Will the fourth time be the charm?
That is the hope of Lorenzo Cain and the Milwaukee Brewers after the veteran centerfielder was named one of three finalists Thursday for the 2019 Gold Glove Award at his position in the National League. The other finalists are Washington’s Victor Robles and St. Louis’ Harrison Bader.
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This is the fourth time Cain has been named a Gold Glove finalist, including both seasons he has played with the Brewers. Though considered one of the best centerfielders of his era, if not the best, he has yet to win a Gold Glove, which many find difficult to believe.
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Despite having a magnificent all-star season for the Brewers in 2018, offensively and defensively, Cain finished runner-up to Atlanta’s Ender Inciarte for the Gold Glove among NL centerfielders. Cincinnati’s Billy Hamilton was the other finalist.
Cain got his 2019 candidacy off with a bang when he robbed a home run off the bat of St. Louis’ Jose Martinez on opening day at Miller Park for the final out of a 5-4 Brewers victory. He went on to make five home run-robbing catches while making only two errors in 143 games despite playing with several injuries, including a bad thumb in the first half and left knee issue down the stretch.
Cain was credited by FanGraphs with 20 defensive runs saved during the season. No other Brewers player was named a finalist at his position.
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Robles, a rookie, was credited with 23 defensive runs saved over 156 games while committing six errors for the Nationals, who eliminated the Brewers in the wild-card game and now hold a 2-0 lead over favored Houston in the World Series. Bader had 17 DRS and four errors in 122 games for the Cardinals.
After Cain made his final home run-robbing catch of the season on Sept. 28 in Colorado, stealing a two-run shot away from Garrett Hampson in the seventh inning to temporarily protect a 2-0 lead, pitcher Gio Gonzalez said, “It’s about damn time he gets that Gold Glove. I don’t know if we have to literally go to Tiffany’s or wherever we have to go to buy this Gold Glove for him. He needs this Gold Glove. That guy deserves it, and hands down is one of the best outfielders in the game. Give him his damn Gold Glove already.”
The Gold Glove winners will be announced during a live, one-hour airing of ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” at 6 p.m. Central on Sunday, Nov. 3. Winners are selected in balloting by major-league managers and coaches, who cannot vote for their own players and can vote only for players in their league.
In addition to those votes, the Society for American Baseball Research’s Defensive Index is used to help select winners, counting for approximately 25% of the selection process. That bodes well for Cain, who had a much higher ranking than Robles and Bader by that metric.
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