Ya know, when I think about it- it's not actually farfetched that the Royals could have over half the spots at GG represented by a KC player.
Sure, maybe they won't all win it because of reluctance to name so many from 1 team - especially if you have a spot where there's a tossup. But, as far as play on the field - it already looks like they have 5 guys at least playing at a GG level.
Funny thing is, I thought Hosmer would have almost no chance at winning last year given the entrenched and established competition.
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Gold Gloves Galore
April 10
BY RANDY COVITZ
The Kansas City Star
The Royals set a franchise record with three players earning Gold Glove awards for their defensive skills last season. Is it possible the club could field almost an entire team of Gold Glove winners?
Manager Ned Yost thinks so. The way shortstop Alcides Escobar and center fielder Lorenzo Cain have flashed leather so far this season, Yost says they could join catcher Salvador Perez, first baseman Eric Hosmer and left fielder Alex Gordon as Gold Glove winners.
Escobar made a running, back-to-the infield, basket catch with a runner on first and one out in the second inning of Wednesday’s 7-3 win over Tampa Bay. He also threw out Evan Longoria from deep in the hole on which Hosmer made a nice scoop; and Escobar threw out two batters after making barehanded pickups on soft rollers.
“I don’t think you can play a better shortstop than he played today on any level on this earth,” Yost said. “He was spectacular.
“We talk about how great our team is defensively, and we had three Gold Glove award winners last year, but I think this team is capable of winning four or five Gold Glovers. I think Escobar is going to win a Gold Glove before it’s all said and done, and … Cain has a chance to be a Gold Glove winner …
“It sounds crazy, but it’s very, very possible.”
Aoki stays hot
Right fielder and leadoff man Nori Aoki, who was acquired from Milwaukee in the off-season, hit .500 — 10 for 20 — during the just-completed six game homestand with four runs, a double, two triples, an RBI, two walks and a stolen base.
This after opening the year going zero for nine in Detroit.
“I knew he was a nice player,” Yost said. “I knew the Milwaukee Brewers organization loved him, and I knew the fans in Milwaukee loved him. I knew we were getting something special. Defensively, he’s been outstanding, and offensively he’s been exactly what we needed at the top of the order, something we’ve lacked the last three or four years, a bonafide leadoff hitter that can create havoc with the bat.
“He’ll take his walks. He can hit the ball to all fields. That’s what’s so amazing about him because he’s really tough to defend. He’ll hit that real tough, down-and-away pitch to left field and then if you bust him in, boom, he turns on the ball in, too. He’s one of the few guys I’ve seen who can handle the whole plate.”
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