Tuesday, October 16, 2007

AL Gold Gloves: Catcher

Here are the AL Gold Glove candidates at catcher. I'll evaluate them using Fielding Win Shares and Fielding Wins Above Average (derived from fielder runs above average on BP, divided by 9):


Catcher FWS FWAA

Johjima 10.1 1.9
Mauer 8.9 1.1
V.Martinez 8.9 0.0
I-Rod 7.2 1.1
Varitek 7.2 1.0

I expect I-Rod or Varitek to win it. There's no question it ought to go to Kenji Johjima.

Iron glove to Gregg Zaun.