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#86914	02/21/2022 4:02:32 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
afreespirit Joined: 09/17/2011 Posts: 305 Inactive	How did Le Dang ( 148 G, 0 DP, 7 OA, 4 E, .992 FLD) and Tory Harmon ( 100 G, 2 DP, 3 OA, 10 E, .972 FLD) both win Gold Gloves for OF when Buck Ikeda ( 159 G, 4 DP, 17 OA, 2 E, .995 FLD) clearly blows them away for defensive performance? There is something seriously wrong with GG selection.

#86915	02/21/2022 4:29:15 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	In VI.18, the same team won all the OF gold gloves: Singer: 159G, 2 DP, 8 OA, 2E .994 Wahl: 151G, 3 DP, 10 OA, 1E .998 Solheim: 159G, 0 DP, 8 OA, 3E .993 The first two seem solid, but comparing Shockley to Solheim: 118G, 3 DP, 9 OA, 1E .997...maybe the 118G makes a difference, but being better in every category and having a better FP over less chances should mean more, right?

#86922	02/21/2022 8:56:27 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
Seca Joined: 05/05/2014 Posts: 5198 Waterloo Dinosaurs Legends	How ... It picks a LF, a CF, and a RF. Ikeda wasn't competing against Le Dang and Harmon. He was up against Larsen. That's how it works IRL too. If you manage to play 100 games in LF (a heavily platooned position) you are often a gold glove finalist irregardless of your defensive play. (Eg. Gurriel for the Jays last season).

#86923	02/21/2022 9:09:18 pm	Jan 13th, 2054
electriceel883 Joined: 05/26/2021 Posts: 1505 Irvine Infernos III.3	Well if Shockley was up against Wahl, Wahl was better this year.