzalez, Alexi Casilla, Ryan, Moustakas, Trout, Craig Gentry, Reddick, and Romero.