"If you watched the even casually it wasn't hard to see that looked closer to 46 than 36 compared to as a shortstop. That's not a knock on Jeter but simply praise for Andrus' eye-popping range and athleticism."
Well, it's also a knock on Jeter.
"In truth, this isn't even about Jeter so much as it is about the voting procedure. Too often the Gold Gloves are won as much on reputation and/or prowess at the plate as defensive excellence, as silly as that sounds, mainly because the managers and coaches in each league don't take the voting seriously enough."
I don't think Cano deserved it, either, but that's just me.
"In the case of Jeter, he is far from the worst defensive shortstop in the majors, as some computer ranking labeled him a couple of years ago, but neither is he a Gold Glover just because his six errors this season were the fewest in the AL at the position.
Andrus, for example, made 16 errors, but he also handled 659 total chances at short, compared to 553 for Jeter. And if you have watched Andrus at all, you don't need a zone rating to see how many runs he may well have saved the Rangers with his spectacular range and strong arm.
Still, you can bet that many coaches simply looked at the Yankee shortstop's error total and decided that was good enough for them, especially for a player of Jeter's stature."
They didn't look at the stats at all. They just voted for Jeter because Jeter's got an Edge with a cool panoramic vista roof.
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