Former Red Adam Duvall, who was traded to the Atlanta Braves last season, also made the list as a finalist in left field. Tucker Barnhart, the Gold Glove winner at catcher in 2017, is not a finalist.
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This is the fifth straight season Hamilton has been a finalist. He has never won the award. Votto is a finalist for the third time. He won a Gold Glove in 2011.
Here’s how the winners are picked, according to Rawlings: “Each manager and up to six coaches on his staff vote from a pool of qualified players in their League, and cannot vote for players from their own team. In 2013, Rawlings added a sabermetric component to the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process, as part of its collaboration with the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). The SABR Defensive Index™ comprises approximately 25 percent of the overall selection total, with the managers and coaches’ vote continuing to carry the majority.”
#Rawlings #GoldGlove Award Finalists – NL 1B – @reds Joey Votto, @braves @FreddieFreeman5, @cubs @arizzo44 pic.twitter.com/lhfJfcA5Gz
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#Rawlings #GoldGlove Award Finalists – NL CF – @reds @billyhamilton, @brewers Lorenzo Cain, @braves @enderinciartem pic.twitter.com/sDvUQ504Fj
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