Brett Gardner is one of the greatest defensive left fielders ever, but he only has one Gold Glove. His career overlapped with the Royals’ Alex Gordon, who was a smidge better. Gordon never played an inning in the outfield until he was 26 years old and had failed off of third base. His career path is almost identical to that of Miguel Andújar, the Yankees’ starting left fielder for the foreseeable future.
In no way can we reasonably expect a Gold Glove from Andújar, let alone eight like Gordon collected at Gardner’s expense. It’s been about a month since he took hold of the everyday job though, and since his first start in left this year he’s slashed .