Let’s go over this carefully.
- Andrelton Simmons is the acknowledged best fielder at any position in baseball… well, acknowledged by everyone except Rawlings and the coaches that vote for the Gold Glove awards.
- He is under a quite reasonable contract through 2020. In 2016, his salary will be $6 million. That increments up to $8m, $11m, $13m, and finally $15m.
- Those numbers reflect his glove, not his bat, but there’s still bat-improvement potential out there. Kevin Seitzer has been bonding well with his young Jedi Glove Master, and he at least showed better control at the plate in 2015.