Is Randy Winn in contention?

Unfortunately, the Gold Glove award is not always an accurately given award.  If you've won it once, chances are it'll be handed to you again and again, no matter how bad you've gotten.

Let me put it this way: Derek Jeter is the LAST player to deserve a Gold Glove, yet he still wins it.  It usually goes to a player on a team that's a contender, or they have to be outstanding at their position.

Randy Winn ranked as a +22 last year, 2 above Alex Rios (by John Dewan's metrics).  He's definitely one of the best defensive OF in the game, but he'll most likely be overshadowed by someone else, even if they are less deserving.

Players like Adrian Beltre, Pedro Feliz and Adam Everett deserve recognition not only by stat-heads but by everyone out there.

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I was just thinking about this today while Mychael Urban was rambling about Feliz's D. While Randy has been good, I doubt he'll get any attention.

Would it be safe to make the assumption that this is an award for flashy play?  Because if that's the case, as much as I like Randy, he's the opposite of flashy.  

I can't remember the last time I saw him lay out fully for a ball ala Edmonds, etc.  He has a decent arm, maybe a bit above average, or even good maybe, but he's not in the same class as Vlad, Ichiro, etc.

Randy strikes me as the consummate pro.  One that doesn't take things to the media, doesn't complain about where or how much he's playing, and he is the model of consistency in everything he does...hitting the ball the other way...etc.  All of this, while extremely valuable to some people, isn't the kind of stuff that wins awards.

The reason Winn has so few errors is not because he's a good fielder, it's because he has no arm and takes few risks in the field. You won't get many throwing errors if you never try to do more than hitting the cutoff man. You won't get many fielding errors if you rarely dive for a ball.

who really cares if Randy Winn wins a Gold Glove?? No Giant deserves any awards for this miserable failure of a season. Randy, just submit those list of 10 teams you'd be willing to go to as soon as possible to Brian Sabean so we can put a kid out there in that spot that you're wasting.

Considering only the Right Fielders out there, don't we all think that Colorado's Brad Hawpe is a much better all-around defensive player than Winn?

Randy Winn is an above average fielder and is really a decent 3rd outfielder for most teams.  I'd rather keep him than dave roberts.  Still, randy winn does not deserve a gold glove.

in other news, Marcel Marceau est mort.  :(