Saturday, November 08, 2008

Gold Gloves and Strat

It might be time for Strat-O-Matic to divorce itself from the Gold Glove voting. There have always been questionable GG winners (Palmeiro w/26 games at 1b, Abreu, Jeter...), but the number of odd calls is growing larger each year. Nate McLouth? He was largely considered one of the worst defensive outfielders of 2008. Michael Young? His range is almost as bad as his arm. Adrian Gonzalez? As long as the GG voters are looking at nothing but number of errors, it makes no sense for SOM to gauge range by the GG vote - that's what the e-ratings are for.

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