Gold Glove Award Finalists Announced

Rawlings has announced the finalists for all positions of Gold Glove awards, and Cleveland Guardians, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees are tied for the most finalists, with five per team, while the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals have four players up for five different positions, while the Cleveland Guardians have four finalists as well.

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A new wrinkle this year is that utility players get their own award for the first time. DJ LeMahieu of the Yankees, Whit Merrifield, who split his season between the Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays, and Luis Rengifo of the Los Angeles Angels will vie for it in the American League, while two St. Louis Cardinals are up for the NL award, rookie Brendan Donovan and Tommy Edman, along with the Arizona Diamonbacks' Daulton Varsho.

It's Varsho that has two chances at a Gold Glove, as he's also up for the outfield in the NL, along with teammates Alek Thomas and David Peralta, as well as 1B Christian Walker. 

Tommy Edman also finds himself with two shots at an award, listed at utility and 2B.

The other four Yankees on the list include OF Andrew Benintendi, 1B Anthony Rizzo, catcher Jose Trevino and pitcher Jameson Taillon.

For the Blue Jays, Vlad Guerrero Jr. gets his first nomination at 1B, and joins teammates Merrifield, Matt Chapman (3B), Jackie Bradley Jr. (OF), and Jose Berrios (P). 

Here are the full list of nominees, per mlb.com.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

UTILITY
DJ LeMahieu, NYY
Whit Merrifield, KC/TOR
Luis Rengifo, LAA

RIGHT FIELD
Jackie Bradley Jr., BOS/TOR
Max Kepler, MIN
Kyle Tucker, HOU

CENTER FIELD
Cedric Mullins, BAL
Myles Straw, CLE
Michael A. Taylor, KC

LEFT FIELD
Andrew Benintendi, KC/NYY
Steven Kwan, CLE
Brandon Marsh, LAA/PHI

THIRD BASE
Matt Chapman, TOR
José Ramírez, CLE
Ramón Urías, BAL

SHORTSTOP
Xander Bogaerts, BOS
Carlos Correa, MIN
Jeremy Peña, HOU

SECOND BASE
Andrés Giménez, CLE
Jonathan Schoop, DET
Marcus Semien, TEX

FIRST BASE
Luis Arraez, MIN
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., TOR
Anthony Rizzo, NYY

CATCHER
Sean Murphy, OAK
Cal Raleigh, SEA
Jose Trevino, NYY

PITCHER
José Berríos, TOR
Shane Bieber, CLE
Jameson Taillon, NYY

NATIONAL LEAGUE

UTILITY
Brendan Donovan, STL
Tommy Edman, STL
Daulton Varsho, ARI

RIGHT FIELD
Mookie Betts, LAD 
Juan Soto, WSH/SD
Daulton Varsho, ARI

CENTER FIELD
Trent Grisham, SD
Victor Robles, WSH
Alek Thomas, ARI

LEFT FIELD
Ian Happ, CHC
David Peralta, ARI/TB
Christian Yelich, MIL

THIRD BASE
Nolan Arenado, STL
Ke'Bryan Hayes, PIT
Ryan McMahon, COL

SHORTSTOP
Ha-Seong Kim, SD
Miguel Rojas, MIA
Dansby Swanson, ATL

SECOND BASE
Jake Cronenworth, SD
Tommy Edman, STL
Brendan Rodgers, COL

FIRST BASE
Paul Goldschmidt, STL
Matt Olson, ATL
Christian Walker, ARI

CATCHER
Travis d'Arnaud, ATL
Tomás Nido, NYM
J.T. Realmuto, PHI

PITCHER
Tyler Anderson, LAD
Corbin Burnes, MIL
Max Fried, ATL

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