Freddy Galvis has been robbed of another Gold Glove award
Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis has lost once again in the National League Gold Glove award race. He was a finalist last year but lost to Brandon Crawford of the San Francisco Giants.
Galvis finished first among all shortstops in fielding percentage at .989 percent but along with Corey Seager of the Los Angeles Dodgers falls short of the three-time winner Crawford.
Seven errors at shortstop likely pushed Galvis off on the metrics used by Rawlings and the coaches despite the tremendous flashes at shortstop. Statistics account for 25 percent of the Gold Glove balloting while the other 75 percent is made up of managers and coaches voting.
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Galvis would have been the first Phillie to win a Gold Glove since Jimmy Rollins in 2011. Rollins won four Gold Gloves in his career with the Phillies. Since 2000 only 11 Gold Gloves have been won by four separate Phillies: Rollins, Scott Rolen, Aaron Rowand, and Shane Victorino.
Surprisingly Chase Utley and Carlos Ruiz never won a Gold Glove in their career despite being finalists.
Whether or not Galvis returns to the Phillies next year is yet to be seen with the arrival of top prospect J.P. Crawford. Galvis’ defense and power combined with financial control should net Philadelphia and general manager Matt Klentak a collection of young players, especially pitching.
Galvis enters his final year of arbitration this offseason before becoming eligible for free agency for the first time at the age of 29. The interest in him will certainly be high at the baseball winter meetings next month when Klentak can shop him to other teams.
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Expect the Orioles to be a team calling Klentak for Galvis after they started J.J. Hardy last year.