ST. LOUIS — San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman received his fifth Gold Glove, and Kansas Metropolis Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was amongst 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most well-known fielding honor.
Cleveland second baseman Andrés Giménez and left fielder Steven Kwan received for the third consecutive 12 months together with Arizona first baseman Christian Walker and Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ, Rawlings introduced Sunday.
Giménez and Kwan are the primary pair of teammates to win three straight awards since Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy did it for the Orioles from 2012 to 2014.
Rockies heart fielder Brenton Doyle received for the second straight season.
It was Chapman’s first Gold Glove within the Nationwide League. He received three with Oakland and one enjoying for Toronto.
St. Louis slugger Nolan Arenado, a 10-time Gold Glove winner, and Colorado’s Ryan McMahon additionally had been finalists at third.
“Lots of actually good defensive third basemen are stacked within the Nationwide League,” Chapman mentioned in a video name. “I used to be capable of come over right here and win it, so I believed that was fairly cool and to get one within the American League and the Nationwide League now means rather a lot.”
Six groups had two Gold Gloves winners every, with the Guardians joined by Colorado, Kansas Metropolis, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Seattle.
AL first-time winners along with Witt embody Royals pitcher Seth Lugo, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, Minnesota first baseman Carlos Santana, Houston third baseman Alex Bregman, Toronto heart fielder Daulton Varsho, Boston proper fielder Wilyer Abreu and Mariners utilityman Dylan Moore.
NL first-time winners included Atlanta pitcher Chris Sale, Giants catcher Patrick Bailey, Milwaukee second baseman Brice Turang and proper fielder Sal Frelick, Colorado shortstop Ezequiel Tovar and Pittsburgh utilityman Jared Triolo.
“It is clearly an honor,” Frelick mentioned. “A bit surreal, nonetheless. Clearly I believe even cooler to do it with Brice.”
Bregman earned a $50,000 bonus. Giménez, Lugo, Moore and Witt earned $50,000 and Santana $25,000.
There additionally had been 14 first-time winners in 2022.
Voting was performed amongst managers and as much as six coaches from every group, who cannot choose gamers on their very own membership. Since 2013, voting has been factored with a Society for American Baseball Analysis defensive index, which contains about 25% of the entire.
The utility class relies on a SABR method and extra defensive statistics.
ESPN Analysis and The Related Press contributed to this report.