By Daniel de Malas
In an unusual way, Rawlings Baseball has announced the nominees for the defensive Golden Glove Award of the Major Leagues in this 2021, using the social network Twitter and with posts for each position, who have had the fans of the best baseball in the world in suspense, in order to know who opts for the award.
As you know, the awards for the best with the glove are given by Rawlings Sports and this year they will be revealed on November 7, on ESPN, around 8:30 pm (Eastern Time of the United States).
In left field Cuba has two finalists, Randy Arozarena and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who compete with Andrew Benintendi and give a good chance that one of us will win the prize.
The other Cuban nominee is first baseman Yulieski Gurriel, who at 37 should not have it easy against Matt Olson (OAK), multiple winner of this award (2).
The last Cuban-born player to win the Golden Glove was Luis Robert, who took the cat to the water in 2020, just in his debut campaign, while the first to achieve it was Orestes Miñoso, chosen in 1959 along with Al Kaline and Jackie Jensen.
Minnie repeated the award in 1960, but Rafael Palmeiro and Rey Ordoñez were the first to get Golden Gloves in a row in 3 consecutive seasons, taking them simultaneously from 1997 to 1999.
Almost 20 years passed and Yoenis Céspedes, in 2015, was the second former National Series player to win a Gold Glove (behind Ordoñez).
By clicking here all the Golden Glove winners in history, year after year.
We leave you with the nominees for the award this 2021:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PITCHER
Jose Berríos, Blue Jays
Zack greinke, Astros
Dallas keuchel, White Sox
RECEIVER
Martin Maldonado, Astros
Sean Murphy, A’s
Salvador Perez, Royals
FIRST BASE
Yuli gurriel, Astros
Matt olson, A’s
Jared walsh, Angels
SECOND BASE
David fletcher, Angels
Whit merrifield, Royals
Marcus semien, Blue Jays
THIRD BASE
Matt chapman, A’s
Jose Ramirez, Indians
Joey wendle, Rays
TORPEDERO
Carlos Correa, Astros
JP Crawford, Mariners
Andrelton simmons, Twins
LEFT GARDENER
Randy Arozarena, Rays
Andrew Benintendi, Royals
Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Blue Jays
CENTRAL GARDENER
Kevin Kiermaier, Rays
Myles straw, Indians
Michael A. Taylor, Royals
RIGHT FIELDER
Hunter renfroe, Red Sox
Kyle tucker, Astros
Joey gallo, Yankees
NATIONAL LEAGUE
PITCHER
Zach Davies, Cubs
Max fried, Braves
Zack wheeler, Phillies
RECEIVER
Yadier Molina, Cardinals
JT Realmuto, Phillies
Jacob stallings, Pirates
FIRST BASE
Freddie freeman, Braves
Paul Goldschmidt, Cardinals
Max muncy, Dodgers
SECOND BASE
Ozzie albies, Braves
Tommy edman, Cardinals
Kolten wong, Brewers
THIRD BASE
Nolan Arenado, Cardinals
Manny machado, Parents
Ryan McMahon, Rockies
TORPEDERO
Brandon crawford, Giants
Francisco Lindor, Mets
Kevin Newman, Pirates
LEFT GARDENER
Tyler o’neill, Cardinals
David peralta, D-backs
AJ Pollock, Dodgers
CENTRAL GARDENER
Harrison bader, Cardinals
Bryan reynolds, Pirates
Jackie Bradley Jr., Brewers
RIGHT FIELDER
Mookie Betts, Dodgers
Adam Duvall, Braves
Mike Yastrzemski, Giants
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LAST MOMENT: MLB announced nominees for the 2021 Gold Glove, 3 Cubans among them