Rich Dubroff

Urías wins Gold Glove at 3rd base, 1st Oriole to win since Machado; Mullins comes up short

The Orioles’ Ramón Urías was awarded the Rawlings Gold Glove at third base, even though he played just 98 games there.

Urias beat out Toronto’s Matt Chapman, who won three Gold Gloves and two Platinum Gloves, and Cleveland’s José Ramirez, one of five Guardians who were finalists.

Centerfielder Cedric Mullins was the only other Oriole who was a Gold Glove finalist, but Cleveland’s Myles Straw won the award. Jorge Mateo’s outstanding play at shortstop was a principal reason the Orioles’ record improved by a whopping 31 games this season, but Mateo was overlooked even though the Fielding Bible rated him the top shortstop.

Urías is the first Oriole to win a Gold Glove since Manny Machado won it in 2015 and is the third third baseman to win it. Brooks Robinson won 16 Gold Gloves; Machado won two.

CONTINUE READING BELOW

American League managers and up to six coaches per team vote for the award. Their vote accounts for 75 percent, and the over 25 percent is a calculation of the SABR Defensive Index (SDI).

Urías led American League third basemen and finished third among all American League fielders with an 11.1 SDI, the best by an Oriole since shortstop J.J. Hardy’s 11.9 in 2016.

He also led American League third basemen with 14 Defensive Runs Saved as calculated by Sports Info Solutions and had an Ultimate Zone Rating of 10.9, according to FanGraphs. Urias was tied for the league lead with seven Outs Above Average.

 

Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

Share
Published by
Rich Dubroff

Recent Posts

  • Rich Dubroff

Projecting how the 2025 Orioles will differ from 2024

It’s been a busy few weeks for Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias, and…

November 24, 2024
  • Rich Dubroff

Examining contract decisions by Orioles on Friday; Hays among non-tendered players

For the second time in a month, the Orioles cut ties with one of their…

November 23, 2024
  • Orioles

Orioles offer contracts to 11 arbitration-eligible players, announce Rivera’s signing, Webb’s departure

The Orioles offered 2025 contracts to 11 players eligible for arbitration, agreed on a 2025…

November 22, 2024
  • Rich Dubroff

Orioles non-tendering reliever Jacob Webb

The Orioles are non-tendering right-handed reliever Jacob Webb according to an industry source. Webb, whom…

November 22, 2024
  • Midday Mailbag

Could Orioles trade for Garrett Crochet? | MAILBAG

Question: Let’s kill two birds to tackle the O’s needs in one fell swoop. What…

November 22, 2024
  • Rich Dubroff

Orioles seem likely to bring back arbitration-eligible players

This week, Mike Elias marked his sixth anniversary as the Orioles’ executive vice president/general manager.…

November 22, 2024