From MLB.com:
The dive-and-spin, dirty-uniform parade began with Mark Teixeira, who earned his third Gold Glove — but first since 2006 — for an often-overlooked aspect of his game that was every bit as vital to the Yankees’ drive to a World Series title as his 39 home runs and 122 RBIs. Teixeira made only four errors in 1,275 chances, to say nothing of the errors by other infielders he prevented with his wide-ranging scoops of errant throws……
Derek Jeter is back in familiar company. The Yankees’ captain was awarded his fourth Gold Glove and the first since the last of his three consecutive honors, in 2006. This is no small accomplishment for a 35-year-old, but Jeter rededicated himself to defensive improvement after some criticism last year, and the work obviously paid off — and was noticed.
Elvis Andrus probably should have won at SS, but Jeter was not an awful choice, with his UZR/150 of 8.4 third among SS with more than 120 games. Regarding Teixeira, UZR did not love him, but UZR is admittedly flawed regarding first basemen, and does not account for many of the best aspects of Teixeira’s game. Apparently he passed the eyeball test, which is all that is considered for this award. Congratulations to both players.
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3 Responses to Jeter, Teixeira Take Home Gold Gloves
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Jeter didn’t deserve it but Tex more than earned his Gold Glove this year and no other first baseman was really even close to his abiltity this year (especially when you consider Youkilis was a 3rd baseman for a lot of the year).
Statistical analysis on defense is not my forte’ but I would love to see one of the regulars here analyze the defensive performance of Tex vs. what we got in 2008(no need to mention names).
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