MLB recently announced the finalists at each position in each league for the 2022 Rawlings Gold Glove award. This award recognizes all of baseball’s best defensive players, with 20 being recognized in total.
One player from each league at each of the nine defensive positions will take home the Gold Glove, with three finalists being named at each position. And for the first time, Rawlings is also rewarding the best utility player in each league, adding a 19th and 20th winner.
The Los Angeles Angels are represented in the finalists by utilityman Luis Rengifo and former left fielder Brandon Marsh, who was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies at the trade deadline. Surprisingly, shortstop Andrew Velazquez was not named a finalist, despite leading all of baseball in defensive runs saved for a short period of the season.
The New York Yankees, Cleveland Guardians, and Arizona Diamondbacks led MLB with five finalists each.
There is a two-fold process to determining the eventual winners of each Gold Glove. 75% of the vote belongs to managers and coaches. Each team’s manager and up to six coaches on that staff vote from a pool of qualified players in their League and cannot vote for players from their own team.
The remaining 25% is given to the SABR Defensive Index stat, which was introduced in 2013.
The winners will be unveiled during a one-hour, special edition “Baseball Tonight” broadcast on ESPN Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at 5 p.m. ET. The show will air on-field prior to game four of the MLB® World Series from the National League host ballpark.
Full List of Gold Glove Finalists
American League
Pitcher
José Berríos – Toronto Blue Jays
Shane Bieber – Cleveland Guardians
Jameson Taillon – New York Yankees
Catcher
Jose Trevino – New York Yankees
Cal Raleigh – Seattle Mariners
Sean Murphy – Oakland Athletics
First Base
Anthony Rizzo – New York Yankees
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Toronto Blue Jays
Luis Arraez – Minnesota Twins
Second Base
Jonathan Schoop – Detroit Tigers
Marcus Semien – Texas Rangers
Andrés Giménez – Cleveland Guardians
Third Base
Matt Chapman – Toronto Blue Jays
Ramón Urías – Baltimore Orioles
José Ramírez – Cleveland Guardians
Shortstop
Xander Bogaerts – Boston Red Sox
Jeremy Peña – Houston Astros
Carlos Correa – Minnesota Twins
Left Field
Brandon Marsh – Los Angeles Angels/Philadelphia Phillies
Andrew Benintendi – Kansas City Royals/New York Yankees
Steven Kwan – Cleveland Guardians
Center Field
Myles Straw – Cleveland Guardians
Cedric Mullins – Baltimore Orioles
Michael A. Taylor – Kansas City Royals
Right Field
Max Kepler – Minnesota Twins
Jackie Bradley Jr. – Boston Red Sox/Toronto Blue Jays
Kyle Tucker – Houston Astros
Utility
Whit Merrifield – Kansas City Royals/Toronto Blue Jays
DJ LeMahieu – New York Yankees
Luis Rengifo – Los Angeles Angels
National League
Pitcher
Max Fried – Atlanta Braves
Tyler Anderson – Los Angeles Dodgers
Corbin Burnes – Milwaukee Brewers
Catcher
Tomás Nido – New York Mets
Travis d’Arnaud – Atlanta Braves
J.T. Realmuto – Philadelphia Phillies
First Base
Matt Olson – Atlanta Braves
Paul Goldschmidt – St. Louis Cardinals
Christian Walker – Arizona Diamondbacks
Second Base
Tommy Edman – St. Louis Cardinals
Brendan Rodgers – Colorado Rockies
Jake Cronenworth – San Diego Padres
Third Base
Nolan Arenado – St. Louis Cardinals
Ryan McMahon – Colorado Rockies
Ke’Bryan Hayes – Pittsburgh Pirates
Shortstop
Ha-Seong Kim – San Diego Padres
Dansby Swanson – Atlanta Braves
Miguel Rojas – Miami Marlins
Left Field
Ian Happ – Chicago Cubs
David Peralta – Arizona Diamondbacks/Tampa Bay Rays
Christian Yelich – Milwaukee Brewers
Center Field
Victor Robles – Washington Nationals
Trent Grisham – San Diego Padres
Alek Thomas – Arizona Diamondbacks
Right Field
Mookie Betts – Los Angeles Dodgers
Juan Soto – Washington Nationals/San Diego Padres
Daulton Varsho – Arizona Diamondbacks
Utility
Brendan Donovan – St. Louis Cardinals
Tommy Edman – St. Louis Cardinals
Daulton Varsho – Arizona Diamondbacks