2011 Gold Glove Award Winners Announced

[Miamarlin21]

Here's the list:

American League:
Mark Buehrle, P, Chicago
Matt Wieters, C, Baltimore
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Boston
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Boston
Adrian Beltre, 3B, Texas
Erick Aybar, SS, Los Angeles
Alex Gordon, LF, Kansas City
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF, Boston
Nick Markakis, RF, Baltimore

National League:
Clayton Kershaw, P, Los Angeles
Yadier Molina, C, St. Louis
Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati
Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinatti
Placido Polanco, 3B, Philadelphia
Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Colorado
Geraldo Parra, LF, Arizona
Matt Kemp, CF, Los Angeles
Andre Either, RF, Los Angeles

[Beef]

Weren't they announced, not leaked?

[Ramp]

Beef, you are on top of things like a cherry on top of an ice cream sundae

[Miamarlin21]

I thought they were leaked right before being announced.

[Ramp]

But they were announced more than 7 minutes ago

also, Kemp and Kershaw are so cool

[Beef]

I suppose they always are. But if a movie leaks and then is in the movie theaters, you don't then say IT (chris) LEAKED!

[jOOj]

Remember when Matt Kemp was the worst CFer ever? Then he became a monster masher and now his D# is golden! :p

[Ramp]

I do not recall Matt Kemp being the worst CFer ever

[jOOj]

They trashed him for not having CF range and making too many errors. People wanted Juan Pierre to shift him to LF, am I the only one who remembers this junk?

[Metes]

Just for fun, here's the winners' UZR and the highest UZR at the position (excluded where N/A)

American League:
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Boston: 11.1 (leader)
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Boston: 17.9 (leader)
Adrian Beltre, 3B, Texas: 11.2 (leader)
Erick Aybar, SS, Los Angeles: 1.2 (Alexei Ramirez: 11.2) big gap there
Alex Gordon, LF, Kansas City: 10.5 (Brett Gardner: 25.2) HA
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF, Boston: 15.6 (leader)
Nick Markakis, RF, Baltimore: -5.0 (David DeJesus: 10.1) LOL

National League:
Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati: 7.4 (leader)
Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinatti: 11.4 (leader)
Placido Polanco, 3B, Philadelphia: 14.0 (leader)
Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Colorado: 7.3 (Clint Barmes: 7.4)
Geraldo Parra, LF, Arizona: 9.8 (leader)
Matt Kemp, CF, Los Angeles: -4.6 (Chris Young: 14.1) hehe
Andre Either, RF, Los Angeles: 5.3 (Brian Bogusevic: 10.4)

Love the guys in the negative

[jOOj]

In what’s historically been a defense first position, Kemp is a decidedly below average defensive centerfielder. In his partial 2006 and 2007 seasons, he posted UZRs of -7.9 and -4.8, respectively. From 2008 through this year, he’s posted -2.1, 2.9, -25.7 and -5.8.

I'm no sabrmagician but negative usually means bad. Just talking about defense here, he's a great player and I think he's improved a ton from watching him.
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Just for fun, here's the winners' UZR and the highest UZR at the position (excluded where N/A)

American League:
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, Boston: 11.1 (leader)
Dustin Pedroia, 2B, Boston: 17.9 (leader)
Adrian Beltre, 3B, Texas: 11.2 (leader)
Erick Aybar, SS, Los Angeles: 1.2 (Alexei Ramirez: 11.2) big gap there
Alex Gordon, LF, Kansas City: 10.5 (Brett Gardner: 25.2) HA
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF, Boston: 15.6 (leader)
Nick Markakis, RF, Baltimore: -5.0 (David DeJesus: 10.1) LOL

National League:
Joey Votto, 1B, Cincinnati: 7.4 (leader)
Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinatti: 11.4 (leader)
Placido Polanco, 3B, Philadelphia: 14.0 (leader)
Troy Tulowitzki, SS, Colorado: 7.3 (Clint Barmes: 7.4)
Geraldo Parra, LF, Arizona: 9.8 (leader)
Matt Kemp, CF, Los Angeles: -4.6 (Chris Young: 14.1) hehe
Andre Either, RF, Los Angeles: 5.3 (Brian Bogusevic: 10.4)

Love the guys in the negative

Totally impressed by Ellsbury.

[Ramp]

Didn't realize Kemp was such a putz out there

[Metes]

FWIW Gaby was second behind Votto with a 5.0

[Ramp]

not much (the worth)