NY Boston Fan

As I suspected a few posts down, the AL coaches and managers did a much poorer job of selecting the gold gloves this year, at least by Win Shares. Here's how Win Shares see them, 7 of 8 different than what actually happened:

C - Damian Miller (Pudge who got it was ranked 10th, Varitek 7th)
1B - Mark Teixeira (Erstad was 2nd...Millar was 3rd!)
2B - Orlando Hudson (Boone was 17th, that's an awful pick, even Bellhorn was better)
3B - A-Rod (Eric Chavez was 4th, he wins every year at this point)
SS - Christian Guzman (Jeter had a great defensive year, but Guzman deserved it)
OF - Torii Hunter (ranked 3rd)
OF - Johnny Damon (despite his horrible throwing arm, he led the league in fielding win shares)
OF - Mark Kotsay (Ichiro got it on reputation, his 4th in a row despite being ranked 18th. Vernon Wells won and wasn't a bad choice, as he was 4th overall among OF's)

I'm pretty sure this is the second time Damon was top 3 in win shares, but didn't win a gold glove. At least they aren't handing these things out to Bernie Williams anymore. Or worse: Rafael Palmeiro. If only people would get it out of their heads that Pudge Rodriguez is still a dominant catcher.