In what can surely be viewed as a major upset, the Yankees own Brett Gardner was named by Bill James, John Dewan and an impressive cast of baseball minds as the top defensive left fielder in MLB, surpassing free-agent-extraordinaire Carl Crawford. According to the Fielding Awards:
In the big upset of the awards, Gardner unseated three-time winner Carl Crawford by 10 points in the scoring. The judges recognized his speed and skill in covering the spacious left-field territory in the Yankees new stadium.
Very impressive! Other Yanks who ranked at least in the top five for their position:
- Mark Teixeira, 4th for the first basemen
Yep, that’s it. Although, somehow Robinson Cano finished a disappointing sixth overall in the second base pool. Joe Posnanski, the uber-writer from SI.com, didn’t even think Cano was worthy of a Top 10 vote, which I found both surprising and unfortunate.
Curtis Granderson nabbed an 8th place for the centerfielders. One voter had him as high as #2 while he was completely left off of three other ballots.
(click “view full post” to read more about the Fielding Bible, the voting, etc.)
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