The concept of “finalists” for awards is stupid, because it essentially means “these are the players that finished in the top three/five of the voting” rather than “here are the top three/five we arbitrarily decided you can vote on”.
Anyway, Rawlings announced the finalists for the 2015 Gold Glove awards on Thursday, and of course, there were snubs.
AL P: Mark Buehrle, Sonny Gray, Dallas Keuchel
NL P: Jake Arrieta, Gerrit Cole, Zack Greinke
AL C: Jason Castro, Russell Martin, Salvador Perez
NL C: Yadier Molina, Buster Posey, Wilson Ramos
AL 1B: Eric Hosmer, Mike Napoli, Mark Teixeira
NL 1B: Brandon Belt, Paul Goldschmidt, Adrian Gonzalez
AL 2B: Jose Altuve, Brian Dozier, Ian Kinsler
NL 2B: Dee Gordon, DJ LeMahieu, Brandon Phillips
AL SS: Xander Bogaerts, Alcides Ecobar, Didi Gregorius
NL SS: Brandon Crawford, Adeiny Hechavarria, Andrelton Simmons
AL 3B: Adrian Beltre, Evan Longoria, Manny Machado
NL 3B: Nolan Arenado, Matt Duffy, Todd Frazier
AL LF: Yoenis Cespedes, Brett Gardner, Alex Gordon
NL LF: Starling Marte, Justin Upton, Christian Yelich
AL CF: Kevin Kiermaier, Kevin Pillar, Mike Trout
NL CF: Billy Hamilton, Andrew McCutchen, AJ Pollock
AL RF: Kole Calhoun, JD Martinez, Josh Reddick
NL RF: Curtis Granderson, Bryce Harper, Jason Heyward
OK, so snubs?