Baltimore Orioles: Manny Machado a finalist for 2015 Gold Glove

The finalists for the 2015 Rawlings Gold Glove Award were announced today and Manny Machado is the lone member of the Baltimore Orioles to receive the honor.

The other finalists for the award at third base are the Texas Rangers’ Adrian Beltre and Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays. The winner will be announced on Nov. 10.

When – yes, I am that confident – he wins the award on Nov. 10, it will be his second Gold Glove after also receiving the honor following the 2013 season. He was also the recipient of the Platinum Glove that season, which is given to the best defender at any position. It’s unlikely that the 23-year-old wins a second Platinum Glove, but he is certainly capable of winning several more in his future.

Machado should win the award at third base in a landslide despite committing a career-high 21 errors. He is an absolute joy to watch in the infield, making difficult plays look routine. He makes all the stops in the infield and it’s seems as though he’s making another highlight reel play night after night. We truly are blessed to have such a talent in Baltimore.

This marks the first time the Orioles have had just one player named a finalist since 2011. They have had multiple winners, including three Gold Glove winners the past three seasons, but injury has a lot to do with.

Center fielder Adam Jones was not named a finalist after winning the award the last three seasons. Jones, a four-time Gold Glove winner, had a variety of injuries that sidelined him in the latter part of the season. The finalist for center field are Kevin Kiermaier, Kevin Pillar and Mike Trout.

J.J. Hardy has won three straight Gold Gloves and could make a case that he deserves another. He only committed three errors this season, but like Jones, missed a good portion of the season due to injury.

Matt Wieters has also won Gold Gloves in the past, but was limited to just 55 games behind the plate after recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Baltimore has a history of producing Gold Glove winners as they have the most winners in American League history with 70. They trail only the St. Louis Cardinals for the most in MLB history, who have had 85 winners.

Here is the remainder of the finalists for the American League, with an asterisk next to the player I predict to win the award:

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Pitcher
Mark Buehrle – Blue Jays
Sonny Gray – Athletics
*Dallas Keuchel – Astros*

Catcher
Jason Castro – Astros
Russell Martin – Blue Jays
*Salvador Perez – Royals*

First Base
Eric Hosmer – Royals
Mike Napoli – Rangers
*Mark Teixeira – Yankees*

Second Base
*Jose Altuve – Astros*
Brian Dozier – Twins
Ian Kinsler – Tigers

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Third Base
Adrian Beltre – Rangers
Evan Longoria – Rays
*Manny Machado – Orioles*

Shortstop
Xander Bogaerts – Red Sox
*Alcides Escobar – Royals*
Didi Gregorius – Yankees

Left Field
Yoenis Cespedes – Tigers
Brett Gardner – Yankees
*Alex Gordon – Royals*

Center Field
Kevin Kiermaier – Rays
*Kevin Pillar – Blue Jays*
Mike Trout – Angels

Right Field
Kole Calhoun – Angels
*J.D. Martinez – Tigers*
Josh Reddick – Athletics

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