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Thursday, September 03, 2009
David Dejesus for Gold Glove?
Pozterisk says:
Not to bring the Royals back into this … but apparently the Royals have gone on a full-fledged assault to try and win left fielder David DeJesus a Gold Glove. I mean, my friend and Royals TV announcer Ryan Lefebvre talks about this EVERY NIGHT now. They actually had a text poll asking Royals fans who is the best Royals outfielder this decade — DeJesus, Carlos Beltran, Jermaine Dye or Johnny Damon (and in one of the sadder moments in Royals fan history, DeJesus won). Royals PR guy Mike Swanson is sending out fliers to managers and coaches pushing David as a Gold Glove candidate. Dick Kaegel at MLB.com is writing about it.
Frankie Pentangeli says:
Sure… why not?
Suppose that the tide is shifting where they want to award the gold glove for each OF position. Who would deserve it in the AL for LF? The first thing you have to realize is that there are almost no full-time leftfielders! The league-leader in innings is Jason Bay at 1077. When I do these things, I set the minimum qualifier at 80% of the league leader. I don’t know why I do, but it gives me a starting point anyway. That puts the threshhold at 862 innings. There are exactly 4 LF that fit the bill: Bay, Carl Crawford, Dejesus, Johnny Damon. Unquestionably, the best fielding LF is Carl Crawford. But, Dejesus is #2. He’s definitely a step behind Crawford, but in ordinal rankings, he’s #2. That looks good. You see LF is filled with great platoon fielders. Those guys are never considered for gold gloves. So, Dejesus is in the discussion, because he’s the second-best fielding full-time leftfielder.
But, that’s the only reason. Otherwise, the Gold Gloves should go to Franklin Gutierrez, BJ Upton, and either Ichiro or Carl Crawford. They are the ones that are considered stars by Fans, by bUZR, and have played full time.