The awards season for individual performance in the Major Leagues is already around the corner and this Wednesday the nominees for the Golden Glovean award that recognizes the excellent defensive performance of the players in the 2025 season, and the Miami Marlins They have three of their players among the candidates.
The left fielder Kyle Stowersthe Venezuelan utility Javier Sanoja and the waiter Xavier Edwards They are the fish candidates to win a gold medal for their performance with the glove in the recently completed regular round of the MLB.
Edwards has opponents in his position: Nico Hoerner of the Chicago Cubs already Brice Turang of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Stowers, for his part, will go head to head against Ian Happ of the bear cubs and Tommy Pham of the Pittsburgh Pirateswhile Sanoja must surpass his compatriot Miguel Rojas of the Los Angeles Dodgers already Jared Triolo of the buccaneers.
The Golden Gloves winners will be announced on ESPN on Sunday, November 2. To determine the winners in the nine natural positions, the 30 MLB managers and up to six coaches from each team vote for a group of players from their leagues, not counting players from their own teams.
Those votes will make up 75% of the total selection, with SABR Defensive Index data counting as the other 25%.
For his part, to determine the winner at the utility position, Rawlings collaborated with SABR to create a specialized defensive formula that is separate from the traditional selection process.
The team with the most finalists is the Cubs, who have a total of six; however, the Toronto Blue Jays They also have six nominations, although with five players, well Ernie Clement He is nominated as a utility man and as a third baseman in the American League.
Latino nominees
Including the Venezuelan Sanoja of the Marlins, there are a total of 17 Latin American players who are among the finalists in the different positions of both leagues for the Gold Glove.
The Dominicans Luis Severino (P), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Carlos Santana (1B), José Ramírez (3B), Julio Rodríguez (CF) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (RF).
Venezuelans Sanoja (utility), Miguel Rojas (utility), Luis Torrens (C), Maikel García (3B), Luis Rengifo (2B), Andrés Giménez (2B), Carlos Narváez (C) and Wilyer Abreu (RF).
As well as the Mexican Alejandro Kirk (C), the Honduran Mauricio Dubón (utility) and the Cuban Adolis García (RF).
